UT Tyler Assistant Dean Named UT System Academy of Distinguished Teachers Fellow

June 13, 2024 | Hannah Buchanan

Kerrie Anne Ambort-Clark, assistant dean of health-related business programs at The University of Texas at Tyler, was named a Fellow of the UT System Academy of Distinguished Teachers.

Established in 2012, the UT System Academy of Distinguished Teachers is a prestigious recognition that celebrates the very best in pedagogy and advocacy in teaching excellence across the UT System academic campuses. Fellows advise System leadership and engage in creative endeavors that raise the visibility of meaningful learning and promote the development and success of excellent teachers in Texas and beyond.

“We congratulate Kerrie Anne Ambort-Clark on this recognition,” said UT Tyler President Julie V. Philley, MD. “This appointment is indicative of her dedication to teaching excellence and how that dedication has impacted our students.”

Ambort-Clark leads the operations and strategy for UT Tyler health-related business programs,
collaborating with various academic units and community patrons. She was instrumental in
developing the first executive health care administration program at UT Tyler, followed by eight
years as the founding executive director for the Executive MBA Healthcare Management Program in the Soules College of Business. Outside of UT Tyler, she has provided leadership development for community constituents and created leadership training modules used in both academia and industry.

She will be recognized during an induction ceremony next year in Austin. For more information
about the academy, visit utsystem.edu/sites/academy-of-distinguished-teachers.

A Distinguished Teaching Professor and senior lecturer of management in the Soules College,
Ambort-Clark was named a Faculty Fellow in the UT Tyler Academy of Distinguished Teachers in
2019 and was recognized as a 2018 UT System Regents’ Outstanding Teaching Awardee. She also
directs the UT Tyler School of Medicine’s Healthcare Leadership Distinction and serves the school as a contributing faculty member in health care administration, leadership and management.

Additionally, Ambort-Clark was named a Regent’s Awardee by the American College of Healthcare
Executives and serves on the ACHE East Texas Chapter Board of Directors. She is an elected member of the East Texas American College of Healthcare Executives Board and the National Board of Medical Examiners Council. She serves on the NBME Global Advisory Committee.

Ambort-Clark joined the Soules College in 2009 and holds a Master of Business Administration and
Bachelor of Business Administration in management from UT Tyler.

With a mission to improve educational and health care outcomes for East Texas and beyond, UT
Tyler offers more than 90 undergraduate and graduate programs to nearly 10,000 students.
Through its alignment with UT Tyler Health Science Center and UT Health East Texas, UT Tyler has
unified these entities to serve Texas with quality education, cutting-edge research and excellent
patient care. Classified by Carnegie as a doctoral research institution and by U.S. News & World
Report as a national university, UT Tyler has campuses in Tyler, Longview, Palestine and Houston.