William L. Roper, MD, MPH

Dean, School Of Medicine
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
4030 School of Medicine Building
Campus Box #7000
Chapel Hill, NC  27599-7000

Phone: 919-966-4161
Email: william_roper@med.unc.edu

William L. Roper is dean of the School of Medicine, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC). He is also a professor of pediatrics in the School of Medicine at UNC.  He has served as the dean of the School of Public Health and as a professor of health policy and administration in the School of Public Health.

Before joining UNC in July, 1997, Dr. Roper was senior vice president of Prudential HealthCare. He joined Prudential in 1993 as president of the Prudential Center for Health Care Research.

Before coming to Prudential, Dr. Roper was director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), served on the senior White House staff, and was administrator of the Health Care Financing Administration (responsible for Medicare and Medicaid). Earlier, he was a White House Fellow.

He received his MD from the University of Alabama School of Medicine, and his MPH from the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Public Health. He completed his residency in pediatrics at the University of Colorado Medical Center.

Dr. Roper is a member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences, and serves on the Institute of Medicine governing council. He is vice chairman of the board of Partnership for Prevention, vice-chairman of the board of the National Quality Forum, a member of the board of trustees of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, a member of the board of directors of Luminex Corporation, a member of the board of directors of DaVita, Inc., a member of the board of directors of Quintiles Transnational Corporation, a member of the board of directors of the UNC Health Care System, and a member of the President's Commission on White House Fellowships.

He lives with his wife Dr. Maryann Roper, a pediatric oncologist, and their son, Will, in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.