Endowed Professorships

Professorship NameOccupant
St. Jude Professorship in Pediatrics William E. Evans, Pharm.D.
Herbert A. Shainberg Professorship in Developmental Pediatrics Frederick B. Palmer, M.D.
Simon R. Bruesch Alumni Professorship in Anatomy Matthew Ennis, Ph.D.
Harriet S. Van Vleet Professorship in Pharmacy Duane D. Miller, Ph.D.
Harriet S. Van Vleet Chair of Excellence in Microbiology and Immunology Terrance G. Cooper, Ph.D.
Harriet S. Van Vleet Chair of Excellence in Pharmacology Burt M. Sharp, M.D.
Methodist Hospitals Foundation Professorship in Neuroscience (vacant)
Harriet S. Van Vleet Chair of Excellence in Biochemistry John N. Fain, Ph.D.
Harriet S. Van Vleet Chair of Excellence in Virology Martha M. Howe, Ph.D.
Lemuel W. Diggs Alumni Professorship in Medicine Guy L. Reed, M.D.
Harwell W. Wilson Alumni Professorship in Surgery Timothy C. Fabian, M.D.
E. Eric Muirhead Chair of Excellence in Pathology Lawrence M. Pfeffer, Ph.D.
Crippled Children's Hospital Foundation Chair of Excellence in Biomedical Engineering (vacant)
UTMG Chair of Excellence in Obstetrics and Gynecology Giancarlo Mari, M.D.
Le Bonheur Chair of Excellence in Pediatrics James W. Wheless, M.D.
Plough Foundation Chair of Excellence in Pediatrics (vacant)
J. R. Hyde Chair of Excellence in Rehabilitation Engineering (vacant)
Thomas A. Gerwin Chair of Excellence in Physiology Leonard R. Johnson, Ph.D.
First Tennessee Chair of Excellence in Clinical Pharmacy P. David Rogers, Pharm.D.,PhD
William and Dorothy Dunavant Chair of Excellence in Pediatrics (vacant)
Federal Express Chair of Excellence in Pediatrics Mary Ellen Conley, M.D.
Semmes-Murphey Chair of Excellence in Neurology William A. Pulsinelli, M.D.,Ph.D.
Goodman Chair of Excellence in Medicine Arnold E. Postlethwaite, M.D.
Second LeBonheur Chair of Excellence in Pediatrics Russell W. Chesney, M.D.
John Dustin Buckman Professorship in Pediatrics Dennis D. Black, M.D.
Maury W. Bronstein Chair of Excellence in Cardiovascular Physiology Jonathan H. Jaggar, Ph.D.
George Thomas Wilhelm Professorship in Orthopaedics Karen L. Hasty, Ph.D.
Mark S. Soloway Chair of Excellence in Urology Mitchell S. Steiner, M.D.
Baptist Memorial Health Care Foundation Professorship in Ophthalmology R. Christopher Walton, M.D.
Baptist Memorial Health Care Foundation Professorship in Maternal/Fetal Medicine (vacant)
Sheldon Bernarr Korones Professorship in Neonatology Ramasubbareddy Dhanireddy, MD
Rex A. Amonette Professorship in Dermatology (vacant)
Harold B. Boyd Professorship in Orthopaedic Surgery S. Terry Canale, M.D.
Neuton S. Stern Professorship in Cardiovascular Diseases Karl T. Weber, M.D.
Robert H. Cole Professorship in Neurosciences (Grad. School of Med.) George W. Kabalka, Ph.D.
Ralph Hamilton Professorship in Ophthalmology Barrett G. Haik, M.D.
David D. Coleman Professorship in Transplantation Research (vacant)
Thomas K. Ballard-Oscar M. McCallum Professorship in Family Medicine Gregg Mitchell, M.D.
James T. Robertson Professorship in Neurosurgery Federick A. Boop, M.D.
Eastridge-Cole Endowed Professorship in Thoracic Oncologic Surgery (vacant)
Paul Nemir, Jr. Endowed Professorship in International Child Health William M. Novick, M.D.
Plough Foundation Professorship in Retinal Diseases Edward D. Chaum, M.D.
Roger L. Hiatt Endowed Professorship in Ophthalmology Natalie C. Kerr, M.D.
Maston K. Callison Professorship in Medicine Abbas E. Kitabchi, M.D., Ph.D.
UTMG Professorship in Nephrology L. Darryl Quarles, M.D.
Gale S. & Richard D. Siegal Professorship in Ophthalmology (vacant)
Methodist Healthcare Professorship for Women’s Health (vacant)
Harriet S. Van Vleet Professorship in Medical Oncology (vacant)
Harriet S. Van Vleet Professorship in Research Oncology Gabor Tigyi, M.D, Ph.D.
A. C. Mullins Professorship in Research Samuel E. Dagogo-Jack, M.D.
Gene H. Stollerman Endowed Professorship in Internal Medicine James B. Dale, M.D.
Andrew Kang Endowed Professorship in Rheumatology (vacant)
David Stevens Endowed Professorship in Pediatric Clinical Pharmacy (vacant)
Ruth Neil Murry Endowed Chair in Nursing Donna Hathaway, Ph.D.
Philip M. Lewis Endowed Professorship in Ophthalmology James C. Fleming, M.D.
Governor's Chair in Computational Genomics Robert W. Williams, Ph.D.
Jay Michael Sullivan Professorship in Cardiology (vacant)

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