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Named Professorships

The Feinberg School of Medicine, like many other medical schools, honors outstanding faculty members by appointing them to named professorships. These professorships are established with an endowment, and the generated interest helps support the faculty member's research or educational activities. Feinberg School named professorships are listed below both by the professorship name and the incumbent's name.

Listing by Professorship

Abbott Laboratories Duane and Susan Burnham Research Professor of Genetic and Molecular Medicine
Lester I. Binder, PhD

Leslie B. Arey Professor of Cell, Molecular, and Anatomical Sciences
Vladimir I. Gelfand, PhD

Norman and Helen Asher Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
(vacant)

Violet R. and Charles A. Baldwin Professor of Vascular Surgery
William H. Pearce, MD

Dr. Marjorie C. Barnett Professor of Hematology/Oncology
Hau C. Kwann, MD

Ernest S. Bazley Professor of Asthma and Related Disorders
Jacob I. Sznajder, MD

Benjamin and Virginia T. Boshes Professor of Neurology
(vacant)

Drs. Frederick John Bradd and William Kennedy Memorial Professor of Radiology
Eric J. Russell, MD

John and Ruth Brewer Professor of Gynecology and Cancer Research
John R. Lurain III, MD

Buehler Professor of Geriatric Medicine
Linda L. Emanuel, MD, PhD

Joseph C. Calandra Endowed Research Professor of Pathology and Toxicology
Jill C. Pelling, PhD

Chester C. and Deborah M. Cooley Distinguished Professor of Cardiology
Alan H. Kadish, MD

Owen L. Coon Professor of Psychiatry
Linda A. Teplin, PhD

Irving S. Cutter Professor of Medicine
Douglas E. Vaughan, MD 

Irving S. Cutter Professor of Medicine Emeritus
J. Larry Jameson, MD, PhD

Irving S. Cutter Professor of Medicine Emeritus
Lewis Landsberg, MD

Ken and Ruth Davee Professor of Stem Cell Biology
John A. Kessler, MD

Loyal and Edith Davis Professor of Surgery
Nathaniel J. Soper, MD

Nathan Smith Davis Professor of Physiology
D. James Surmeier, PhD

Diana, Princess of Wales Professor of Cancer Research
Charles V. Clevenger, MD, PhD

Harry W. Dingman Professor of Cardiology
Philip Greenland, MD

Johanna Dobe Professor of Hematology/Oncology
Jonathan D. Licht, MD

Ruth and Evelyn Dunbar Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
M.-Marsel Mesulam, MD

Earle, del Greco, Levin Professor of Nephrology/Hypertension
Daniel Batlle, MD

James E. Eckenhoff Professor of Anesthesiology
M. Christine Stock, MD

George M. Eisenberg Professor Pediatrics
Philip M. Iannaccone, MD, PhD

Edward G. Elcock Professor of Surgical Research
(vacant)

Louis Feinberg, MD, Professor of Ophthalmology
Lee M. Jampol, MD

Marie A. Fleming Research Professor of Pathology
William J. Karpus, PhD

Eileen Foell Professor of Heart/Cancer Research
Douglas W. Losordo, MD

Vincent W. Foglia Family Research Professor of Dermatology
Dennis P. West, PhD

Abby and John Friend Professor of Oncology Research
Leo I. Gordon, MD

Gallagher Research Professor of Rheumatology
Christian Stehlik, PhD

George H. Gardner Professor of Clinical Gynecology
Serdar E. Bulun, MD

Albert B. Gerbie, MD, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Sharon L. Dooley, MD, MPH

Michael A. Gertz Professor of Medicine
David W. Baker, MD, MPH

Lizzie Gilman Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
John G. Csernansky, MD

Max and Lilly Goldberg Distinguished Professor of Cardiology
Robert O. Bonow, MD

John T. Grayhack, MD, Professor of Urological Research
Chung Lee, PhD

Judy Gugenheim Research Professor of Microbiology/Immunology 
Stephen D. Miller, PhD

Walter J. Hamlin Professor of Dermatology
Amy S. Paller, MD

Heller-Sacks Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Patrick M. McCarthy, MD

Lawrence Hicks Professor of Critical Care Medicine
Richard Davison, MD

James R. Hines Professor of Surgery
(vacant)

John and Nancy Hughes Distinguished Professor of Rheumatology
John Varga, MD

Charles F. Kettering Professor of Endocrinology and Metabolism
Andrea E. Dunaif, MD

Lester B. and Frances T. Knight Professor of Cardiology
(vacant)

Herman L. Kretschmer Professor of Urology
Anthony J. Schaeffer, MD

Lewis Landsberg Dean of Feinberg School of Medicine
J. Larry Jameson, MD, PhD

Raymond J. Langenbach, MD, Professor of Internal Medicine
Gary Joseph Martin, MD

Anna Lapham Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Lee P. Schulman, MD

Adam and Richard T. Lind Professor of Medical Genetics
Rex L. Chisholm, PhD

Jesse, Sara, Andrew, Abigail, Benjamin, and Elizabeth Lurie Professor of Oncology
Leonidas C. Platanias, MD, PhD

Magerstadt Professor of Pathology
William A. Muller, MD, PhD

Ernest J. and Hattie H. Magerstadt Memorial Research Professor of Physiology
John F. Disterhoft, PhD

Magerstadt Professor of Ophthalmology
Vijay Sarthy, PhD

Paul B. Magnuson Professor of Rehabilitative Medicine
Elliot J. Roth, MD

Michael J. Marchese Professor of Neurosurgery
H. Huntington Batjer, MD

Gilbert H. Marquardt Professor of Medicine
Peter J. Kahrilas, MD

Joseph L. Mayberry Sr. Professor of Pathology and Toxicology
Kathleen J. Green, PhD

Harold L. and Margaret N. Method Research Professor of Surgery
David J. Bentrem, MD

J. Roscoe Miller Distinguished Professor 
Michael Abecassis, MD, MSc, MBA

Charles L. Mix Research Professor of Neurology and Psychiatry
Jane Wu, MD, PhD

Charles E. and Emma H. Morrison Professor of Pathology
Kasturi Haldar, PhD

Mabel Greene Myers Professor of Medicine—Rheumatology
Richard M. Pope, MD

O'Connor Family Research Professor of Urology
Olga Volpert, PhD

Floyd Elroy Patterson Research Professor of Pathology
Charles Goolsby, PhD

Dr. Roy Patterson Professor of Medicine
Robert P. Schleimer, PhD

John Philip Phair Professor of Infectious Diseases
Robert L. Murphy, MD

John Edward Porter Professor of Biomedical Research
Richard M. Longnecker, PhD

Clifford C. Raisbeck, MD, Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
Eugene P. Lautenschlager, PhD

Stephen Walter Ranson Professor of Cell Biology
Robert D. Goldman, PhD

Robert Laughlin Rea Professor of Anatomy
Guenther Albrecht-Buehler, PhD

Jules J. Reingold Research Professor
John Andrew Wasserstrom, PhD

Alfred Newton Richards Professor of Pharmacology
Richard J. Miller, PhD

Edwin Warner Ryerson Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
Michael F. Schafer, MD

Samuel Jefferson Sackett Professor of Infectious Diseases
Steven M. Wolinsky, MD

Anthony J. Schaeffer, MD, Professor of Urology
(vacant)

John J. Sciarra Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Sherman Elias, MD

John G. Searle Professor of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry
D. Martin Watterson, PhD

Martha Leland Sherwin Memorial Fund
(vacant)

David Shoch, MD, Professor of Ophthalmology
(vacant)

Solovy/Arthritis Research Society Professor of Medicine
Syamal K. Datta, MD

Solovy/Arthritis Research Society Research Professor
Rosalind Ramsey-Goldman, MD, MPH 


Solovy-Arthritis Research Society Research Professor 
Leena Sharma, MD

Tom D. Spies Professor of Nutrition and Metabolism
Boyd E. Metzger, MD

David Lawrence Stein Professor of Psychiatric Diseases Affecting Children and Adolescents
Eva E. Redei, PhD

Paul E. Steiner Research Professor of Pathology
LoAnn C. Peterson, MD

Jacob R. Suker, MD, Professor of Medical Education
William C. McGaghie, PhD

Elsa A. Swanson Research Professor
Yi Rao, PhD

George S. and Edwina Tarry Professor of Ophthalmology
Maria Rosario Hernandez, DDS

Genevieve E. Teuton Professor
Steven T. Rosen, MD

Les Turner/ALS Foundation/Herbert C. Wenske Foundation Professor
Teepu Siddique, MD

Thomas J. Watkins Memorial Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Michael L. Socol, MD

Thomas J. Watkins Memorial Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Theresa K. Woodruff, PhD

Guy and Anne Youmans Professor of Microbiology-Immunology
Laimonis Laimins, PhD

Listing by Incumbent

Michael Abecassis, MD, MSc, MBA
J. Roscoe Miller Distinguished Professor

Thomas E. Adrian, PhD
Edward G. Elcock Professor of Surgical Research

Guenther Albrecht-Buehler, PhD
Robert Laughlin Rea Professor of Anatomy

H. Hunt Batjer, MD
Michael J. Marchese Professor of Neurological Surgery

David W. Baker, MD, MPH
Michael A. Gertz Professor of Medicine

Daniel Batlle, MD
Earle, del Greco, and Levin Professor of Nephrology/Hypertension

David J. Bentrem, MD
Harold L. and Margaret N. Method Research Professor of Surgery

Lester I. Binder, PhD
Abbott Laboratories Duane and Susan Burnham Research Professor

Robert O. Bonow, MD
Max and Lilly Goldberg Distinguished Professor of Cardiology

Serdar E. Bulun, MD
George H. Gardner, MD, Professor of Clinical Gynecology

Rex L. Chisholm, PhD
Adam and Richard T. Lind Professor of Medical Genetics

Charles V. Clevenger, MD, PhD
Diana, Princess of Wales Professor of Cancer Research

John G. Csernansky, MD
Lizzie Gilman Professor and Chair, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Syamal K. Datta, MD
Solovy-Arthritis Research Society Professor of Medicine

Richard Davison, MD
Lawrence Hicks Professor of Critical Care Medicine

John F. Disterhoft, PhD
Ernest J. and Hattie H. Magerstadt Memorial Research Professor of Physiology

Sharon L. Dooley, MD, MPH
Albert B. Gerbie, MD, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Andrea E. Dunaif, MD
Charles F. Kettering Professor of Endocrinology and Metabolism

Sherman Elias, MD
John J. Sciarra Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Linda L. Emanuel, MD, PhD
Buehler Professor of Geriatric Medicine

Vladimir I. Gelfand, PhD
Leslie B. Arey Professor of Cell, Molecular, and Anatomical Sciences

Robert D. Goldman, PhD
Stephen Walter Ranson Professor of Cell and Molecular Biology

Charles Goolsby, PhD
Floyd Elroy Patterson Research Professor of Pathology

Leo I. Gordon, MD
Abby and John Friend Professor of Cancer Research

Kathleen J. Green, PhD
Joseph L. Mayberry Sr. Professor of Pathology and Toxicology

Philip Greenland, MD
Harry W. Dingman Professor of Cardiology

Kasturi Haldar, PhD
Charles E. and Emma H. Morrison Professor of Pathology

M. Rosario Hernandez, DDS
George and Edwina Tarry Professor of Ophthalmology

Philip M. Iannaccone, MD, PhD
George M. Eisenberg Professor of Developmental Pediatrics

J. Larry Jameson, MD, PhD
Lewis Landsberg Dean, Feinberg School of Medicine
Irving S. Cutter Professor of Medicine Emeritus

Lee M. Jampol, MD
Louis Feinberg, MD, Professor of Ophthalmology

Alan H. Kadish, MD
Chester C. and Deborah M. Cooley Distinguished Professor of Cardiology

Peter J. Kahrilas, MD
Gilbert H. Marquardt Professor of Medicine

William J. Karpus, PhD
Marie A. Fleming Research Professor of Pathology

John A. Kessler, MD
Ken and Ruth Davee Professor of Stem Cell Biology

Hau C. Kwann, MD
Dr. Marjorie C. Barnett Professor of Hematology/Oncology

Laimonis A. Laimins, PhD
Guy and Anne Youmans Professor of Microbiology/Immunology

Lewis Landsberg, MD
Irving S. Cutter Professor of Medicine Emeritus

Eugene P. Lautenschlager, PhD
Clifford C. Raisbeck, MD, Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery

Chung Lee, PhD
John T. Grayhack, MD, Professor of Urological Research

Jonathan D. Licht, MD
Johanna Dobe Professor of Hematology/Oncology

Richard M. Longnecker, PhD
John Edward Porter Professor of Biomedical Research

Douglas W. Losordo, MD
Eileen M. Foell Professor of Heart Research

John R. Lurain III, MD
John and Ruth Brewer Professor of Gynecology and Cancer Research

Gary J. Martin, MD
Raymond J. Langenbach Professor of Medicine

Patrick M. McCarthy, MD
Heller-Sacks Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery

William C. McGaghie, PhD
Jacob R. Suker, MD, Professor of Medical Education

David D. McPherson, MD
Lester B. and Frances T. Knight Professor of Cardiology

M.-Marsel Mesulam, MD
Ruth and Evelyn Dunbar Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Boyd E. Metzger, MD
Tom D. Spies Professor of Nutrition and Metabolism

Richard J. Miller, PhD
Alfred Newton Richards Professor of Pharmacology

Stephen D. Miller, PhD
Judy Gugenheim Research Professor of Microbiology—Immunology

William A. Muller, MD, PhD
Magerstadt Professor of Pathology

Robert L. Murphy, MD
John Philip Phair Professor of Infectious Diseases

Toshio Narahashi, PhD
John Evans Professor (NU Honorary)

Amy S. Paller, MD
Walter J. Hamlin Professor of Dermatology

William H. Pearce, MD
Violet R. and Charles A. Baldwin Professor of Vascular Surgery

Jill C. Pelling-Starnes, PhD
Joseph C. Calandra Research Professor of Pathology and Toxicology

LoAnn C. Peterson, MD
Paul E. Steiner Research Professor of Pathology

Leonidas C. Platanias, MD, PhD
Jesse, Sara, Andrew, Abigail, Benjamin, and Elizabeth Lurie Professor of Oncology

Richard M. Pope, MD
Mabel Greene Myers Professor of Medicine

Yi Rao, PhD
Elsa A. Swanson Professor of Neurology

Rosalind Ramsey-Goldman, MD, DrPh
Solovy-Arthritis Research Society Research Professor

Janardan K. Reddy, MD
Magerstadt Professor of Pathology

Eva E. Redei, PhD
David Lawrence Stein Professor of Psychiatric Diseases Affecting Children and Adolescents

Steven T. Rosen, MD
Genevieve E. Teuton Professor of Medicine

Elliot J. Roth, MD
Paul B. Magnuson Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Eric J. Russell, MD
Drs. Frederick John Bradd and William Kennedy Professor of Radiology

Vijay P. Sarthy, PhD
Magerstadt Professor of Ophthalmology

Anthony J. Schaeffer, MD
Herman L. Kretschmer Professor of Urology

Michael F. Schafer, MD
Edwin W. Ryerson Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery

Robert P. Schleimer, PhD
Dr. Roy Patterson Professor of Medicine

Lee P. Schulman, MD
Anna Lapham Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Leena Sharma, MD
Solovy-Arthritis Research Society Research Professor 

Teepu Siddique, MD
Les Turner ALS Foundation/Herbert C. Wenske Foundation Professor

Michael L. Socol, MD
Thomas J. Watkins Memorial Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Nathaniel J. Soper, MD
Loyal and Edith Davis Professor of Surgery

Patricia G. Spear, PhD
John Evans Professor of Microbiology/Immunology (NU Honorary)

Christian Stehlik, MD
Gallagher Research Professor of Medicine

M. Christine Stock, MD
James E. Eckenhoff Professor of Anesthesiology

D. James Surmeier, PhD
Nathan Smith Davis Professor of Physiology

Jacob I. Sznajder, MD
Ernest S. Bazley Professor of Asthma and Related Disorders

Linda A. Teplin, PhD
Owen L. Coon Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

John Varga, MD
John and Nancy Hughes Distinguished Professor of Rheumatology

Douglas E. Vaughan, MD 
Irving S. Cutter Professor of Medicine

Zhou Wang, PhD
O'Connor Family Research Professor of Urology

John A. Wasserstrom, PhD
Jules J. Reingold Research Professor

D. Martin Watterson, PhD
John G. Searle Professor of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry

Dennis P. West, PhD
Vincent W. Foglia Family Research Professor of Dermatology

Steven M. Wolinsky, MD
Samuel J. Sackett Professor of Infectious Diseases

Theresa K. Woodruff, PhD
Thomas J. Watkins Memorial Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Jane Wu, MD, PhD
Charles L. Mix Research Professor of Neurology and Psychiatry

James S.T. Yao, MD, PhD
Magerstadt Professor of Surgery