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Endowed Chairs, Endowed Professorships, and Term Professorships at UW Medicine
This list is alphabetized by the name of the department or division that benefits from the endowment. We also have an alternate list, sorted first into chairs, professorships and term professorships, and then sorted by a key word in the endowment title, often a donor’s last name.
Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
Hughes M. and Katherine G. Blake Endowed Professorship in Health Psychology
There is no holder at this time.
John and Emma Bonica Endowed Chair in Anesthesiology and Pain Research
Dennis C. Turk, Ph.D.
Laura Cheney Professorship in Anesthesia Patient Safety
Karen L. Posner, Ph.D.
Gunn-Loke Endowed Professorship for Integrative Pain Medicine
Heather S. Tick, M.D.
Medical Education and Research Endowed Professorship
Jane C. Ballantyne, M.D.
Medical Education and Research Endowed Professorship
Spencer S. Liu, M.D.
Medical Education and Research Endowed Professorship
G. Burkhard Mackensen, M.D., Ph.D.
Medical Education and Research Endowed Professorship
Daniel Raftery, Ph.D.
Allan J. Treuer Endowed Professorship in Anesthesiology
There is no holder at this time.
UW Medicine Research and Education Endowed Chair in Anesthesiology
Mark R. Opp, Ph.D.
Biochemistry
Earl W. Davie/ZymoGenetics Endowed Chair in Biochemistry
There is no holder at this time.
Bioengineering
Michael L. and Myrna Darland Endowed Chair in Technology Commercialization
Buddy D. Ratner, Ph.D.
Robert F. Rushmer Term Professorship
Suzie H. Pun, Ph.D.
Hunter and Dorothy Simpson Endowed Chair in Bioengineering
Paul Yager, Ph.D.
Washington Research Foundation Endowed Professorship in Bioengineering
Patrick S. Stayton, Ph.D.
Center on Human Development and Disability (CHDD)
Susan and Richard Fade Endowed Chair for the UW Autism Center
Wendy L. Stone, Ph.D.
Family Medicine
Helen D. Cohen Endowed Professorship in Family Medicine
There is no holder at this time.
Theodore J. Phillips Endowed Professorship in Family Medicine
William R. Phillips, M.D.
Genome Sciences
William H. Gates III Endowed Chair in Biomedical Sciences
Robert H. Waterston, M.D., Ph.D.
Global Health
William H. Foege Endowed Chair in Global Health
King K. Holmes, M.D., Ph.D.
Laboratory Medicine
Lawrence Corey Endowed Chair in Medical Virology
Lawrence Corey, M.D.
Paul E. Strandjord and Kathleen J. Clayson Endowed Chair
James S. Fine, M.D.
Medicine
Robert G. Petersdorf Endowed Chair in Medicine
William J. Bremner, M.D., Ph.D.
Division of Cardiology
Robert A. Bruce Endowed Chair in Cardiovascular Research
W. Robb MacLellan, M.D., Cardiology
Kenneth H. Cooper, M.D. Endowed Professorship in Preventive Cardiology
Francis Kim, M.D.
Harold T. Dodge-John L. Locke Chair in Cardiovascular Medicine
Michael T. Chin, M.D., Ph.D.
J. Ward Kennedy-Hamilton Endowed Chair in Cardiology
Catherine M. Otto, M.D.
John and Cookie Laughlin Endowed Professorship in Cardiology
There is no holder at this time.
John L. Locke, Jr. Family Endowed Chair in Cardiovascular Research and Treatment
David A. Dichek, M.D.
Craig Tall Family Professorship for Heart Failure Research
April Stempien-Otero, M.D.
Arra and Eva Woods Endowed Professorship
Charles E. Murry, M.D., Ph.D.
Division of Dermatology
George F. Odland Chair in Dermatology
John E. Olerud, M.D.
John E. Olerud Endowed Professorship for Dermatology Training
Roy M. Colven, M.D.
Michael Piepkorn Endowed Chair in Dermatology Research
Paul Nghiem, M.D., Ph.D.
Division of Emergency Medicine
Medic One Foundation Chair for Pre-hospital Emergency Care
Graham Nichol, M.D., MPH
Division of Gastroenterology
Rodger C. Haggitt Endowed Chair in Gastroenterology
William M. Grady, M.D.
Cyrus E. Rubin Endowed Chair in Medicine
John M. Inadomi, M.D.
Charles and Mary Ann Walters Endowed Chair
Teresa A. Brentnall, M.D.
Division of General Internal Medicine
Rathmann Family Foundation Endowed Chair in Patient-centered Clinical Education
Douglas S. Paauw, M.D.
Division of Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine
William E. Colson Endowed Chair in Gerontology
There is no holder at this time.
Division of Hematology
Clement A. Finch, M.D. Endowed Professorship in Hematology
Janis L. Abkowitz, M.D.
Elo Giblett Endowed Professorship in Hematology
John M. Harlan, M.D.
Robert and Phyllis Henigson Endowed Professorship in Hematology
Michael L. Linenberger, M.D.
Scripps Endowed Professorship in Hematology
Virginia C. Broudy, M.D.
Division of Medical Genetics
Arno G. Motulsky, M.D. Endowed Chair
Gail P. Jarvik, M.D., Ph.D.
Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition
Edwin L. Bierman Endowed Professorship in Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition
Alan Chait, M.D.
Diabetes Treatment and Teaching Endowed Chair
Irl B. Hirsch, M.D.
Karasinski Endowed Chair in Metabolic Research
Jay Heinecke, M.D.
Robert B. McMillen Endowed Professorship in Lipid Research
Stephanie Page, M.D., Ph.D.
Robert H. Williams Chair in Medicine
Michael Warren Schwartz, M.D.
Division of Nephrology
Joseph W. Eschbach, M.D. Endowed Chair in Kidney Research
Jonathan Himmelfarb, M.D.
Belding H. Scribner Endowed Chair in Medicine
Stuart J. Shankland, M.B., Ch.B.
Division of Oncology
Athena Distinguished Professorship of Breast Cancer Research
Mary L. (Nora) Disis, M.D.
Jill Bennett Endowed Professorship in Breast Cancer
Julie R. Gralow, M.D.
Endowed Chair in Cancer Care
Renato Martins, M.D.
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care
Endowed Chair in Pulmonary Disease Research
William C. Parks, Ph.D.
A. Bruce Montgomery, M.D.-American Lung Association Endowed Chair in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
J. Randall Curtis, M.D., MPH
David J. Pierson, M.D. Endowed Professorship in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Mark M. Wurfel, M.D., Ph.D.
Division of Rheumatology
Bruce C. Gilliland, M.D. – Lucile T. Henderson Endowed Professorship in Rheumatology
Gregory C. Gardner, M.D.
Mart Mannik M.D. – Lucile T. Henderson Endowed Professorship in Rheumatology
Keith B. Elkon, M.D.
Herndon and Esther Maury Endowed Professorship in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Jeffrey A. Ledbetter, Ph.D.
Robert F. Willkens, M.D.-Lucile T. Henderson Endowed Professorship in Rheumatology
There is no holder at this time.
Microbiology
Carolyn and Gerald Grinstein Endowed Professorship in Microbiology
Caroline S. Harwood, Ph.D.
Neurological Surgery
Chap and Eve Alvord and Elias Alvord Chair in Neuro-Oncology in Honor of Dr. and Mrs. Ellsworth C. Alvord, Jr.
There is no holder at this time.
Integra Foundation Endowed Professorship in Neurotrauma
Randall M. Chesnut, M.D.
Roy and Maxine Johnson Endowed Professorship in Epilepsy
Raimondo D’Ambrosio, Ph.D.
William Joseph Leedom and Bennett, Bigelow & Leedom Endowed Professorship
Laligam N. Sekhar, M.D.
Wallace T. Staatz Endowed Professorship in Neurological Surgery
Richard S. Morrison, Ph.D.
Arthur A. Ward, Jr. Professorship in Neurological Surgery
Daniel L. Silbergeld, M.D.
Neurology
Warren and Jermaine Magnuson Endowed Chair in Medicine for Neurosciences
Bruce R. Ransom, M.D., Ph.D.
McCaw Endowed Chair in Muscular Dystrophy
Jeffrey S. Chamberlain, Ph.D.
Herman and Faye Sarkowsky Endowed Chair in Child Neurology
Sidney M. Gospe, Jr., M.D., Ph.D.
Alexander M. Spence Chair in Neuro-oncology
Maciej M. Mrugala, M.D., Ph.D., MPH
George and June Winkels Endowed Professorship for Parkinson’s Disease Research
Phillip D. Swanson, M.D., Ph.D.
Ophthalmology
Bishop Term Professorship of Ophthalmology
Jay F. Neitz, Ph.D.
Boyd K. Bucey Memorial Endowed Chair in Ophthalmology
Russell N. Van Gelder, M.D., Ph.D.
Grace E. Hill Chair in Vision Research
Philip P. Chen, M.D.
Ray H. Hill Endowed Chair in Ophthalmology
Maureen Neitz, Ph.D.
Dr. Roger H. Johnson & Angie Karalis Johnson Term Professorship in Pediatric Ophthalmology
Avery H. Weiss, M.D.
Lions Club Professor in Cornea and External Disease
Tueng Shen, M.D., Ph.D.
Jules and Doris Stein Research to Prevent Blindness Professorship
There is no holder at this time.
Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine
Bob and Sally Behnke Endowed Professorship for the Health of the Student Athlete
John W. O’Kane, Jr., M.D.
Ernest M. Burgess Endowed Chair for Orthopaedic Investigation
David R. Eyre, Ph.D.
Jerome H. Debs II Endowed Chair for Orthopaedic Traumatology
Stephen K. Benirschke, M.D.
Fracture Fixation Biology Endowed Professorship
There is no holder at this time.
Sigvard T. Hansen, Jr. Endowed Chair in Orthopaedic Traumatology
Ted S. Gross, Ph.D.
Douglas T. Harryman II/DePuy Endowed Chair in Shoulder Research
Frederick A. Matsen III, M.D.
Surgical Dynamics Endowed Chair for Spine Research
There is no holder at this time.
Allan Treuer-Ted Wagner, M.D. Endowed Chair in Regenerative Spine Surgery
There is no holder at this time.
Endowed Chair in Women’s Sports Medicine and Lifetime Fitness
Peter Cavanagh, Ph.D., D.Sc.
Hansjöerg Wyss Endowed Chair
Jens R. Chapman, M.D.
Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Virginia Merrill Bloedel Chair in Basic Hearing Research
Edwin W. Rubel, Ph.D.
Virginia Merrill Bloedel Chair in Clinical Hearing Research
Jay T. Rubinstein, M.D., Ph.D.
Allison T. Wanamaker Endowed Professorship in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Neal D. Futran, M.D.
Pathology
Nancy and Buster Alvord Endowed Chair in Neuropathology
Thomas J. Montine, M.D., Ph.D.
Helen D. Cohen Endowed Professorship in Family Medicine
There is no holder at this time.
James D. Murray Chair of Applied Mathematics in Neuropathology
Kristin R. Swanson, Ph.D.
Cheng-Mei Shaw Endowed Chair in Neuropathology
Jing Zhang, M.D., Ph.D.
Pediatrics
George E. M. Adkins Endowed Professorship in Pediatrics
Dimitri A. Christakis, M.D., MPH
Robert A. Aldrich Endowed Professorship in Birth Defects and Mental Retardation
William O. Walker, M.D.
Ford/Morgan Endowed Chair in Pediatrics
F. Bruder Stapleton, M.D.
John R. Hartmann Endowed Chair in Pediatric Oncology/Hematology
Irwin D. Bernstein, M.D.
W. Alan Hodson Endowed Chair in Pediatrics
Christine A. Gleason, M.D.
Pediatrics Endowed Professorship for Research Faculty Development
There is no holder at this time.
Pediatrics Endowed Professorship for Research Sabbaticals
James A. Taylor, M.D.
Bonnie W. Ramsey, M.D. Endowed Chair in Cystic Fibrosis
Bonnie W. Ramsey, M.D.
Arnold Lee Smith Endowed Professorship for Research Faculty Development
There is no holder at this time.
Pharmacology
William and Marilyn Conner Professorship for the Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine
Randall T. Moon, Ph.D.
Edwin G. Krebs-Hilma Speights Endowed Professorship for Cell Signaling and Cancer Biology
John D. Scott, Ph.D.
Allan and Phyllis Treuer Endowed Chair in Pain Research
Charles Chavkin, Ph.D.
Physiology and Biophysics
Wayne E. Crill Endowed Professorship
Bertil Hille, Ph.D.
Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Depression Therapy Research Endowed Professorship
Debra Kaysen, Ph.D.
Friends of Alzheimer’s Research Endowed Professorship
Elaine R. Peskind, M.D.
Mental Health Counseling and Hypnosis Endowed Chair
Barbara S. McCann, Ph.D.
Ann Streissguth, Ph.D. Endowed Professorship in Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
Therese M. Grant, Ph.D.
Richard D. and Bernice E. Tutt Endowed Professorship in the Neurosciences
Richard C. Veith, M.D.
Radiation Oncology
Gerlich Family Endowed Chair in Neuro-oncology
There is no holder at this time.
Alexander Rodney Muir Professorship in Radiation Oncology
Gabrielle M. Kane, M.B., Ed.D., FRCPC
Peter Wootton Professorship in Radiation Oncology
George E. Laramore, M.D., Ph.D.
Radiology
Ellsworth C. and Nancy D. Alvord Endowed Chair in Neuro-oncology
There is no holder at this time.
Laurence A. Mack, M.D. Endowed Professorship in Radiology
Theodore J. Dubinsky, M.D.
Wil B. Nelp, M.D. Endowed Professorship in Nuclear Medicine
Satoshi Minoshima, M.D., Ph.D.
Rehabilitation Medicine
Nancy and Buster Alvord Endowed Professorship in Multiple Sclerosis Research
George H. Kraft, M.D.
Rehabilitation Medicine Residency Director Endowed Professorship
Teresa Massagli, M.D.
Surgery
Henry N. Harkins Endowed Chair in Surgery
Carlos A. Pellegrini, M.D.
Center for Videoendoscopic Surgery Endowed Professorship
There is no holder at this time.
Institute for Simulation & Interprofessional Studies (ISIS)
George G. B. Bilsten Professorship in the Art of Communication with Peers and Patients
Sara Kim, Ph.D.
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Edmark Professorship in Cardiovascular Surgery
Gabriel S. Aldea, M.D.
Lester and Connie LeRoss Endowed Professorship in Cardiovascular Surgery
Nahush A. Mokadam, M.D.
Endowed Chair in Lung Cancer Research
Douglas E. Wood, M.D.
K. Alvin and Shirley E. Merendino Endowed Professorship
Edward D. Verrier, M.D.
UW Medicine Distinguished Endowed Professorship in Lung Transplant Research
Michael S. Mulligan, M.D.
Division of General Surgery
Byers Endowed Professorship in Esophageal Research
Brant K. Oelschlager, M.D.
Dennis and Mary Wise Endowed Professorship in Surgery
There is no holder at this time.
Division of Pediatric Surgery
Herbert E. Coe Endowed Chair in Pediatric Surgery
Robert S. Sawin, M.D.
Division of Plastic Surgery
Jamie A. Hunter Endowed Professorship in Reconstructive Plastic Surgery
Nicholas B. Vedder, M.D.
Division of Transplant Surgery
Roger K. Giesecke Distinguished Chair in Transplant Surgery
Jorge D. Reyes, M.D.
Division of Trauma and Burn Surgery
David and Nancy Auth-Washington Research Foundation Endowed Chair for Restorative Burn Surgery
Nicole S. Gibran, M.D.
Jane and Donald D. Trunkey Endowed Chair in Trauma Surgery
Ronald V. Maier, M.D.
Division of Vascular Surgery
V. Paul Gavora and Helen S. and John A. Schilling Endowed Chair in Vascular Surgery
Alexander W. Clowes, M.D.
Urology
Jessie H. Bridges Endowed Professorship in Prostate Cancer Research
Daniel W. Lin, M.D.
Wilma Wise Nelson, Ole A. Nelson, and Mabel Wise Nelson Endowed Chair in Urology
Hunter Wessells, M.D., FACS
Pritt Family Endowed Chair in Prostate Cancer Research
Paul H. Lange, M.D., FACS
Pritt Family Endowed Chair in Translational Prostate Cancer Research
Robert L. Vessella, Jr., Ph.D.