Named Deanships, Directorships, and Professorships
Endowed positions have a personal and lasting impact.
Natalia Trayanova, Biomedical Engineering
Dr. Trayanova’s research centers around understanding the normal and pathological electrophysiological and electromechanical behavior of the heart. She is the Murray B. Sachs Professor.
Arturo Casadevall, Bloomberg School of Public Health
Dr. Casadevall’s groundbreaking work on infectious diseases is widely known. He has received several of the highest honors in medicine and health, and holds the Alfred and Jill Sommer Professorship and Chairmanship.
Dr. Chung, the inaugural Charles D. Miller Professor, joined the Hopkins faculty in the Department of Political Science in 2004, where she teaches courses in comparative politics and East Asian politics.
Professor Wang, the R. Clayton Emory Chair in Real Estate and Infrastructure, joined the Carey Business School in 2014 and leads the Edward St. John Real Estate Program.
Ashani T. Weeraratna, Bloomberg School of Public Health and School of Medicine
Ashani T. Weeraratna, Ph.D., is the E.V. McCollum Chair of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the Bloomberg School of Public Health, a Bloomberg Distinguished Professor, and co-leader of the Cancer Invasion and Metastasis Program at the Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Mark C. Rogers Chair in Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
MARK C. ROGERS arrived at Johns Hopkins in 1977 to become director of the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, after training in pediatrics, cardiology, anesthesiology, and critical care medicine. In 1980, he was named anesthesiologist-in-chief. Leading the Department of Anesthesiology/Critical Care Medicine for the next 12 years, Dr. Rogers propelled both…
Mark M. Ravitch, M.D. Endowed Professorship in Surgery
MARK M. RAVITCH, Med 1934, one of the founding fathers of modern pediatric surgery, recalled that as a young college graduate he was disappointed when his application to Harvard Medical School was rejected. He later realized that the decision was "the greatest good fortune that could have come to me."…
Arthur B. and Patricia B. Modell Professorship in Thoracic Surgery
ARTHUR B. MODELL, who died in 2012, was known as a bold, competitive, compassionate entrepreneur. He purchased the Cleveland Browns in 1961, and six years later became the only elected NFL president in the league’s history. In 1968 as chairman of the Owner’s Labor Committee, Mr. Modell successfully negotiated the…
Dr. EDWARD D. MILLER was named chief executive officer of Johns Hopkins Medicine, the 13th dean of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and vice president for medicine of The Johns Hopkins University in January 1997. His appointment followed a year-long national search for the first-ever CEO of Johns…
Julius H. Jacobson, II, M.D., Professorship in Vascular Surgery
JULIUS H. JACOBSON II, Med 1952, is considered to be the preeminent pioneer in microsurgery. Dr. Jacobson initially pursued graduate work in cell physiology and then entered the School of Medicine, where he excelled. He applied the basic science graduate training in his innovative use of microscopes during surgery. In…
JACOB C. HANDELSMAN was born and raised in Elizabeth, New Jersey. He received his undergraduate degree from The Johns Hopkins University in 1940 and in the same year was admitted to the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Dr. Handelsman and his wife, Shirley, married shortly before he received his…
WILLIAM STEWART HALSTED is recognized as the most important, innovative, and influential surgeon that the 20th country produced. He came to Baltimore in 1886 with his close friend William H. Welch, the first faculty member of the new Hopkins hospital and, subsequently, the first dean of the School of Medicine.…
ROBERT GARRETT, president of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, died in 1896. The Garrett family has been among Hopkins' most generous supporters for several generations. The ROBERT GARRETT FUND was established in 1936 by the will of MARY FRICK GARRETT JACOBS (pictured below) in memory of her first husband and designated for…
WARFIELD M. FIROR, A&S 1917, Med 1921, a professor of surgery at the School of Medicine and acting surgeon-in-chief of the hospital from 1939 to 1941, was best known for his pioneering work on tetanus toxin and its effect on the spinal cord. In recognition of his research on endocrine…
Milton T. Edgerton, M.D. Professorship in Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
MILTON THOMAS EDGERTON, Med 1944, played a pivotal role in the history of plastic surgery at Johns Hopkins. After earning his medical degree at Johns Hopkins and serving as captain in the U.S. Army Medical Corps, Dr. Edgerton returned to Johns Hopkins in 1951, completed a residency in surgery and,…
James T. Dresher, Sr., Professorship in Cardiac Surgery
JAMES T. DRESHER SR. was known as a "turn-around artist" who improved the fate of every company he touched. As CEO of York International, a global heating and air-conditioning company in York, Pennsylvania, he took a money-losing operation to a Fortune 500 company that installed systems at several Winter Olympic…
