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.
CHARLES H. and EDITH G., Bus 1973, SALISBURY have had many successes, both personally and professionally. After serving for five years in the military, attaining the rank of captain with the Air Force, Charles worked for Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith. In 1970, he joined T. Rowe Price, where…
Donlin M. Long, M.D. Professorship in Neurosurgery
DONLIN M. LONG served as director of the Department of Neurosurgery from 1973 through 2000, when he stepped down to devote all his time to research, education, and patient care. He holds a joint appointment at the Applied Physics Laboratory and is a founder of the Laboratory for Technology Transfer.…
Water E. Dandy, M.D. Professorship in Neurosurgery
WALTER E. DANDY, MD, is recognized as one of Johns Hopkins renowned visionaries. His professional career began at Johns Hopkins in 1910 and spanned nearly forty years until his death in 1946. During his tenure he performed operations on brain tumors, cranial nerve lesions and injuries, vascular lesions in the…
HARVEY CUSHING is considered the founder of modern neurosurgery and one of the most influential doctors in the history of medicine. When he arrived at Hopkins in 1896, he brought with him an X-ray machine, a device that had been invented only the year before. Dr. Cushing introduced the use…
Benjamin S. Carson, Sr., M.D. and Evelyn Spiro, R.N. Professorship in Pediatric Neurosurgery
BENJAMIN S. CARSON SR., MD, is world famous for his surgeries separating Siamese twins, but is interested in all aspects of pediatric neurosurgery. He retired in 2013 as full professor of neurosurgery, oncology, plastic surgery, and pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins medical institutions, where he directed pediatric neurosurgery for nearly…
The Solomon H. Snyder Professorship in Neurosurgery
SOLOMON H. SNYDER, MD came to Johns Hopkins Hospital to complete his psychiatric training in 1965. In 1966 he joined the faculty of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (Asst Professor Pharmacology, 1966-1968; Associate Professor Pharmacology/Psychiatry (1968-1970); Professor (1970). In 1980 he established the Department of Neuroscience and served…
Established in 2014 by lead donors Dr. and Mrs. IRVING SHERMAN and Mr. and Mrs. JOSH E. FIDLER and generous gifts from Mr. and Mrs. LEONARD ATTMAN, Mr. and Mrs. GEORGE BERRY, Drs. HENRY and RACHEL BREM, Dr. and Mrs. BENJAMIN S. CARSON SR., Drs. PETER and JANE COLEMAN, Mr.…
GEORGE J. HEUER, MD was a pioneer in neurosurgery at The Johns Hopkins Hospital in the early 20th century; he trained under Harvey Cushing and acted as a mentor to Walter Dandy. In his early career, Heuer focused on research and clinical work in the field of neurosurgery and temporarily…
Doctors David S. and Marilyn M. Zamierowski Directorship
DAVID S., Med 1968, and MARY M. ZAMIEROWSKI met on the tennis courts behind Reed Hall at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine during the start of fall classes in 1967. David was a senior medical student and Mary was a first-year graduate student in Lehninger’s Biochemistry Department. David proposed…
A family whose members wish to be anonymous created this professorship, along with a research endowment in the Department of Neurology, to support wide-ranging efforts to improve mental functions in people with developmental or acquired brain disorders. Research and clinical initiatives at Hopkins will apply the best theoretical knowledge from…
W.W. Smith Charitable Trust Endowed Professorship in Neuroimmunology
The W.W. SMITH CHARITABLE TRUST was established in 1976 through the vision of the late WILLIAM WIKOFF SMITH, an industrialist, philanthropist, family man, and ship enthusiast. Throughout his life, he was dedicated to the belief that one's good fortune should be shared with others, particularly institutions of higher learning and…
Leonard and Madlyn Abramson Professorship in Neurodegenerative Diseases
[caption id="attachment_114" align="alignleft" width="250"] [/caption] LEONARD ABRAMSON is a Trustee Emeritus of The Johns Hopkins University. His career began as a retail pharmacist. While working for a hospital-management company he created Family Medical Care, a prepaid medical plan, which he subsequently purchased. In the late 1970s, he changed the name…
