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.
Paul D. Sponseller, M.D. Professorship in Pediatric Orthopaedics
In 1980, PAUL D. SPONSELLER, MD, BUS 1999 (MS), 2001 (MBA), graduated from the University of Michigan medical school. Following graduation, Dr. Sponseller completed his residency in orthopaedic surgery at the University of Wisconsin, followed by a pediatric spine and orthopaedics fellowship at Harvard Medical School’s Children’s Hospital. He earned…
Lewis Cass Spencer Professorship in Orthopaedic Surgery
LEWIS CASS SPENCER, Med 1911, was the first orthopaedic resident at the School of Medicine and the first orthopaedic surgeon in Louisiana, where he spent his entire career, after a tour of duty in England and France as a captain in the United States Army. He spent 20 years in…
ROBERT A. ROBINSON, former director of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, was an authority on total hip joint replacement and one of the developers of an operation that alleviated much of the pain associated with the removal of cervical discs. He came to Hopkins in 1953 and was the first…
Lee H. Riley Jr., M.D., Chair in Orthopaedic Surgery
LEE H. RILEY JR, who died in 2001, was a Hopkins Distinguished Service Professor, professor of orthopaedic surgery and served as chairman of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery. He wrote extensively on the anterior approach to the cervical spine and was one of the first surgeons in the United States…
Virginia M. Percy & William Algernon Percy Chair in Orthopaedic Surgery
In announcing plans for this chair in the 1970s, VIRGINIA M. PERCY voiced her hope that the physicians who held the professorship through the years "will help to shape that future through research and the development of ever new and better techniques and instruments for all orthopaedic conditions, but especially…
Wayne H. Lewis Professorship in Orthopaedics & Shoulder Surgery
WAYNE LEWIS (shown, left, with Dr. McFarland) was born in New York City during the Depression, attended Harvard for a year, then enlisted in the Army and served in Korea as a company commander for two years. After his service ended he returned to Harvard, then worked for Standard Oil of…
David S. Hungerford, M.D., Professorship in Orthopaedic Surgery
DAVID S. HUNGERFORD served for 28 years both as chief of the Arthritis Division in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at Hopkins and chief of orthopaedics at Good Samaritan Hospital. Dr. Hungerford, who completed his post-graduate training at Oxford University in England and at Hopkins, is considered to be one…
Thomas M. Brushart, M.D. Professorship in Hand Surgery
THOMAS M. BRUSHART, M.D., was the inaugural Thomas M. Brushart, M.D. Professor in the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine's Division of Hand Surgery. He has gained wide recognition for his expertise in the treatment of hand and peripheral nerve problems, as well as for his research into the restoration…
University Professorships are honorary titles awarded by the University upon the recommendation of the President, to recognize exceptional achievements made by select members of the senior faculty.
One of the pioneers in nursing education at Johns Hopkins and in the nation, M. ADELAIDE NUTTING was a member of the Class of 1891 and served as superintendent of nurses and principal of the school for nurses from 1895 to 1907. In 1914, mindful of the connection between financial…
Leonard and Helen R. Stulman Professorship in Mental Health and Psychiatric Nursing
The LEONARD and HELEN R. STULMAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION was established by Leonard Stulman, a Baltimore businessman and philanthropist and Johns Hopkins alumnus, who died in 2000. During their lifetimes, Mr. Stulman and his wife, Helen R. Stulman, made generous gifts to the Jewish community, the arts, music, theater, and to…
Independence Foundation Chair in Nursing Education
On October 31, 1989, the INDEPENDENCE FOUNDATION of Philadelphia made substantial awards to nine of the nation's top nursing schools, including Johns Hopkins, to create at each an Independence Chair in Nursing. The foundation, established in 1961, began to focus on the national nursing shortage in 1985. Robert A. Maes,…
