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.
CAROLINE PENNINGTON (pictured), Nurs 1918, had a lifelong admiration for ELSIE M. LAWLER, Nurs 1899, who had been superintendent of nurses at Hopkins from 1910 to 1940. At the time Ms. Pennington endowed this chair, she praised the late Ms. Lawler for her exceptional understanding and sensitivity. Under Ms. Lawler's…
Anne and George L. Bunting Professorship in Clinical Ethics
A long-time member of the Berman Institute of Bioethics’s advisory board and philanthropic supporter of The Johns Hopkins University, GEORGE L. BUNTING has been integral to the institute’s growth into one of the world’s largest and most respected centers of bioethics. First proposed a decade ago, this professorship represents years…
ANNA D. WOLF, Nurs 1915, who directed the nursing school from 1940 until 1955, was a trailblazer not only at Hopkins but around the world. She organized the School of Nursing at the Peking Union Medical College in China, laid the foundation for the baccalaureate nursing program at Cornell University,…
A. Earl Walker, M.D. Professorship in Functional Neurosurgery
A. EARL WALKER, M.D., earned his medical degree in 1930 from the University of Alberta, completed his internship at Toronto Western Hospital and his residency in neurology/neurosurgery at the University of Chicago. One year after moving to the University of Iowa in 1934 to become an instructor in neurological surgery,…
Irving J. Sherman, M.D. Research Professorship in Neurosurgery
IRVING J. SHERMAN, A&S 1936, Med 1940, completed his surgery and neurosurgery residencies at Hopkins, the latter under the legendary neurosurgeon Walter E. Dandy. After graduating in 1943, Dr. Sherman entered the Army Medical Corps as a neurosurgeon in the European Theater. After the war, he set up a private…
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.…
