Establishing a named endowment that can support significant research year after year is often a motivating factor in philanthropy. The Medical Center has more than 430 endowed funds for medical research, fellowships or chair and professorship positions established through philanthropy.
These endowments not only enhance the quality of medical research and recognize the innovation of the faculty recipient of the chair or professorship, but they also honor the person for which the endowment is named through the generosity of the donor. Endowed chairs and professorships, representing 44 percent of the Medical Center’s gift endowment (as of February 2008) and valued at $117 million in gift principal, support research efforts at the Medical Center and include the following (with area of benefit shown in parentheses):
- Carl M. and Grace C. Baldwin Chair in Ophthalmology (Ophthalmology)
- Battelle Professorship in Inhalation Therapeutics (Inhalation Therapeutics)
- Barbara J. Bonner Chair in Lung Cancer Research (Cancer)
- John G. Boutselis, MD, Chair in Gynecology (Gynecology)
- Warren Brown Family Designated Professorship in Leukemia Research (Cancer)
- Dr. John D. and E. Olive Brumbaugh Chair in Brain Research and Teaching (Neurosurgery)
- H. William Clatworthy Jr. Professorship in Pediatric Surgery (Pediatric Surgery)
- Jeg Coughlin Chair in Childhood Cancer Development Therapeutics (Pediatric Cancer)
- Henry G. Cramblett Chair in Medicine (Pediatrics)
- Dardinger Family Endowed Chair in Oncological Neurosurgery (Cancer-Oncological Neurosurgery)
- Esther Dardinger Endowed Chair in Neuro-Oncology (Cancer-Neuro-Oncology)
- Dorothy M. Davis Chair in Cancer Research (Cancer)
- William C. and Joan E. Davis Cancer Research Professorship (Cancer)
- S. Robert Davis Chair of Medicine (Medicine-Unrestricted)
- Richard J. and Martha D. Denman Professorship (Epilepsy)
- Charles Austin Doan Chair of Medicine (Medicine-Unrestricted)
- Jack C. Geer, MD, Professorship in Pathology (Pathology)
- George T. Harding III, MD, Endowed Chair in Psychiatry (Psychiatry)
- William H. Havener, MD, Chair in Ophthalmology Research (Ophthalmology)
- Irene D. Hirsch Chair in Ophthalmology (Ophthalmology)
- Fred A. Hitchcock Professorship in Environmental Physiology (Physiology)
- William E. Hunt, MD, and Charlotte M. Curtis Chair in Neuroscience (Neuroscience)
- Leonard J. Immke Jr. and Charlotte L. Immke Chair in Cancer Research (Cancer)
- Jay J. Jacoby, MD, PhD, Chair in Anesthesiology (Anesthesiology)
- Dr. Arthur G. and Mildred C. James – Richard J. Solove Chair in Surgical Oncology (Surgical Oncology)
- Dr. Ernest W. Johnson Professorship (Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation)
- Donald G. Jones, MD, and Patsy P. Jones Designated Professorship in OB/Gynecology (Gynecology)
- Luther M. Keith Professorship in Surgery (Surgery)
- Karl P. Klassen Chair of Thoracic Surgery (Thoracic Surgery)
- Frank J. Kloenne Chair in Orthopedic Surgery (Orthopedic Surgery)
- Klotz Chair in Cancer Research (Cancer)
- Ralph W. and Helen Kurtz Chair in Hormonology (Cancer)
- Helen C. Kurtz Chair in Neurology (Neurology)
- Ralph W. Kurtz Chair in Pathology (Pathology)
- Lois Levy Professorship for Cancer (Cancer)
- Dave Longaberger Endowed Chair in Urology (Urology [with Cancer])
- John H. and Mildred C. Lumley Medical Research Chair (Heart, Cancer, Arthritis)
- Torrence A. Makley Research Professorship (Ophthalmology)
- John L. Marakas - Nationwide Insurance Enterprise Foundation Chair in Cancer Research (Cancer)
- John G. and Jeanne Bonnet McCoy Chair in The Ohio State University Heart Center (Heart)
- Richard L. Meiling Chair of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Obstetrics/Gynecology)
- Dr. Samuel T. and Lois Felts Mercer Professorship of Medicine and Pharmacology (Pharmacology)
- Gilbert and Kathryn Mitchell Chair (Cancer, Heart, Kidneys and Eyes)
- Max Morehouse Chair in Cancer Research (Cancer)
- Martha Morehouse Chair in Immunology and Rheumatology (Immunology/Rheumatology)
- Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation Chair for Clinical Research (Clinical Research)
- James W. Overstreet Chair in Cardiology Fund (Cardiology)
- William Greenville Pace III and Joanne Norris Collins-Pace Chair for Cancer Research (Cancer)
- William Greenville Pace III Endowed Chair in Cancer Research (Cancer)
- Frank E. and Mary W. Pomerene Professorship in the Prevention and Treatment of Infectious Diseases (Infectious Diseases)
- Warner M. and Lora Kays Pomerene Chair in Medicine (Primary Care)
- Ray W. Poppleton Research Chair (Orthopedics & Spinal Cord)
- Harry C. and Mary Elizabeth Powelson Professorship of Medicine (Medicine-Unrestricted)
- John A. Prior Professorship (Pulmonary)
- Marion Rowley Designated Chair (Cancer)
- Joseph M. Ryan, MD, Chair in Cardiovascular Medicine (Cardiology)
- Samuel Saslaw Professorship in Infectious Diseases (Infectious Disease)
- Robert A. and Martha O. Schoenlaub Cancer Research Chair (Cancer)
- David E. Schuller, MD, and Carole Schuller Chair in Otolaryngology (Otolaryngology)
- Ernest Scott, MD, Endowed Professorship in Pathology (Pathology)
- Donald A. Senhauser, MD, Professorship in Pathology (Pathology)
- Justine Skestos Chair in Minimally Invasive Neurological Spinal Surgery (Neurological Surgery)
- Sarah Ross Soter Endowed Chair in Women’s Cardiovascular Health at OSU Heart Center (Heart)
- Stefanie Spielman Chair in Breast Imaging (Cancer)
- Martha G. and Milton Staub Chair for Research in Ophthalmology (Ophthalmology)
- Julius F. Stone Chair in Cancer Research (Cancer)
- University Pathology Services Anatomic Pathology Professorship (Pathology-Anatomic)
- Clayton C. Wagner Parkinson’s Disease Chair in Neurology (Parkinson’s Disease)
- William D. and Jacqueline L. Wells Chair in Imaging Research (Heart & Lung Imaging Research)
- Bert C. Wiley, MD, Endowed Chair in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation)
- Judson D. Wilson Professorship in Orthopedic Surgery (Orthopedics)
- James Hay and Ruth Jansson Wilson Professorship in Cardiology Fund (Cardiology)
- Dr. Benjamin and Helen Wiltberger Memorial Chair in Orthopaedic Surgery (Orthopedics)
- Lucius A. Wing Chair of Cancer Research and Therapy (Cancer)
- Henry A. Wise II, MD, Endowed Professorship in Urology (Urology)
- John W. Wolfe Chair in Human Cancer Genetics (Cancer)
- John W. Wolfe Chair in Cancer Research (Cancer)
- John W. Wolfe Professorship in Cardiovascular Research (Cardiovascular Medicine)
- Robert M. Zollinger Chair of Surgery (Surgery)
- Frederick P. Zuspan Chair in Obstetrics and Gynecology (Obstetrics & Gynecology)