Endowed Professorships
The following endowed professorships are made possible through the generosity of UAB's donors.
| Name | Date Established | Current Occupant | Occupant Approved Date |
| Charles S. Ackerman Endowed Professorship in Neurology | 4/9/2010 | Vacant | |
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Maurice S. Albin, M.D., Endowed Professorship in Anesthesiology |
4/8/2005 |
Thomas R. Vetter, M.D., M.Ph.D. |
2/8/2008 |
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Thomas E. Andreoli Professorship in Nephrology |
9/13/2001 |
Paul W. Sanders, M.D. |
6/17/2011 |
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Baker-Dean Endowed Professorship in Interventional Cardiology |
2/18/2000 |
Massoud A. Lessar, M.D. |
6/15/2012 |
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Donna Brown Banton Endowed Professorship in Nursing |
6/17/2005 |
Colonel Patricia A. Patrician, Ph.D., R.N. |
4/11/2008 |
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George W. Barber, Jr., Foundation Professorship in Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery |
6/28/1993 |
William Ralph Carroll, M.D. |
2/4/2011 |
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J. Claude Bennett Endowed Professorship in Rheumatology and Immunology |
2/3/2012 |
Troy D. Randall, Ph.D. |
2/3/2012 |
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Bergman/Pinkston Endowed Professorship in Physical Therapy |
2/2/2007 |
Cecilia L. Graham, PT, Ph.D. | 2/4/2011 |
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Mary J. Bradford Endowed Professorship in Gastroenterology |
9/18/1998 |
Phillip Doyle Smith, M.D., FACP |
11/09/2001 |
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C. E. Butterworth, Jr., M.D., Professorship in the Department of Nutrition Sciences |
9/27/1996 |
W. Timothy Garvey, M.D. |
4/7/2006 |
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Endowed Professorship in Cancer Pathobiology |
4/13/2012 |
Ralph DeWitt Sanderson, Ph.D. |
4/13/2012 |
| Dr. William C. Carter Endowed Professorship in French and Proust Studies | 9/16/2011 | Vacant | |
| David Hill Chestnut Endowed Professorship in Anesthesiology | 2/8/2013 | Vacant | |
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Neil E. Christopher, M.D., Endowed Professorship in Family and Community Medicine |
11/9/2001 |
Vacant |
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| Sir David Cox Endowed Professorship in Biostatistics | 9/17/2010 | Nengjun Yi, Ph.D. | 4/8/2011 |
| William E. Dismukes Endowed Professorship in Infectious Diseases | 6/20/2008 | Peter G. Pappas, M.D. |
2/3/2012 |
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James E. Elder, M.D., Endowed Professorship for Graduate Education |
4/13/2012 |
Boni E. Elewski, M.D. |
4/13/2012 |
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Endowed Professorship in Diabetes Prevention and Control |
4/12/2013 |
Monika Safford, M.D. |
4/13/2013 |
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Endowed Professorship in Experimental Cancer Therapeutics |
4/13/2012 |
Selvarangan Ponnazhagan, Ph.D. |
4/13/2012 |
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Endowed Professorship in Mitochondrial Medicine and Pathology |
4/8/2011 |
Victor Michael Darley-Usmar, Ph.D. |
4/8/2011 |
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Endowed Professorship in Polar or Marine Biology |
9/13/2001 |
James B. McClintock, Ph.D. |
9/13/2001 |
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Endowed Professorship in Transplant Nephrology |
4/20/2001 |
Robert S. Gaston, M.D. |
6/19/2009 |
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Edward A. Ernst, M.D., Endowed Professorship in Anesthesiology |
9/13/2001 |
Ursaula I. Wesselmann, M.D. |
6/20/2008 |
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Simon Gelman, M.D., Ph.D., Endowed Professorship in Anesthesiology |
11/9/2001 |
Timothy J. Ness, M.D., Ph.D. |
11/08/2002 |
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Hazel Gore, M.D., Endowed Professorship in Gynecologic Pathology |
4/8/2011 |
Vacant |
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William "Student" Sealy Gosset Endowed Professorship in Biostatistics in the School of Public Health |
11/14/2008 |
Hemant Kumar Tiwari, M.S., Ph.D. |
4/9/2010 |
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Bruce Harris, Jr., M.D. Endowed Professorship in Obstetrics and Gynecology |
5/7/1999 |
John Owen, M.D., M.S.P.H.
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6/19/2009 |
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Wyatt and Susan Haskell Endowed Professorship for Medical Excellence |
9/14/2007 |
Casey T. Weaver, M.D. |
11/9/2007 |
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James P. Hayes, Jr., Endowed Professorship in Gastrointestinal Oncology |
4/13/2012 |
Martin J. Heslin, M.D. |
4/13/2012 |
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S. Richardson Hill, Jr., Professorship in Endocrinology |
6/17/1988 |
Vacant |
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Thomas P. Hinman Dental Meeting Endowed Professorship in Comprehensive Dentistry |
4/13/2012 |
Vacant |
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Charles and Alice Hohenberg Professorship in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine |
6/21/1996 |
James E. Johnson, M.D. |
11/11/2005 |
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John S. Jemison, Jr., Visiting Professorship in the Humanities |
9/25/1986 |
Recipients chosen annually |
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Dr. Thomas W. Jones Endowed Professorship in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery |
11/28/2012 |
Vacant | |
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William J. Koopman, M.D., Endowed Professorship in Immunology and Rheumatology |
4/12/2013 |
Vacant | |
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John A. and Ruth R. Jurenko Endowed Professorship in Neurology |
2/8/2013 |
Andrew B. West, Ph.D. |
2/8/2013 |
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William A. Lell, M.D., Paul N. Samuelson, M.D., Endowed Professorship in Anesthesiology |
11/07/2003 |
Jack R. Lancaster, Jr., Ph.D. |
6/20/2008 |
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Patrick H. Linton Professorship of Psychiatry |
12/4/1987 |
Jacqueline M. Feldman, M.D. |
11/19/1999 |
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Jarman F. Lowder Endowed Professorship in Neuroscience |
6/15/2012 | Lori L. McMahon, Ph.D. | 6/15/2012 |
| Jay M. McDonald, M.D., Endowed Professorship in Bone Pathobiology | 9/17/2010 | Yi-Ping Li, Ph.D. | 9/17/2010 |
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Robert W. Mowry Endowed Professorship in Pathology |
4/18/2008 |
Gene P. Siegal, M.D., Ph.D. |
9/19/2008 |
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O'Neal- Sokol Breast Cancer Research Foundation of Alabama Endowed Professorship |
2/3/2012 |
Andres Forero-Torres, M.D. |
2/3/2012 |
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Emmett G. and Beverly S. Parrish Endowed Professorship |
11/9/2001 |
Richard M. Allman, M.D. |
10/1/2004 |
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Quetelet Endowed Professorship in Public Health |
2/3/2012 |
David B. Allison, Ph.D. |
2/3/2012 |
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Department of Radiology Visiting Professor Endowment Fund |
10/27/1989 |
Vacant |
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Bee McWane Reid Endowed Professorship in Psychiatry |
2/3/2012 |
Vacant |
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ROAR Southeast Cancer Foundation Endowed Professorship in Radiation Oncology |
2/8/2013 | Vacant | |
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Virginia B. Spencer Endowed Professorship in Neuroscience |
9/14/2012 | Erik D. Roberson, M.D., Ph.D. | 2/8/2013 |
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Tate Jordan Thomas Professorship in Psychiatric Medicine |
12/15/1994 |
Xiaohua Li, M.D., Ph.D. |
2/5/2010 |
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Transplant Nephrology Clinical Research Professorship |
9/13/2001 |
Vacant |
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UAB Alumni and Friends Professorship in Accounting |
12/7/1990 |
Thomas T. Edmonds, Ph.D. |
9/18/1998 |
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UAB Orthodontic Alumni Endowed Professorship |
6/17/2011 |
Christos C. Vlachos, D.M.D., M.S. |
9/14/2012 |
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United Therapeutics Endowed Professorship in Pulmonary Vascular Disease |
4/12/2013 |
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J. Benjamin Younger, M.D., Endowed Professorship in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility |
9/14/2000 |
Vacant |
Status as of 2/8/2013

