The University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) has 80 endowed chairs, distinguished professorships, and professorships.
These vital positions support our faculty, who advance medical education, discovery, and clinical innovation. Click on the names below to learn more about UMSOM faculty members who hold endowed positions.
Investiture Ceremonies
Since 2007, UMSOM has hosted Investiture Ceremonies to celebrate these prodigious achievements with faculty, families, and friends. To watch past events, please visit our Investiture Ceremonies page.
Alicia and Yaya Viral Pathogen Research Professor of Microbiology & Immunology
Matthew B. Frieman, PhD
Dr. Bizhan Aarabi Professor of Neurotrauma
J. Marc Simard, MD, PhD
Anesthesiology Endowed Professor of Entrepreneurial Research
Konstantin G. Birukov, MD, PhD
Anesthesiology Endowed Professor of Translational Research
Wei Chao, MD, PhD, FAHA
Peter Angelos Distinguished Professor of Entrepreneurial Surgical Science
Zhongjun Jon Wu, PhD
Peter Angelos Distinguished Professor of Surgery
Alexander S. Krupnick, MD
Dr. Herbert Berger Professor of Medicine
Jeffrey D. Hasday, MD
John Z. and Akiko K. Bowers Distinguished Professor and Dean
Mark T. Gladwin, MD
Eugenia Brin Endowed Professor of Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders
Lisa M. Shulman, MD
Drs. Angela and Harry Brodie Professor of Translational Cancer Research
Stuart S. Martin, PhD
Dr. Joseph Warren Burnett Professor of Dermatology
Shawn Gaurav Kwarta, MD
Dr. William and Carol Carpenter Professor in Psychiatry for Mental Illness Research
Deanna L. Kelly, PharmD, BCPP
CARTI Endowed Professor
E. Albert Reece, MD, PhD, MBA
Bruce and Isobel Cleland Chair of Otorhinolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery
Rodney Taylor, MD, MPH
Mary Gray Cobey Professor of Neonatology
Dina El-Metwally, MB,BCh, MS, PhD
R Adams Cowley, MD Professor of Shock and Trauma
Deborah M. Stein, MD, MPH
M. Carlyle Crenshaw, Jr., MD and Lillian Ruth Blackmon, MD Professor of Maternal Fetal Medicine
Ozhan Mehmet Turan, MD, PhD
Dean John M. Dennis Chair of Radiology
Elias R. Melhem, MD
Barbara Baur Dunlap Professor of Surgery
Rajabrata Sarkar, MD, PhD
Charles Reid Edwards, MD Professor of Surgery
Jonathan Bromberg, MD, PhD
Howard M. Eisenberg, MD Distinguished Professor of Neurosurgery
Graeme F. Woodworth, MD
Isadore & Fannie Schneider Foxman Chair of Radiation Oncology
William F. Regine, MD, FACR, FACRO
James and Carolyn Frenkil Dean's Professor
Margaret M. McCarthy, PhD
James and Carolyn Frenkil Distinguished Dean's Professor
James B. Kaper, PhD
Sylvan Frieman, MD Endowed Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences
Irina Burd, MD, PhD
Robert C. Gallo, MD Endowed Professor of Translational Medicine
George K. Lewis, PhD
Marlene & Stewart Greenebaum Distinguished Professor of Oncology
Taofeek K. Owonikoko, MD, PhD
Marlene & Stewart Greenebaum Professor of Radiation Oncology
Mohan Suntha, MD, MBA
Marlene & Stewart Greenebaum Professor of Radiation Oncology
Stewart J. Greenebaum Endowed Professor of Stroke Neurology
Seemant Chaturvedi, MD
Simon and Bessie Grollman Distinguished Professor
Myron M. Levine, MD, DTPH
Homer & Martha Gudelsky Distinguished Professor of Medicine
Thomas E. and Alice Marie Hales Distinguished Professor of Transplant Surgery
Bartley P. Griffith, MD
Christopher R. Harman, MD Endowed Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences
Peixin Yang, PhD
Dr. Martin A. Helrich Chair of Anesthesiology
Dr. J. Laurance Hill Endowed Professor of Pediatric Surgery
Kimberly M. Lumpkins, MD
Maxwell Hurston, MD Distinguished Professor of Orthopaedics
Masahiro Iwamoto, PhD
Drs. Rouben and Violet Jiji Endowed Professor
Steven J. Czinn, MD
Gary Jobson Professor of Medical Oncology
Aaron P. Rapoport, MD
The Honorable Francis X. Kelly Distinguished Professor of Trauma Surgery
Thomas M. Scalea, MD
James Lawrence Kernan Professor and Chair of the Department of Orthopaedics
R. Frank Henn, III, MD
Myron M. Levine, MD, DTPH Professor of Vaccinology
Carl M. Mansfield, MD Endowed Professor of Radiation Oncology
Paul N. Manson, MD Distinguished Professor of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Michael P. Grant, MD, PhD
Matjasko Professor of Anesthesiology Education
Mary J. Njoku, MD
Matjasko Professor of Anesthesiology Research
Junfang Wu, BM, PhD
Dr. Joseph S. and Irene P. McLaughlin Professor of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery
Bradley S. Taylor, MD, MPH
Hamish S. and Christine C. Osborne Distinguished Professor of Advanced Pulmonary Care
Nader M. Habashi, MD, FACP, FCCP
Robert A. Pascal Professor of Orthopaedics
Joseph P. Stains, PhD
Moses Paulson, MD and Helen Golden Paulson Chair of the Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Jean-Pierre Raufman, MD
Professor of Pediatric Cardiology
Campbell and Jeanette Plugge Professor of Surgery
Stephen M. Kavic, MD
Frederick Henry Prince Distinguished Professor of Neurology
Stephen G. Reich, MD
E. Albert Reece, MD, PhD, MBA Dean's Professor
Joan B. and John H. Sadler, MD Professor of Nephrology
Terry J. Watnick, MD
Jane Kroh Satterfield Endowed Professor of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science
Victoria G. Marchese, PhD, PT
Elijah B. Saunders, MD Professor of Hypertension
Anne Scalea Professor of Trauma
Sharon M. Henry, MD
Thomas M. Scalea, MD Distinguished Professor of Trauma Surgery
David T. Efron, MD
John A. Scholl, MD and Mary Louise Scholl, MD Professor of Pediatrics
Karen L. Kotloff, MD
Joseph and Corinne Schwartz Professor of Surgery
Jian-Ying Wang, MD, PhD
Joseph and Corinne Schwartz Professor of Surgical Sciences Research in Transplantation
Valeria R. Mas, MS, PhD
Albert Shapiro, MD Professor of Dermatology
Melvin Sharoky, MD Professor of Medicine
Bradley A. Maron, MD
Investiture Ceremony: September 9, 2025