2023 Department of Pediatrics Academic Annual Report

Endowed Chairs & Professorships

Children’s of Alabama Endowed Chairs Virginia Walker Jones Endowed Chair in Neonatology............................................................................Namasivayam Ambalavanan, M.D. Ralph Frohsin Endowed Chair in Pediatric Endocrinology...............................................................................................Ambika Ashraf, M.D. W. Charles Mayer Endowed Chair in Pediatric Nephrology...............................................................................David Askenazi, M.D., MSPH Donald M. James Endowed Chair in Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care.......................................................Santiago Borasino, M.D., MPH Derroll Dawkins, M.D. Endowed Chair in Adolescent Medicine......................................................................Tamera Coyne-Beasley, M.D. Temple W. Tutwiler, III Endowed Chair in Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine......................................................................Drew Davis, M.D. Benjamin Russell Endowed Chair in Pediatric Hematology/Oncology..............................................................................Girish Dhall, M.D. William Bew White, Jr. Chair in Pediatric Neurology................................................................................................................Leon Dure, M.D. Margaret M. Porter Endowed Chair in Pediatric Nephrology....................................................................................................Dan Feig, M.D. David E. Dixon Endowed Chair in Pediatric Gastroenterology......................................................................................Sandeep Gupta, M.D. Raymond K. Lyrene, M.D. Endowed Chair in Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine...........................................................Hector Gutierrez, M.D. Sergio B. Stagno, M.D. Endowed Chair in Pediatric Infectious Diseases.....................................................................David Kimberlin, M.D. Thomas N. Carruthers, Jr. Endowed Chair in Pediatric Cardiology.....................................................................................Yung R. Lau, M.D. Hugh Morgan Endowed Chair in Pediatric Hematology-Oncology....................................................................Jeffrey Lebensburger, DO Thomas H. Lowder Endowed Chair in Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics....................................................Laura McGuinn, M.D. C. Phillip McWane Endowed Chair in Pediatric Emergency Medicine............................................................................Kathy Monroe, M.D. Frederick W. Renneker, III Endowed Chair for Pediatric Education.............................................................................Michele Nichols, M.D. Beth Gordy Dubina Endowed Chair in Pediatric Hospital Medicine........................................................................Erin Shaughnessy, M.D. Ann Dial McMillan Endowed Chair in Pediatric Critical Care.................................................................................................Nancy Tofil, M.D. John W. Benton, M.D. Endowed Chair in General Pediatrics....................................................................................................Terry Wall, M.D. Children’s of Alabama Endowed Professorships Hugh Dillon, M.D. Endowed Professorship in Pediatric Infectious Diseases.............................................................Suresh Boppana, M.D. Waldemar A. Carlo, M.D. Endowed Professorship in Clinical Neonatology.......................................................................Carl Coghill, M.D. Endowed Professorship.............................................................................................................................................................Michele Kong, M.D. Child Abuse Pediatrics Professorship....................................................................................................................................Michael Taylor, M.D. UAB Endowed Chairs Gay & Bew White Endowed Chair in Pediatric Oncology.....................................................................................................Smita Bhatia, M.D. Charles A. Alford, M.D. Endowed Chair in Pediatric Infectious Diseases...................................................................................Bill Britt, M.D. Edwin M. Dixon Chair in Neonatology........................................................................................................................................Wally Carlo, M.D. Katharine Reynolds Ireland Chair of Pediatrics......................................................................................................................Mitch Cohen, M.D. Arthritis Foundation Alabama Chapter Endowed Chair in Pediatric Rheumatology.......................................................Randy Cron, M.D. Helen and Robert Whitley Endowed Chair of Pediatrics.....................................................................................Stephen Obaro, M.D., Ph.D. Loeb Eminent Scholar Chair in Pediatrics..........................................................................................................................Richard Whitley, M.D. UAB Endowed Professorships Sarah Katherine Bateh Endowed Professorship for Rett Syndrome......................................................................................Alan Percy, M.D. Endowed Professorship in Pediatrics.......................................................................................................................................Liz Worthey, Ph.D.

2023 Academic Annual Report

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