EVMS Fund Endowed Chairs and Professorships
Distinguished Chair
David L. Bernd Distinguished Chair for Cardiovascular and Diabetes
Elias S. Siraj, MD
John Franklin Distinguished Chair for Geriatrics
Marissa C. Galicia-Castillo, MD (MD'97, M.S.Ed. '06, Internal Medicine Residency '00, B.S. - MD '94)
Chairs
Anne Armistead Robinson Chair in Psychiatry of EVMS
David Spiegel, MD
Arthur and Marie Kirk Family Chair
Jay N. Collins, MD (Trauma and Critical Care Fellowship '98)
Charles F. Burroughs Jr. Chair in Family & Community Medicine
Margaret Y. Baumgarten, MD (Family and Community Medicine Residency '99)
The Chidester Endowed Chair of Emergency Medicine
Barry Knapp, MD
Devine Chair in Genitourinary Reconstructive Surgery
Kurt A. McCammon, MD (Urology Residency '98, M.P.H. '12)
Edward J. Brickhouse Chair in Surgery
L.D. Britt, MD, M.P.H.
EVMS Foundation Chair in Psychiatry
Shriti B. Patel, MD (MD ’06)
EVMS Foundation Chair in Biomedical Sciences
Gerald J. Pepe, Ph.D.
EVMS Foundation Chair in Women's Health
George R. Saade, MD
EVMS Foundation Chair in Pediatrics
Eric J. Lowe, MD
EVMS/Sentara Endowed Chair for Academic Leadership Advancement in Medicine
Sami G. Tahhan, MD (MD `99)
EVMS/Sentara Endowed Chair for Academic Leadership Advancement in Obstetrics & Gynecology
Gloria T. Too, MD (MD `10)
EVMS/Sentara Endowed Chair for Academic Leadership Advancement in Otolaryngology
Stephanie A. Moody Antonio, MD
EVMS/Sentara Endowed Chair for Academic Leadership Advancement in Psychiatry
Shriti B. Patel, MD (MD `06)
EVMS/Sentara Endowed Chair for Academic Leadership Advancement in Surgery
Jessica R. Burgess, MD (MD `09, Surgery Residency & Critical Care Fellowship, '14)
Glenn R. Mitchell Chair in Generalist Medicine
John E. Snellings, MD (M.S. '05, MD '10, Family Medicine/Medicine Residency '14)
Harry H. Mansbach Chair in Medicine
Rehan Qayyum, MBBS, M.H.S.
Henry Clay Hofheimer II Chair in Obstetrics and Gynecology
Peter Takacs, MD, Ph.D.
Margaret Moore Hall Chair in Surgical Oncology
Marybeth S. Hughes, MD (MD '97, Surgery Residency '00)
The Murray Waitzer Endowed Chair
Gustavo F. Doncel, MD, Ph.D.
Robert L. Payne Chair in Surgery
Rebecca C. Britt, MD, FACS (MD '98, Trauma and Critical Care Fellowship '04)
The Prudence and Louis Ryan Chair of Research
Milton Brown, MD, Ph.D.
Sentara Healthcare Chair for EVMS Otolaryngology
Barry Strasnick, MD, FACS
Distinguished Professorships
Al Abiouness Distinguished Professorship in Geriatrics
Hamid R. Okhravi, MD
Kay W. Abiouness Distinguished Professorship in Pediatric and Adolescent Psychiatry
Recruiting
Aubrey L. Layne, Jr. Distinguished Professorship in Health Policy & Management
Recruiting
Anthem Distinguished Professorship for Cancer Research
O. John Semmes IV, Ph.D.
EVMS Foundation Distinguished Professorship in Biomedical Sciences
Julie A. Kerry, Ph.D.
EVMS Foundation Distinguished Professorship in Emergency Medicine
Donald Byars II, MD (MD '99, Emergency Medicine Residency '02)
Fine Family Distinguished Professorship in Adolescent and Pediatric Psychiatry
Recruiting
James E. Etheridge Jr. Distinguished Professorship
Ronald W. Flenner, MD (MD '89)
Jordan R. Asher, MD, M.S. Distinguished Professorship in Medicine
Catherine J.F. Derber, MD (MD '99)
Mason C. Andrews Distinguished Professorship in Obstetrics and Gynecology
Alfred Abuhamad, MD
Oscar Edwards, MD Memorial Distinguished Professorship in Medicine
Recruiting
Redwood Distinguished Professorship of Psychiatry & Behavioral Medicine
Jessica Mees-Campbell, MD (Psychiatry Residency '13)
Sue Faulkner Scribner Distinguished Professorship in Geriatrics
Mily Kannarkat, MD, FACP (MD '06)
Professorships
Francis L. Counselman, MD, FACEP, Professorship
Anjeza Cipi, MD (Emergency Medicine Residency '15)
Aaron Vinik, MD Professorship in Endocrinology and Diabetes
David Lieb, MD
Ann & Paul F. Schellhammer, MD Professor in Cancer Research
Robert W. Given, MD
Antoinette F. Hood, MD Professorship in Dermatology
Alice Roberts, MD, Ph.D.
Daniel W. Karakla, MD, FACS Professorship in Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
Matthew Bak, MD
EVMS Ophthalmology Professorship
Shannon M. McCole, MD (Ophthalmology Residency '97)
Fine Family Professorship in Otolaryngology
John T. Sinacori, MD
Henry Ford Professor of Surgery
L.D. Britt, MD, M.P.H.
John and Lillian Norfleet Professorship in Medicine
Seth M. Berney, MD
Lydia I. Myers Endowed Professorship in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Beverly Roberts-Atwater, DO, Ph.D.
The McKinnon Family Professorship in Palliative Medicine
Kelly A. Thomson, MBBS
Rosemary Fenton and Garnett Jordan Professorship in Geriatrics
Bahar Niknejad, MD (Internal Medicine Residency '20, Geriatrics Fellowship '21)
Toy Savage Endowed Professorship in Pediatrics
Kelli J. England, Ph.D.
Westminster-Canterbury Endowed Professorship in Geriatrics
Richard Whalen, MD (MD '85, Internal Medicine Residency '88)
Zora M. & Gilmer A. Warfield Professorship for Humanities in Medicine
Sahira A. Humadi, MD (Family and Community Medicine Residency '00)
Updated May 2025