Endowed Chairs

Endowed chairs represent the most prestigious and significant recognition of a scientist's or a clinician's work. At Nationwide Children's, we are proud to be home to many faculty members whose dedication and achievements are worthy of this distinction.

		Lauren Bakaletz, PhD Tillie Coleman Endowed Chair in Pediatric Research This endowed chair supports research in genetics and molecular medicine at Nationwide Children's Hospital				Gail Besner, MD John Fisher Chair in Neonatal Research This endowed chair is part of a $50 million gift from the Nationwide Foundation
		John Cheatham, MD George H. Dunlap Endowed Chair in Interventional Cardiology This endowed chair is part of a $50 million gift to Nationwide Children's from the Nationwide Foundation				Tim Feltes, MD Andy Paxton Endowed Chair in Cardiology This endowed chair ensures that funds are available in perpetuity to retain a highly prominent physician in a leadership position in the Section of Cardiology at Nationwide Children's Hospital
		Mark Galantowicz, MD Murray D. Lincoln Endowed Chair in Cardiothoracic Surgery This endowed chair is part of a $50 million gift to Nationwide Children's from the Nationwide Foundation				Tom Gross, MD Gordon Teter Endowed Chair in Pediatric Cancer This endowed chair ensures recruitment and support for the efforts of the pediatric cancer program at Nationwide Children's Hospital
		Peter Houghton, PhD Elizabeth M. & Richard M. Ross Endowed Chair in Pediatric Research This endowed chair supports research into the molecular basis of various childhood cancers at Nationwide Children's Hospital				Octavio Ramilo, MD Henry Cramblett Chair in Medicine This endowed chair provides salary and program support in the Department of Pediatrics for a distinguished pediatrician who is nationally noted for leading research and patient care in the area of infectious diseases.
		Gary Smith, MD, MPH Dimon R. McFerson Endowed Chair in Injury Research This endowed chair is part of a $50 million gift to Nationwide Children's from the Nationwide Foundation				William Smoyer, MD Robert Kidder Chair in Clinical and Translational Research This endowed chair supports research in pediatric clinical and translational research
		Veronica Vieland, PhD Battelle Chair in Quantitative and Computational Biology This endowed chair supports research in mathematical medicine, quantitative and computational biology				Chris Walker, PhD Wilby S. Cowan Endowed Chair in Pediatric Research This endowed chair supports research in genetics and molecular medicine at Nationwide Children's Hospital
		Steve Welty, MD Dean W. Jeffers Endowed Chair This endowed chair is part of a $50 million gift to Nationwide Children's from the Nationwide Foundation