Faculty Members Honored as Inaugural Holders of New Endowed Professorships

The John F. Holt Collegiate Professorship in Radiology

Dean Allen Lichter and Michael DiPietro Photo: Martin Vloet

On April 25, pediatric radiologist Michael A. DiPietro, M.D., was installed as the first John F. Holt Collegiate Professor of Radiology. DiPietro came to the University of Michigan as an assistant professor of radiology in 1982, and became a full professor in 1996. At the U-M, he has chaired the Patient Care Committee and served as acting director of the Section of Pediatric Radiology. DiPietro directs the Medical Student Education Committee, and has served on a number of executive committees at the University and elsewhere, including Mott and Holden hospitals at the U-M, and the Radiology Section of the American Academy of Pediatrics.

John F. “Jack” Holt, M.D. (Residency 1939), was an internationally recognized leader in the field of pediatric radiology. In 2002, colleagues at the University established a professorship in his honor. Holt was instrumental in the planning of C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital, and was its first director of pediatric radiology. He received the Medical Center Alumni Society’s Distinguished Service Award honoring his 45-year career in 1996, the year of his death.

The Helen F. and Marvin M. Kirsh Professorship in Cardiac Surgery

Edward L. Bove, M.D. (Residencies 1977, 1979), an internationally recognized pediatric cardiac surgeon and expert on hypoplastic left heart syndrome, was installed as the first Helen F. and Marvin M. Kirsh Professor of Cardiac Surgery on May 5. Bove joined the U-M in 1985 as an associate professor of surgery and of pediatrics and communicable diseases, and was appointed professor in 1988, as well as director of the Division of Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery and associate director of the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital. Bove became head of the Cardiac Surgery Section in 1999, and also serves as director of the Pediatric Congenital Heart Program at Mott.

Edward Bove; Amnon Rosenthal, M.D., professor of Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases; Marvin M. Kirsh; Robert Kelch (M.D. 1967, Residency 1970), executive vice president for medical affairs and CEO of the U-M Health System; Michael Mulholland, M.D., Ph.D., chair of the Department of Surgery; and Dean Allen Lichter Photo: Gregory Fox

Marvin M. Kirsh, M.D. (Residency 1968), a professor of surgery in the U-M Medical School, is a leading clinician, researcher and teacher in the fields of cardiac and general thoracic surgery, as well as author of a definitive book on blunt chest trauma. The professorship honors his career and serves as a memorial to Kirsh’s wife, Helen, who died in 2000.

The McKay Professorship in Cardiovascular Disease

Fred Morady with his wife, Paulette Metroyer, and daughter Aviva Morady Photo: Martin Vloet

May 11 marked the installation of Fred Morady, M.D., a world leader in clinical cardiac electrophysiology and director since 1984 of the Clinical Electrophysiology Laboratory at the U-M, as the first McKay Professor of Cardiovascular Disease. As a clinician and investigator, Morady’s work is focused on the management, understanding and treatment of irregular heart rhythms. He joined the U-M faculty as associate professor in the Department of Internal Medicine, and was promoted to professor in 1987. Morady is also a consulting professor at Shanghai No. 2 Medical University in China.

The professorship pays tribute to Frank D. McKay, a foundry worker who went on to become a prominent citizen of Grand Rapids. He influenced the careers of many notable political figures, including President Warren G. Harding. McKay worked in business, finance and real estate, and served three terms as treasurer of the state of Michigan.

The Thomas B. and Nancy Upjohn Woodworth Professorship in Bipolar Disorder and Depression

Tom and Nancy Woodworth with Melvin and Salome McInnis Photo: Martin Vloet

On June 26, Melvin G. McInnis, M.D., professor of psychiatry, section director of the University of Michigan Depression Center, and an international leader and expert in the diagnosis, genetics and clinical management of bipolar and depressive disorders, was installed to the Thomas B. and Nancy Upjohn Woodworth Professorship in Bipolar Disorder and Depression. McInnis joined the U-M Medical School faculty in 2004 and has extensive experience in the specialized clinical care and management of bipolar and depressive illnesses. His initial ascertainment of bipolar families, some 20 years ago, became one of the first modern genetic-linkage studies in bipolar disorder.

Nancy Upjohn Woodworth is a fourth-generation graduate of the University of Michigan. Woodworth’s grandfather, then her father, served as president of the Upjohn Pharmaceutical Company in Kalamazoo, which her grandfather founded in 1885. She is an emeritus trustee of Kalamazoo College and serves as secretary-treasurer of the Woodworth-Upjohn Foundation. Tom Woodworth, now retired from a successful business career in Kalamazoo, serves as president of the Woodworth-Upjohn Foundation.

The Marion and David Handleman Research Professorship in Vascular Surgery

James C. Stanley (M.D. 1964, Residency 1972), a renowned vascular surgeon whose clinical practice focuses on complex cerebrovascular and aortic disease, renovascular hypertension, splanchnic aneurysms and pediatric arterial diseases, became the first Marion and David Handleman Research Professor of Vascular Surgery on July 13. Stanley joined the faculty in 1972 as an instructor in surgery, becoming a full professor in 1980. He has served as director of medical student education, resident education in General Surgery, the Jobst Vascular Research Laboratories, and, since 1982, of Vascular Surgery’s fellowship program. In 2003 he was appointed the U-M Cardiovascular Center’s director for vascular surgery.

David Handleman and Dean Allen Lichter Photo: Kurt Parfitt

Marion and David Handleman served on the boards of many organizations, including the Detroit Institute of Arts, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, the Meadow Brook Art Gallery at Oakland University, and the Jewish Community Center in West Bloomfield, Michigan. Their gratitude for Marion’s care at University Hospital led to the establishment of the Marion and David Handleman Research Professorship in Vascular Surgery.

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Other Faculty Appointments to Named Professorships

The following University of Michigan Medical School faculty members recently have been honored with appointment or reappointment to endowed professorships, for five-year terms:

Ramon Berguer, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Surgery, is the Frankel Professor of Vascular Surgery.

Arul M. Chinnaiyan (M.D., Ph.D. 1999), departments of Pathology and Urology, is the S.P. Hicks Collegiate Professor of Pathology.

Lisa Colletti (M.D. 1985, Residency 1991), Department of Surgery, is the C. Gardner Child Professor of Surgery.

Eva Feldman (M.D. 1983, Ph.D. 1979), Department of Neurology, is the Russell N. DeJong Professor of Neurology.

David Ginsburg, M.D., departments of Internal Medicine and Human Genetics, is the Warner-Lambert/Parke-Davis Professor of Medicine.

Jay Hess, M.D., Ph.D., chair of the Department of Pathology, is the Carl V. Weller Professor of Pathology.

Paul F. Hollenberg (Ph.D. 1969), Department of Pharmacology, is the Maurice H. Seevers Collegiate Professor of Pharmacology.

David M. Lubman, Ph.D., Department of Surgery, is the Maud T. Lane Professor of Surgical Immunology.

Ralph Lydic, Ph.D., departments of Anesthesiology and Molecular and Integrative Physiology, is the Bert N. LaDu Professor of Anesthesiology Research.

Harry Mobley, M.D., chair of the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, is the Frederick G. Novy, M.D., Collegiate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology.

R. Kevin Reynolds, M.D. (Residency 1991), Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, is the George Morley Collegiate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

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Faculty Members Honored as Inaugural Holders of New Endowed Professorships