UMass Memorial Health established the endowed chairs through a $5 million philanthropic gift to UMass Chan, in partnership with the University of Massachusetts Foundation, according to a Sept. 26 news release.
The University of Massachusetts board of trustees voted to approve the creation of the new chairs on Sept. 19.
The following five physicians — which represent family medicine, anesthesiology and perioperative medicine, radiology, neurology and radiation oncology — were named endowed chairs.
- A.M. Barrett, MD
- Thomas FitzGerald, MD
- M. Diane McKee, MD
- Max Rosen, MD
- J. Matthias Walz, MD
Read more about the new chairs here.