15 Feinberg Faculty Members Vested as Endowed Professors

September 18, 2024

Fifteen Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine faculty members recently appointed endowed professorships were formally recognized at a group investiture ceremony on Sept. 5.

“Endowed professorships are one of the highest honors bestowed on our faculty,” Eric G. Neilson, MD, vice president for Medical Affairs and Lewis Landsberg Dean, said during his opening remarks at the event, held at The Peninsula Hotel in Chicago. “These precious endowments support the excellence and creativity of the university and are proud moments of recognition for the school of medicine.”

Feinberg has nearly 240 endowed professorships, which represent the pinnacle of academic achievement and excellence and are reserved for the medical school’s most distinguished and productive physicians and scientists. They carry great prestige and impact for the benefactor, the appointed holder of the professorship, and the University.

Left to right: Marianne Green, MD, vice dean for Education and the chair and Raymond H. Curry, MD, Professor in the Department of Medical Education; Dr. Brannigan; and Adam Murphy, MD, MBA, MSCI, who was vested as the Distinguished Professor of Health Equity Research in Urology

At the ceremony, Robert E. Brannigan '92 MD, ’93 ’94 ’98 GME, was invested as the inaugural Janice Binstein Professor of Urology. The professorship, established in 2024, was made possible by a generous donor in gratitude to Ted Schaeffer, MD, PhD, chair of the Department of Urology, and in recognition of the department’s tripartite focus on teaching, research, and patient care.

"Being awarded the Janice Binstein Professorship in Urology is a profound honor,” said Dr. Brannigan, vice chair of Clinical Urology and chief of Male Reproductive Medicine and Men's Health in the Department of Urology. “I have dedicated my career at Northwestern to male reproductive surgery and medical education, and I will continue to do so thanks in large part to this professorship.”

Dr. Brannigan’s clinical focus is on male reproductive medicine and surgery, and his research into fertility preservation aims to optimize care to adolescents and adults with cancer diagnoses. He also serves as assistant director of Student Affairs at Feinberg.

Faculty Honorees:

Elizabeth Alpern, MD, MSCE

George M. Eisenberg Professor of Pediatrics

Mazhar Adli, PhD

Thomas J. Watkins Memorial Professor of Tumor Genomics

Emma Barber, MD

John and Ruth Brewer Professor of Gynecology and Cancer Research

Ertuğrul Özbudak, PhD

Robert Laughlin Rea Professor of Anatomy

Senda Ajroud-Driss, MD

Les Turner ALS Foundation / Herbert C. Wenske Professor

Atique U. Ahmed, PhD

Allen Buckner Kanavel Professor of Neurosurgery

Yingzi Cong, PhD

Stanley Gradowski Professor of Gastroenterology

Carla Marie Cuda, PhD

Solovy/Arthritis Research Society Research Professor

Brian Thomas Garibaldi, MD

Charles Horace Mayo Professor of Medicine

Tamara Isakova, MD, MMSc

Fowler McCormick Professor of Nephrology

Ravi Kalhan, MD, MS

Louis A. Simpson Professor of Pulmonary Medicine

Melinda R. Ring, MD, FACP, ABOIM

Tina Trott Professor of Integrative Health

Robert E. Brannigan, MD

Janice Binstein Professorship of Urology

Amy E. Krambeck, MD

Edmund Andrews Professor of Urology

Adam B. Murphy, MD, MBA, MSCI

Distinguished Professor of Health Equity Research in Urology