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professorships & chairs b y A li c e Pa t e n au d e Endowments for Excellence Investitures celebrate, reward and help to sustain faculty accomplishments Photo: Keith Cotton A mong the highest academic honors bestowed on faculty, named chairs and professorships play a critical role in retaining illustrious researchers and scholars, helping them to advance their instructional programs and develop new research ideas. Since 2011, 13 College of Medicine faculty members have joined the previous 55 who have been honored in ceremonies that formally invest them in their endowed chairs and professorships. Andrew Tsung, assistant professor of neurosurgery in Peoria (second from left), has received The Patrick W. Elwood Professorship. The 13 newest investitures include two newly named professorships established at the College of Medicine in Peoria, in pediatric hematology oncology and simulation outcomes. In addition, in June 2013, the College of Medicine in Rockford made history by awarding its first endowed professorship, in rural and family medicine. "We couldn't be more grateful and excited," said former regional dean Martin Lipsky, MD. "Endowed professorships sustain our programs by providing a perpetual source of revenue. As our endowments grow, so does our strength and sustainability. We're very grateful to the generous donors who helped to make this a reality." The College of Medicine is proud to announce its newest investitures: The Patrick W. Elwood Professorship was awarded on April 26, 2011, to Andrew Tsung, MD, Res '03, assistant professor of neurosurgery in Peoria. Honored by OSF Saint Francis Medical Center with the prestigious Outstanding Physician and House Staff Award, Tsung joined the college's faculty in 2010 and practices as a member of the Illinois Neurological Institute. (First row, left to right) Mario Mansueto, MD, son Joseph Mansueto, and daughter-in-law Rika Mansueto attended the installations of J. Regan Thomas (back row, second from the right) as the Mario D. Mansueto, MD, Professor in Otolaryngology, and Malek Massad (back row, center) as the Sara Smart Mansueto Professor in Cardiothoracic Surgery in December 2012. Also pictured are (back row, at left) Lon Kaufman, UIC provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs; (second from left) Enrico Benedetti, head of the department of surgery; and (on far right) Dean Dimitri T. Azar. The Schweppe Family Professorship was awarded on April 27, 2011, to Asrar B. Malik, PhD. Appointed professor and head of the department of pharmacology in 1995, Malik was later named distinguished professor and a University of Illinois Scholar. He is the principal investigator of multiple NIH RO1 and Program Project grants. Invited to present his work worldwide, Malik's research has been funded continuously for 35 years. The Louis J. Mayer Professorship was awarded on Oct. 4, 2011, to Miriam I. Saadia-Redleaf, MD, associate professor and director of both | P h o t o : R o b e r ta D u p u i s - D e v l i n 32