Endowed Chairs and Distinguished Professorships

Endowed chairs and professorships for UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center faculty are made possible through generous individual and corporate support. More >

Donna G. Albertson, PhD
Evelyn and Mattie Anderson Endowed Chair in Cancer Research

Arturo Alvarez-Buylla, PhD
Heather and Melanie Muss Endowed Chair

Nancy Ascher, MD, PhD
Isis Distinguished Professor of Transplantation

Allan Balmain, PhD, FRSE
Barbara Bass Bakar Distinguished Professor of Cancer Genetics

Mitchel S. Berger, MD
Kathleen Plant Distinguished Professor of Neurosurgery

Gabriele Bergers, PhD
Neill H. and Linda S. Brownstein Endowed Chair in Brain Tumor Research

J. Michael Bishop, MD
Arthur Rock and Toni Rembe Rock Distinguished Professorship

Elizabeth H. Blackburn, PhD
Morris Herzstein Professor of Biology and Physiology

Robert Blelloch, MD, PhD
Peter R. Carroll, MD, Endowed Chair in Urologic Oncology

Jeffrey A. Bluestone, PhD
A.W. and Mary Margaret Clausen Distinguished Professor of Metabolism and Endocrinology

Peter R. Carroll, MD
Ken and Donna Derr -- Chevron Distinguished Professorship in Prostate Cancer

George H. Caughey, MD
Julius and Lilian Nadel Endowed Chair

John Chung-Kai Chan, MD
John A. Kerner Distinguished Professor in Gynecologic Oncology

Susan M. Chang, MD
Lai Wan Kan Endowed Chair of Neurological Surgery

Joseph F. Costello, PhD
Karen Osney Brownstein Endowed Chair in Molecular Neuro-Oncology

Shaun R. Coughlin, MD, PhD
Distinguished Professorship in Cardiovascular Biology and Medicine

William P. Dillon, MD
Elizabeth A. Guillaumin Chair in Neuroradiology

Marylin J. Dodd, RN, PhD
Sharon A. Lamb Chair in Nursing

Gerard Evan, PhD
Gerson and Barbara Bass Bakar Distinguished Professor of Cancer Research

Susan Folkman, PhD
Osher Foundation Distinguished Professor of Integrative Medicine

Edward J. Goetzl, MD
Robert L. Kroc Chair in Rheumatic and Connective Tissue Diseases

John S. Greenspan, BDS, PhD
Leland A. and Gladys K. Barber Endowed Chair in Dentistry

Deborah Greenspan, BDS, DSc
Leland A. and Gladys K. Barber Distinguished Professorship in Dentistry

Nalin Gupta, MD, PhD
Bruce Dettmer Endowed Chair in Pediatric Neurosurgery

David M. Jablons, MD
Ada Distinguished Professor of Thoracic Oncology

Robert B. Jaffe, MD
Fred Gellert Endowed Chair in Reproductive Medicine and Biology

C. David James, PhD
Berthold and Belle Guggenhime Professor of Neurological Surgery

Yuet W. Kan, MD
Louis K. Diamond, MD, Chair in Hematology

Mohammed Kashani-Sabet, MD
Herschel and Diana Zackheim Endowed Chair in Cutaneous Oncology

Richard M. Locksley, MD
Herbert and Marion Sandler Distinguished Professorship in Asthma Research

Averil I. Ma, MD
Rainin Distinguished Professorship in Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Katherine K. Matthay, MD
Mildred V. Strouss Endowed Chair in Translational Research in Pediatric Oncology

Frank McCormick, PhD, FRS
David A. Wood Distinguished Professor of Tumor Biology and Cancer Research
E. Dixon Heise Distinguished Professor in Oncology

Michael W. McDermott, MD
Robert M. and Ruth L. Halperin Endowed Chair in Meningioma Research

James H. McKerrow, MD, PhD
Robert E. Smith Endowed Chair in Experimental Pathology

Martin McMahon, PhD
Efim Guzik Distinguished Professor of Cancer Biology

Sarah J. Nelson, PhD
Margaret Hart Surbeck Distinguished Professor of Advanced Imaging

Joan M. O'Brien, MD
Pearl and Samuel Kimura Endowed Chair in Opthalmology

Lisa Orloff, MD
Robert K. Werbe Distinguished Professor of Head and Neck Cancer

Andrew T. Parsa, MD, PhD
Khatib Chair in Skull Base Tumor Surgery, UCSF

Marion G. Peters, MD
John V. Carbone, MD, Endowed Chair in Medicine

Theodore L. Phillips, MD
Wun-Kon Fu Endowed Chair in Radiation Oncology

Russell O. Pieper, PhD
S. & R. Haderle Endowed Chair in Brain Tumor Research

Michael D. Prados, MD
Charles B. Wilson Endowed Chair in Neurological Surgery

Louis F. Reichardt, PhD
Jack D. and DeLoris Lange Professor of Cell Physiology

Curt A. Ries, MD
Edward Ageno Distinguished Professor of Hematology Oncology

Neil J. Risch, PhD
Lamond Family Foundation Distinguished Professor of Human Genetics

Steven A. Schroeder, MD
Distinguished Professorship in Health and Health Care

Kevin M. Shannon, MD
Roma and Marvin Auerback Distinguished Professor of Pediatric Molecular Oncology

Eric Small, MD
Stanford W. Ascherman and Norman R. Ascherman Chair in Hematology-Oncology

Karen K. Smith-McCune, MD, PhD
John A. Kerner Chair in Gynecologic Oncology

Margaret A. Tempero, MD
Doris and Donald Fisher Distinguished Professor of Clinical Cancer Research

Rong Wang, PhD
Mildred V. Strouss Endowed Chair in Vascular Surgery

Arthur Weiss, MD, PhD
Ephraim P. Engleman Distinguished Professor of Rheumatology

James A. Wells, PhD
Harry Wm. and Diana V. Hind Distinguished Professorship in Pharmaceutical Sciences

Margaret R. Wrensch, PhD
Stanley D. Lewis and Virginia S. Lewis Endowed Chair in Brain Tumor Research

Anthony Wynshaw-Boris, MD, PhD
Charles J. Epstein Professor in Human Genetics and Pediatrics

For more information, contact Daniel Scarpelli at the UCSF Foundation, dscarpelli@support.ucsf.edu.