Honoring Excellence

An endowed chair is one of the most prestigious awards bestowed on physicians, acknowledging their outstanding contributions to the medical field. This high honor not only recognizes the physicians’ significant accomplishments, but also provides a stable source of funding to advance their work through philanthropy.

At Baptist Health, endowed chair recipients have the great privilege and responsibility of furthering our mission through their service and research. These physicians utilize the funding to deploy bold clinical research plans and treatments, allowing Baptist Health to provide the highest level of clinical care and enhance the patient journey.

Philanthropic support for endowed chairs is crucial in recruiting and retaining renowned physician leaders. Institutions with the most creative clinical and basic science research and most engaged physicians attract the best and brightest minds across medical disciplines, pushing the boundaries of medical advances.

Thanks to the generosity of our donors, Baptist Health Foundation celebrated the establishment of six new endowed chairs at Baptist Health Miami Cancer Institute and Baptist Health Miami Neuroscience Institute:

ABBHI FAMILY ENDOWED CHAIR IN UROLOGIC ONCOLOGY | MURUGESAN MANOHARAN, M.D., CHIEF OF UROLOGIC ONCOLOGIC SURGERY

FERNANDEZ FAMILY FOUNDATION ENDOWED CHAIR IN CANCER RESEARCH | MANMEET

AHLUWALIA, M.D., CHIEF SCIENTIFIC OFFICER

IRMA BASS ENDOWED CHAIR IN STROKE NEUROLOGY | FELIPE DE LOS RIOS LA ROSA, M.D.

IRMA & KALMAN BASS ENDOWED CHAIR IN CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCE | MICHAEL MCDERMOTT, M.D., CHIEF MEDICAL EXECUTIVE

KALMAN BASS ASSOCIATE ENDOWED CHAIR IN SKIN CANCER | NAIARA ABREU FRAGA BRAGHIROLI, M.D.

Deepak, Seema and Sankesh Abbhi with Murugesan Manoharan, M.D.

THE HARRY T. MANGURIAN JR. FOUNDATION ENDOWED CHAIR IN BAPTIST HEALTH MEDICAL GROUP SOUTH | BERNARDO FERNANDEZ, M.D., CEO OF BAPTIST HEALTH MEDICAL GROUP