Endowments: Create a Lasting Legacy

View the latest Anesthesiology endowments impact report here.

Alfred C. Pinchak Anesthesia Research Award Endowment
To provide an endowment in perpetuity that will provide income to support excellence in research, academic endeavors and scholastic activity in the Department of Anesthesiology at MetroHealth Medical Center.

Psychiatry Endowment
To provide an endowment in perpetuity that will provide income to support patient care, medical education, scientific or clinical research, and the recruitment of key personnel in Psychiatry at MetroHealth Medical Center.

View the latest Cancer & Oncology endowments impact report here.

L. Charles McClure Cancer Research Endowment
To provide an endowment in perpetuity that will provide income to support Cancer research activities of the Cancer Care Center of The MetroHealth System.

John Harris, MD Visiting Professorship Endowment
To provide an endowment in perpetuity that will provide income to support visiting professorship expenses of a leading scholar for hematological and related medical issues.  May also support training (see founder's letter for exact requirements).

Edward G. Mansour, MD Endowment
To provide an endowment in perpetuity to honor Edward G. Mansour, MD that will provide income to support medical education and scientific or clinical research.

November Family Endowment-Edward G. Mansour, MD Endowment
To provide an endowment to honor the November family that will provide income to support the Edward G. Mansour, MD Professorship in Surgical Oncology with the purpose of supporting research, education and the recruitment of key personnel in Surgery.

View the latest Chester Endowment impact report here.

Edward Chester, MD Endowment
To provide an endowment in perpetuity that will provide income to support the Chester Summer Scholars Program.

View the latest Dermatology endowments impact report here.

J. K. Ebling Dermatology Endowment
To provide an endowment in perpetuity that will provide income to support patient care, medical education, scientific or clinical research, and the recruitment of key personnel in Dermatology at MetroHealth Medical Center.

Jerome M. Pomeranz, MD Dermatology Education Endowment 
To provide an endowment in perpetuity that will provide income to support Dermatology residency education and training at the MetroHealth Medical Center.

View the latest Heart & Vascular endowments impact report here.

Louis Rakita, MD and Maurice Moss, MD Heart and Vascular Endowment
To provide an endowment in perpetuity that will provide medical education, scientific or clinical research, and the recruitment of key personnel in MetroHealth’s Heart and Vascular Center.

Robert C. Bahler Endowment
To provide an endowment in perpetuity to financial support scholarly research projects being pursued by MetroHealth System residents and fellows.  `

David S. Rosenbaum, MD Endowment
To provide an endowment in perpetuity that will provide income to support patient care, medical education, scientific or clinical research, and the recruitment of key personnel in the Heart and Vascular Center at MetroHealth.

View the latest Medicine endowments impact report here.

Medicine Endowment
To provide an endowment in perpetuity that will provide income to support patient care, medical education, scientific or clinical research, and the recruitment of key personnel in Medicine at MetroHealth Medical Center.

Robert Ching Lam, MD Teaching Fellowship Endowment
To provide an endowment in perpetuity that will provide income to support the development and use of innovative teaching programs, methods and ideas to enhance the education of fellows, residents and medical students in the Department of Medicine at MHS.

Rajiv M. Reddy, MD Endowment
To provide an endowment in perpetuity that will provide income to support the awarding of medical textbooks annually to three residents of the Department of Internal Medicine in memory of Rajiv M. Reddy, MD.

Anita Lang, MD Endowed Lectureship
To provide an endowment in perpetuity that will honor Anita Lang, MD and to provide income to support an annual lecture at MetroHealth related to internal medicine and women's health.

Barbara West and Betty Kovach Endowment
To provide an endowment in perpetuity that will provide income to support patient care needs, medical education, scientific or clinical research, and the recruitment of key personnel in Emergency Medicine and Metro Life Flight.

Jack Medalie, MD Endowment
To provide an endowment in perpetuity that will honor Jack Medalie, MD and will provide income to support medical education and scientific or clinical research.

Agnieszka A. Ardelt, MD and Piotr Kulesza, MD Neurology Endowment
To provide support of neurology-related patient care, education and research initiatives. It will support programs and initiatives that benefit underserved and diverse populations.  

Victor/Banker Visiting Professorship Endowment
To provide an endowment in perpetuity that will provide income to support educational activities including, but not limited to, lecturers and library resources support for Neurology at the MetroHealth Medical Center.

View the latest Nursing endowments impact report here.

Nursing Endowment
To provide an endowment in perpetuity that will provide income to support patient care, nursing education, scientific or clinical research, and the recruitment of key personnel in the Department of Nursing at The MetroHealth System.

JoAnn Zlotnick Glick Endowed Fund Community Health Nursing
The fund supports an endowed professorship in community health nursing at the Francis Payne Bolton School of Nursing at Case Western Reserve University.

View the latest OB-GYN endowments impact report here.

Dierker/Biscotti Endowment
To provide an endowment in perpetuity that will provide income to support medical education, scientific or clinical research, and the recruitment of key personnel in Women’s Wellness at MetroHealth Medical Center.

Dr. Khalid Ataya Resident Award for Excellence in Reproductive Endocrinology & Fertility
To provide an endowment in perpetuity that will provide income to support medical education, patient care and research in MetroHealth’s Department of OBGYN.  Also supports an annual monetary award to a Resident who demonstrates excellence in teaching.

Jamil I. Ramahi Memorial Endowment
To provide an endowment in perpetuity to provide income for an annual award to a resident/fellow in the Department of OBGYN committed to enhancing the physician-patient relationship by researching social, political, financial and judicial influences.

November Family Endowment-Womens Health & Wellness Endowment
To provide an endowment to honor the November family that will provide income to support the Women's Health & Wellness Professorship in OB/GYN with the purpose of supporting research, education and the recruitment of key personnel in OB/GYN.

Perinatal Medicine Endowment
To provide an endowment in perpetuity that will provide income to support research and education at The MetroHealth System in the prevention and treatment of diseases and conditions the affect maternal-fetal and newborn health.

View the latest Orthopaedics endowments impact report here.

R. Geoffrey Wilber, MD Lectureship Endowment
To provide an endowment in perpetuity that will support an annual R. Geoffrey Wilber, MD Lectureship (a named lectureship of the Cleveland Orthopaedic Society) sponsored by the Department of Orthopaedics at The MetroHealth System.

Clyde L. Nash, Jr., MD Endowment for Orthopaedic Education
To provide an endowment in perpetuity that will provide income to support the educational and research activities of the Department of Orthopaedics in The MetroHealth System.

Hand Fellowship and Research Endowment 
To provide an endowment in perpetuity that will provide income to support patient care, medical education, scientific or clinical research, and the recruitment of key personnel in the Hand and Upper Extremity Service of Orthopaedics at MHS.

Orthopaedic Research Endowment
To provide an endowment in perpetuity that will provide income to support Orthopaedic research activities of the Department of Orthopaedics of The MetroHealth System.

Hansjoerg Wyss Professorship in Orthopaedic Traumatology Endowment
To provide an endowment in perpetuity to establishes a professorship in Orthopaedic Traumatology and provide funding to pursue innovative programs and efforts in the areas of orthopaedic education and research.

Institute for Injury Research Endowment
To provide an endowment in perpetuity that will provide income to support MH’s Institute for Injury Research. It is the intent to investigate areas related to trauma epidemiology, prevention, resuscitation, definitive treatment, and rehabilitation.

View the latest Pediatrics endowments impact report here.

Child Life & Education / TreeHouse Endowment
To provide an endowment in perpetuity that will fund patient care, medical education, scientific or clinical research, and the recruitment of key personnel in Child Life and Education.

Gilbert and Evelyn Boyd Endowment
To provide an endowment in perpetuity that will provide income to support The MetroHealth System’s Reach Out and Read Program.

Comprehensive Care Endowment
To provide an endowment in perpetuity that will provide income to support patient care, medical education, scientific or clinical research, and the recruitment of key personnel in the Comprehensive Care Division of the Dept of Pediatrics at MHS.

View the latest Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation endowments impact report here.

Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Endowment
To provide an endowment in perpetuity that will provide income to support patient care, medical education, scientific or clinical research, and the recruitment of key personnel in 
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation at The MetroHealth System.

Spinal Cord Endowment
To provide an endowment in perpetuity that will provide income to support patient care, medical education, scientific or clinical research, and the recruitment of key personnel in Spinal Cord at MetroHealth Medical Center.

The Benjamin S. Gerson Family Endowment
To provide an endowment in perpetuity to honor the memory of Benjamin S. Gerson and provide income to support The Benjamin S. Gerson Family Resource Center for Rehabilitation (Gerson Center) of The MetroHealth System’s Department of Physical Medicine.

Gerson Resource Center Gap Endowment
To provide an endowment in perpetuity to honor Benjamin S. Gerson and provide income to support access to resources supporting health, wellness and rehabilitation

The Jeanette Grasselli Brown and Glenn R. Brown Endowment
To improve patient care by establishing an endowment in perpetuity that provides income to support early-stage investigators in spinal cord injury rehabilitation.  

Rehabilitation Endowment
To provide an endowment in perpetuity that will provide income to support patient care, medical education, scientific or clinical research, and the recruitment of key personnel in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation at The MetroHealth System.

The P. Hunter Peckham, PhD and George J. Picha, MD, PhD Endowment
To provide an endowment in perpetuity to support of research and recruitment of key research personnel in Functional Electrical Stimulation.

Respiratory Therapy Excellence Award
To provide an endowment in perpetuity that will provide income to support one to three Respiratory Therapist per year for continuing education in the field of respiratory therapy.

Joseph A. Golish, MD Endowed Lectureship
To provide an endowment in perpetuity that will provide income to support a lectureship in the Department of Pulmonary Medicine. At least one annual lecture must include topics related to the study and treatment of sleep-related diseases.

View the latest Research endowments impact report here.

Alfred F. Connors Sr. Health Service & Population Health Research Endowment
To provide an endowment in perpetuity that will provide income to support research, education and the recruitment of key personnel within The MetroHealth System's Department of Medicine, specifically focusing on health care research.

Charles Rammelkamp Research Endowment
To provide an endowment in perpetuity that will provide income for scientific or clinical research to support new investigators with stipends or grant aid and established investigators with temporary bridge funding.

Brian F. & Cynthia C. Murphy Endowment in Healthcare Research & Policy
To provide an endowment in perpetuity that will provide income to support medical education and scientific or clinical research in the Center for Health Care Research and Policy at MetroHealth.

MetroHealth Professorship Endowment
To provide an endowment in perpetuity that will provide income to support a Professorship in Research at the MetroHealth Medical Center Campus of Case Western Reserve University.

Center for Health Research & Policy Endowment
To provide an endowment in perpetuity that will provide income to support medical education, scientific or clinical research, and the recruitment and retention of key personnel in the Center for Health Care Research and Policy at The MetroHealth System.

Edmond S. Ricanati, M.D. Endowment
To provide an endowment in perpetuity that will provide income to support lectures in the department of Research at MetroHealth covering topics within Research including, but not limited to Nephrology, where Dr. Edmond Ricanati spent his career.

Randall D. Cebul, MD Visting Professor Endowed Lectureship
To provide an endowment in perpetuity that will honor the legacy, leadership and commitment of Randall D. Cebul, MD, to improving health quality and outcomes and eliminating disparities in care, this endowment supports an annual visiting professor lecture, as well as professional development activities in population health research.

Duncan Neuhauser, PhD Professorship in Community Health Improvement Endowment
To provide an endowment in perpetuity that will support an outstanding scholar noted for contributions to research, education, and/or practice of improving the health status of the community and to support a Professorship in Community Health Improvement

Mary Elizabeth Connors Critical Care Research Endowment
To provide an endowment in perpetuity that will provide income to support MH’s Institute for Injury Research. It is the intent to investigate areas related to trauma epidemiology, prevention, resuscitation, definitive treatment, and rehabilitation.

View the latest Surgery endowments impact report here.

Brown M. Dobyns, M.D., Ph.D. Endowed Lectureship
To provide an endowment in perpetuity that will provide income to support an annual Brown 
M. Dobyns, MD, PhD Lectureship sponsored by the Department of Surgery at The MetroHealth System.

F. J. O'Neill Endowment
To provide an endowment in perpetuity that will provide income to support the purposes and objectives of the Richard B. Fratianne, MD Endowment, including medical education, scientific or clinical research, and the recruitment of key personnel.

Richard B. Fratianne, MD Endowment
To provide an endowment in perpetuity that will provide income to support medical education, scientific or clinical research, and the recruitment of key personnel in Surgery at The MetroHealth System.

Otolaryngology Endowment
To provide an endowment in perpetuity that will provide income to support patient care, medical education, scientific or clinical research, and the recruitment of key personnel in Otolaryngology at MetroHealth Medical Center.

Trauma, Burn and Acute Care Surgery Endowment
To provide an endowment in perpetuity that will provide income to support patient care, education, research and recruitment and retention of key personnel in the Division of Trauma, Critical Care, Acute Care Surgery and Burns at The MetroHealth System.

Drs. Earle and Jordan Lectureship in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Endowment
To provide an endowment in perpetuity that will provide income to support the Earle Jordan Lectureship sponsored by the Department of Surgery at The MetroHealth System.

The Florence M. Smith Memorial Endowment
To provide an endowment in perpetuity that will provide income to support medical education, scientific or clinical research, and the recruitment of key personnel in the Comprehensive Burn Care Center at MetroHealth Medical Center.

Burn Camp Endowment
To provide an endowment in perpetuity that will produce income for the operation of the burn camp program associated with the John A. Gannon Burn and Trauma Center at MetroHealth.

Yoshiro Takaoka, MD Endowment
To provide an endowment in perpetuity to honor Yoshiro Takaoka, MD that will provide income to support medical education and scientific or clinical research within the Department of Neurosurgery.

Robert J. White, MD, PhD Endowment
To provide an endowment in perpetuity that will provide income to honor Robert White, MD, PhD and support medical education and scientific or clinical research within the Department of Neurosciences.

William E. Cappaert Endowed Lectureship in Ophthalmology
To provide an endowment in perpetuity that will provide income to support an annual William E. Cappaert, MD Lectureship in Ophthalmology sponsored by The MetroHealth System’s Department of Surgery.

Community / Public Health Endowment
To provide an endowment in perpetuity that will provide income to:build and nurture relationships with MH’s partners in the community (schools, business, churches, etc); provide support and leadership to programs that address high risk behavior in youth.

H.O.P.E. Bereavement Endowment 
To provide an endowment in perpetuity that will provide income to support the perinatal bereavement program, and support for bereavement programs and services offered by Pastoral Care and the MetroHealth Bereavement Committee.

E. Harry Walker, MD Preceptorship in Community Health
To provide an endowment in perpetuity to honor E Harry Walker MD and provide income to support a college student or medical student in a summer preceptorship with physicians working in MetroHealth Medical Center’s urban satellites.

Margaret Saunders Endowment
To provide an endowment in perpetuity that will provide income to support patient assistance on a case-by-case basis.  This can be in the form of gift cards for food and clothing, rent and utility payments, and other expenses.

Terry R. White Endowment (formerly known as MetroHealth Endowment)

Walter B. Jones, Jr. Scholars Endowment
To provide an endowment in perpetuity that will provide income to support the annual Walter B. Jones scholarship program.

Joseph & Ellen Chay Endowment
To provide an endowment in perpetuity that will provide income to support for the areas with the greatest need as determined by the Board of Directors.

The Harry Blum Endowment Fund
To provide an endowment in perpetuity that will provide income to support patient care, education, research, or recruitment of key personnel within the MetroHealth System or support operations within The MetroHealth Foundation.

Lenore and Robert November Endowment
To provide an endowment in perpetuity that will provide income to support the areas of greatest need as determined by the MHF Board of Directors in order to help MHS provide patient care, medical education, research and care accessible to all.