New Endowed Chair Honors Dr. Tranchida 

Recognizing his distinguished career as a physician, educator, and administrator, as well as his exemplary personal qualities, the School of Medicine is establishing The Liborio Tranchida, MD, Endowed Chair in Internal Medicine. During his 35 years at the School of Medicine, Dr. Tranchida has provided leadership on complex issues of academic medicine and patient care. Currently the associate chair for community education in the Department of Internal Medicine, he also serves as the School’s associate dean for faculty affairs. Dr. Tranchida has worked to strengthen relations between the school and OHEP, the community hospital consortium that provides essential teaching sites for medical education. To learn more about the endowment or to make a gift, contact Jennifer Richard at  (313) 966-2587.

Grandon Prize in Ophthalmology Supports Promising Residents’ Research 
Alumnus Stanley C. Grandon, MD, ’70, is establishing a prize fund to recognize talented Kresge Eye Institute residents interested in refractive surgery by supporting their research and encouraging its publication. Dr. Grandon recalls that during his residency at Kresge Eye Institute, mentors, such as Dr. Robert Jampel, created an environment that stimulated the development of innovative procedures. Dr Grandon’s professional life has been shaped by that same focus. He assisted Dr. Leo Bores in the first radial keratotomy performed outside the USSR and has himself become an authority in the field, developing improved techniques and instruments for refractive surgery and Lasik procedures, publishing articles, training other ophthalmologists and lecturing extensively. Dr. Grandon’s book, The Complete Guide to Refractive Surgery, already in a second edition, is the most comprehensive consumer guide on the subject.

Final Tally Complete: Telefund Raises $529,000
The Medical Alumni Association’s premier annual fundraiser, Telefund, was carried out by a dedicated volunteer corps of more than 110 alumni and students. The campaign raised almost $30,000 more than the campaign goal. More than 2,300 medical school alumni made gifts and pledges during the ten-evening fall marathon. The Alumni Annual Fund supports student scholarships, research fellowships, as well as student activities and academic programs that enhance student life.

Annual Faculty Match Campaign Gifts Surpass $150,000 Goal 
Generous year-end gifts and pledges from faculty members, totaling  $174,630, will advance research and strengthen scholarship programs at the School of Medicine. Many of the gifts will be increased by “matching funds” through programs offered by Wayne State University President Irvin Reid and School of Medicine Dean John Crissman, MD,.

Pharmacology Department Founders Honored
A new endowment, The Founder’s Endowed Fund in the Department of Pharmacology, will commemorate the department’s founding nearly 30 years ago and recognize the faculty members who served during its formative years. Drs. Bernard Marks, Harold Goldman, Saradindu Dutta, and Gordon Anderson joined the department faculty in the early 1970s. The recent deaths of Drs. Dutta and Marks provided the impetus to establish an endowment to support lectures, research and other scholarly activities. For information about making a gift to The Founder’s Endowed Fund in the Department of Pharmacology, contact Terri Edelstein, 313-577-2830.