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Professorships

Endowed Professorships

Advancing Healthcare Excellence through Academic Leadership

Distinguished professors are the cornerstone of any prestigious academic institution, especially in the health sciences. Their groundbreaking research addresses critical issues that affect global health, while their teaching fosters the next generation of healthcare professionals, researchers, and innovators. The highest recognition for these academic leaders is the establishment of an endowed professorship.

As LSU Health strives to attract and retain top-tier talent across all healthcare disciplines, the ability to offer endowed professorships is vital to securing exceptional faculty who will drive the institution’s academic and clinical excellence. These positions not only enhance the University’s reputation but also ensure its continued leadership in healthcare education, research, and patient care.

Empowering Future Healthcare Leaders

Building collaborative relationships is essential in healthcare, where interdisciplinary cooperation and knowledge exchange are crucial to solving complex medical challenges. Endowed professorships not only benefit faculty but also have a ripple effect on students, elevating the academic environment and empowering future healthcare professionals. The recognition that comes with holding an endowed chair brings increased visibility to a faculty member’s research, often catalyzing further opportunities for mentorship and scholarly development, thereby advancing the careers of students under their guidance.

Creating Enduring Healthcare Impact

An endowed professorship fosters a lasting partnership between the donor, the chairholder, and the broader healthcare community. By funding an endowed position, a donor has a profound, immediate influence on the direction of healthcare education and research. This enduring legacy of scholarship and teaching continues to shape the field for generations, ensuring that innovative ideas and practices are passed down, ultimately benefiting patient care and the global healthcare landscape.
Through endowed professorships, LSU Health can continue to build a future where excellence in healthcare education, research, and service thrive, extending the impact of these efforts far beyond the walls of the University.

Investing in Healthcare Excellence

An endowed professorship provides a stable and sustainable source of funding, enabling faculty members to pursue cutting-edge research and innovative healthcare initiatives. This financial support allows scholars to advance their work in areas such as medical research, health policy, healthcare delivery systems, and clinical practice, fostering advancements that have direct and lasting impacts on global health outcomes.

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Dr. Juzar Ali

$20,000 combined with a donor match of $80,000 to establish the $100,000 Isfana Ali, MD & Juzar Ali, MD Professorship

The Isfana Ali, MD & Juzar Ali, MD Professorship was created to honor the legacy of Dr. Juzar Ali and his wife Dr. Isfana Ali. Dr. Juzar Ali is Clinical Professor (Gratis) and Professor Emeritus in the section of Pulmonary/Critical Care where he served as Klein Professor of Medicine and as an academic clinician, clinical educator, and researcher. Dr. Isfana Ali is a retired ex-faculty of LSU Health Science Center New Orleans, Tulane University & Charity Hospital. She worked as Staff Child and Infant Psychiatrist, Louisiana Department of Health Mental Health/Child Psychiatry services throughout the various Mental Health Clinics in the State of Louisiana before her retirement. Funds from this Professorship are to be used for promoting and facilitating attendance of local, state, national and international clinical and research meetings. Funds may also be used for supporting faculty and trainee exchange programs with appropriate token professional honorariums at the national and international level, as well Professorship holders’ publication costs.

Kyle Happel

“Dr. Juzar Ali has devoted his professional life to the care of patients with advanced pulmonary disease. His decades of thoughtful care to tuberculosis patients in Louisiana is legendary throughout the State. His later focus on non-tuberculous mycobacterial lung disease and bronchiectasis laid the foundation for LSUHSC – New Orleans achieving national recognition as a Center of Excellence for the care of these chronic lung diseases. But most importantly, and of which he should be most proud, Juzar has demonstrated to generations of medical trainees how a humble servant succeeds. Dr. Ali’s legacy is solidified by his fierce determination and creative resiliency, traits which allowed his achievement of excellence despite resource limitations and countless challenges present in his life’s journey.”

Kyle I. Happel, M.D.
Section Chief and Louis R. Cabiran Professor of Medicine
Section of Pulmonary / Critical Care & Allergy / Immunology