
Make a Gift to anesthesiology education & Research
Join the Department of Anesthesiology faculty, alumni, and friends, in supporting medical education and research.
Endowment
GRAVENSTEIN SCHOLARS PROGRAM
The Gravenstein Scholars Program, named in honor of the Gravenstein family members who have contributed so significantly to anesthesiology at the University of Florida, was established to increase the number of anesthesiology residents at UF who choose academic careers, increase the research productivity and contributions of anesthesiology residents, and prepare anesthesiology residents to conduct productive, independent research.
Other Endowments
Fund
Anesthesiology Fund
This fund helps support the UF Department of Anesthesiology purchase services and equipment needed for day-to-day operations.
Endowment
T.W. Andersen, M.D., & Haven M. Perkins, M.D., Educational Endowment
This fund was established in 2000 in memory of Drs. Thorkild W. Andersen and Haven M. Perkins for the purpose of supporting advanced educational experiences for residents and fellows in the Department of Anesthesiology at the University of Florida College of Medicine.
Endowment
Anesthesiology & Critical Care Endowment
This fund was established in 2008 to support teaching and academic programs including a term professorship or faculty fellowship in critical care medicine in the College of Medicine.
Research
Dr. Stephen O. Heard Young Investigator Research Fund
This fund supports research activities of junior faculty in the UF Department of Anesthesiology.
Lecture
Jerome H. Modell, M.D., – Dinesh O. Shah, Ph.D., Annual Lecture in Anesthesiology
This fund supports the Modell-Shah Annual Lecture in Anesthesiology, which will be a visit and lecture by a prominent researcher in anesthesiology from anywhere in the world. The fund is used to support the visitor’s honorarium, travel, and plaque.
Professorship
J.S. Gravenstein, M.D., Endowed Professorship
The J.S. Gravenstein Professorship in Anesthesiology was established to honor the memory of Dr. Joachim Stefan Gravenstein, who founded the division of anesthesiology at UF in 1959. By endowing faculty positions, donors create streams of funding to enable faculty to discover and invent what we can only now imagine.
Professorship
Donn M. Dennis, M.D., Professorship in Anesthetic Innovation
The Donn Dennis, M.D., Professorship in Anesthetic Innovation was established in the name of Donn Dennis, M.D., to support research in the department of anesthesiology with a special focus on anesthetic innovation.
Professorship
Jerome H. Modell, M.D., Endowed Professorship
Jerome H. Modell, M.D., Endowed Professorship was established to honor Dr. Jerry Modell who served the University of Florida College of Medicine for more than 43 years before his retirement. In 1969, he was named the second chair of the department of anesthesiology, a position he held for 23 years.
Contributions
Contributions should be made payable to: University of Florida Foundation, Inc. or UFF, Inc.
Mail Contributions to: Department of Anesthesiology, Chairman’s Office, P.O. Box 100254, Gainesville, Fl 32610
Please contact the Chairman’s Office (352)-273-8610 for more information and other opportunities to support the Department of Anesthesiology and the University of Florida.