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22 | Dr. Phillip Frost Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery
GIFTS & BENEFACTIONS

The Department received outstanding cutaneous oncology program. Our longtime
benefaction year to date. Having our Department friend and voluntary Professor, Dr. Sorrel Resnik,
Endowed and named after Dr. Phillip Frost, supports our annual Department Research Day
places us among the best endowed Dermatology which carries the name Celia and Samuel Resnik
Department’s in the US. We also have 6 named Research Day. We continue to collaborate with
Chairs or Professorships in addition to the Harvey the Brandt Foundation, who previously supported
Blank Chair which I hold, Dr. Lawrence Schachner the Dr. Fredric Brandt Professorship held by Dr.
holds the Stiefel Laboratories Chair, Dr. Antonella Antonella Tosti.
Tosti holds the Dr. Fredric Brandt Professorship,
Dr. Keyvan Nouri holds the Louis C. Skinner, Jr., Others have contributed as well for example Dr.
M.D., Endowed Chair and the Richard Helfman Eduardo Weiss honors his late colleague, Dr. Jaime
Professor of Dermatologic Surgery and Dr. Battan with an annual award for Humanitarianism.
Marjana Tomic- Canic holds the William H. A wonderful and impressive list of all the former
Eaglstein, MD Chair in Wound Healing. residents, faculty, colleagues, and friends of our

Department who provided benefaction in 2019
The Brian V. Jegasothy M.D. Endowed Basic Science is included in this letter. Voluntary faculty Dr.
Research Award funds research through an annual Mark Nestor’s support helped launch our new
stipend for a talented, basic scientist. The award is ‘Difference Makers’ program, described above.
provided by Brian’s many friends, wife, Dr. Juliet We continue to receive exceptional support from
Jegasothy, and daughter, Dr. Manjula Jegasothy. many alumni, exemplified by great support from
The endowed Jegasothy Research Award in 2019 alumnus and voluntary faculty member, Dr. Tim
was given to support the very successful work Ioannides.
of Dr. Hideki Mochizuki, who is making critical
observations regarding brain activation during Kicked off by the generosity of UM Dermatology
itch, and studying potential cerebral biomarkers. Alumnus Dr. Andrew Blauvelt and his wife Molly,
We thank the Jegasothy family for their continued we launched a major initiative for an endowment
support and are exceptionally proud to have Dr. in Dr. Stephen Katz’s name and hope everyone
Manjula Jegasothy, as one of our very successful associated with UM Frost Dermatology will
graduates. contribute. Importantly, we thank everyone who
has joined the “U Association” and we encourage
The gift that created the Frankel Family Division those receiving this letter to join. The association
of Melanocytic Tumors from our alumnus and is tailored for alumni, former faculty and friends of
voluntary faculty member, Dr. David F. Frankel the department and in addition to offering benefits
has allowed us to greatly expand the activities for its members, provides important resources for
of our pigmented lesion services. This and the Department.
further support will be critical as we grow our