The Donald Guthrie Professorship of Surgery III

The Professorship was established in 2022, when the value of the endowment of the Donald Guthrie Professor in Surgery had increased sufficiently to support a third professorship. The original Professorship was established in 1976 through the bequest of Emily Franklin Baker Guthrie (1890–1976), the widow of Donald Guthrie, MD (1880–1958), a graduate of the Perelman School of Medicine Class of 1905. 

During the course of his distinguished career as a surgeon and teacher, Dr. Guthrie was a fellow of the Mayo Clinic and Chief of Surgery for the Lehigh Valley Railroad. He practiced at Robert Packer Hospital in Sayre, PA, where he was appointed Surgeon-in-Chief at the age of 29. He established the Guthrie Clinic, Ltd. to provide diagnostic and treatment services and full intern and residency training programs. He also founded the Donald Guthrie Foundation for Medical Research. In 1954, Donald Guthrie was named Professor Emeritus of Clinical Surgery at Penn Medicine and, in 1958, received the Alumni Award of Merit from the Perelman School of Medicine. 

Current Chairholder
The Donald Guthrie Professor in Surgery III is currently open.