Emilie & Roland T. deHellebranth Professorship of Surgery II

This Professorship was established in 2022, when the value of the endowment of the Emilie & Roland T. deHellebranth Professorship of Surgery had increased sufficiently to support a second professorship. The original Professorship was established in 1979 through the gift of Mrs. Emilie deHellebranth (1914–2001), widow of the late Roland T. deHellebranth (d. 1979), a surgeon in private practice who, for many years until his retirement, was associated with the Graduate Hospital of Philadelphia. 

The deHellebranth Professorship is the first endowed chair for a particular hospital affiliated with the Perelman School of Medicine. It satisfied the wishes of Dr. deHellebranth that the Department of Surgery at Graduate Hospital maintain a cooperative relationship with Penn for the purpose of strengthening both departments with respect to teaching, research, and patient care. 

Current Chairholder

The Emilie & Roland T. deHellebranth Professorship of Surgery II is currently open.