The Ruth Wagner Van Meter & J. Ray Van Meter Professorship of Neurology

J. Ray Van MeterThe Professorship was established in 1983 through a bequest from the estate of J. Ray Van Meter, MD, a prominent neurologist and distinguished alumnus of the Perelman School of Medicine Class of 1928, and through contributions from Ruth Wagner Van Meter, PhD, an alumna of the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. J. Ray Van Meter conducted a highly successful practice of neurology in the San Francisco Bay area and served for many years on the clinical faculty of the University of California at San Francisco. The Van Meter Professorship provides the Department of Neurology at the Perelman School of Medicine with the opportunity to enhance its already superior research programs.

 

Current Chairholder

The Ruth Wagner Van Meter & J. Ray Van Meter Professorship of Neurology is currently open.

Previous Chairholders

  • Arthur K. Asbury, MD 1983–1997
  • Steven L. Galetta, MD 1997–2007; 2009–2012
  • Steven S. Scherer, MD, PhD 2013-2024