The William T. Grant Professorship of Pediatrics

The Professorship was created in 1990 through the efforts of Henry S. Cecil, MD and with funds from the William T. Grant Trusts, now held in the endowment of Children’s Seashore House, and from The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP). The Chair supports a faculty member of the Perelman School of Medicine, who is the Director of the Division of Child Development and Rehabilitation at CHOP and Director of Children’s Seashore House.

William T. Grant, a successful merchant, retailer, and owner of W.T. Grant Stores, established the Grant Foundation in 1936. In the 1960s, he instituted the trusts which now are dedicated to developing collaborative efforts to promote interdisciplinary research on the psychological and behavioral problems of children and youth.

Current Chairholder
Marc Yudkoff, MD

Marc Yudkoff, MD is a Professor of Pediatrics at the Perelman School of Medicine and Chief of the Division of Metabolic Disease at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. He is a graduate of New York Medical College and performed an internship and residency at Montefiore Hospital and Medical Center in New York City.

Dr. Yudkoff is an expert in brain and whole-body amino acid metabolism who specializes in developmental behavior and medical genetics. He studies the effects on brain amino acid metabolism of the ketogenic diet, a highly effective therapy for children with epilepsy. Currently, he is investigating amino acid metabolism in the brain and whole body, focusing on the development of new treatments for children with inborn errors of nitrogen metabolism, such as urea cycle defects.