A $26 million commitment from philanthropists will help create an early career professorship in orthopedics at Penn State College of Medicine in Hershey, Pa.
The gift from Peter and Ann Tombros will establish a fund for the Penn State Center for Medical Innovation and establish the professorship, according to a Dec. 16 news release from the university. The professorship will provide seed money for early research that can kick off an academic career.
"The Cullen/Tombros Early Career Professorship will offer support and encouragement for generations of orthopedists during the critical first years of their career," April Armstrong, MD, chair of orthopedics and rehabilitation, said. "Endowed positions like this have exponential impact as they affirm the capability and promise of the faculty holder while enabling them to pursue novel research that will improve lives and engage students in the process."