The Department of Neurosurgery research endeavors have been sustained by numerous private contributions. The R.D. Keene family made the first $1 million gift to the University of Florida. Many other individuals and foundations have subsequently contributed over $20 million. These gifts have endowed the following chairs and professorships: the R.D. Keene Family Professorship, the C.M. and K.E. Overstreet Chair, the Mark Overstreet Chair, the Albert E. and Birdie W. Einstein Professorship, the James and Newton Eblen Research Fund, the Dunspaugh-Dalton Professorship, the Edward Shed Wells Professorship, the Robert Z. and Nancy J. Greene Professorship, the L.D. Hupp Professorship, the William Merz Professorship, the Albert L. Rhoton, Jr. Chairman's Professorship, and the Phyllis K. Friedman Professorship. Recently, the Wells Foundation has pledged $5 million toward the establishment of the new UF Brain Tumor Therapy Center.

The Department of Neurosurgery is forever grateful to these donors. Their generosity has made possible research efforts which have led to better neurosurgical treatments for patients at UF and around the world. For information on philanthropic opportunities in the Department of Neurosurgery, please contact Margaret Dermott, at 352-273-9000.