Stories of your support
Grateful for his education, Mark Eastham, MD’82, gives back to UMass Chan through a new scholarship
For Mark Eastham, MD'82, the course to a fulfilling medical career took a somewhat unusual route. It was first set on a summer day in the waters off Cape Cod, after a preliminary stop at the Hyannis Port estate of a rather well-known Massachusetts family. Many years later, the Lowell native is funding a scholarship at UMass Chan Medical School to help aspiring physicians launch their own careers in medicine.
Shaff Family Scholarship reflects gratitude and the spirit of educational opportunity
Leslie Shaff, MD’84, P'99, MBA, JD, MAT, always wanted to be a doctor. However, when she graduated from college in the late 1960s, the message received by many women at the time was clear: You can’t practice medicine and start a family. Aspiring female physicians, including Leslie, often felt forced to choose one path or the other.
Leading advocate for emergency medicine, David E. Wilcox, MD, FACEP, establishes research award at UMass Chan
A longtime leader in emergency medicine, David E. Wilcox, MD, FACEP, is funding a new award that will support research in the specialty at UMass Chan Medical School, where he was a valued faculty member for more than 15 years. Dr. Wilcox was recruited to UMass Chan in 1983 to direct New England’s first hospital-based air ambulance, Life Flight—a game changer for emergency care in the region.