“Tulane University has played a major role in our lives and the lives of our family members,” Phil Leone said.
They view their donation as an expression of gratitude to their alma mater and an important investment in medical education and innovation. Phil (A&S ’64, M ’68) and Cheryl (NC ’66, M ’69) Leone are retired pathologists and current members of the School of Medicine Board of Governors. Philip and Cheryl Leone Presidential Chair Endowed Fund will support a medical school professor who will also hold a joint appointment in another school or unit and focus on areas such as public health, immunology, parasitology or anthropology. He also specializes in peripheral nerve disorders, having trained under Barnes Woodhall, MD.A husband and wife team who first met as Tulane undergraduates on the way to becoming doctors is donating $5 million to create the university’s ninth Presidential Chair, which will be based at the School of Medicine. His areas of expertise include brain tumors, pituitary microsurgery, cranial nerve disorders like trigeminal neuralgia, hemifacial spasm, treatment for benign and malignant disease and spine surgery. He has served in numerous positions at the hospital, participating in essentially all facets of the institution. Zorub continues to be active clinically at UPMC Shadyside.
He has also been active in organized medicine, having served as president of the Allegheny County Medical Society, chair of its board of trustees, and chair of the ACMS Foundation Board of Trustees.ĭr. Zorub also functioned as vice president of clinical affairs for Shadyside Hospital for seven years and his responsibilities included the clinical oversight of the merger agreement with UPMC Presbyterian for the Shadyside Board of Trustees as well as serving as vice president overseeing medical staff services, infection control, informatics and process improvement and quality management.
Zorub served as chief of surgery at Shadyside Hospital from July 1993 to August 31, 2009. He subsequently relocated to Shadyside Hospital and Foundation in 1979 and has served as director of neurosurgery, and subsequently as chief of neurosurgery from January 1979 to September 2014 and director of neuro-intensive care until June 30, 2019.ĭr. Zorub came to the University of Pittsburgh and Presbyterian University Hospital where he served as director of residency education and director of stereotactic surgery. Upon completion of training at Duke University Medical Center, Dr. While at Duke he did a special postdoctoral fellowship for the Veteran’s Administration and did research at the Institute of Physiology in Pisa, Italy. Post-graduate education was at Duke University Medical Center where he completed his internship and residency in neurologic surgery. His subsequent education was at Tulane University School of Medicine where he received his medical degree cum laude and a masters of science in neuroanatomy. Zorub received his undergraduate degree from Tulane University College of Arts and Sciences, graduating summa cum laude with a major in history. He grew up in Hot Springs, Ark., where he received his primary education.ĭr. Zorub was born in Lebanon and immigrated to the United States at the age of nine. Zorub, MD, joined the faculty of the University of Pittsburgh Department of Neurological Surgery in May of 2014.