2021 PHI LANTHROPY DIGEST
Houston Alzheimer’s Study
John S. Dunn Clinician Innovator Award
Houston Methodist leads the
The Dunn Foundation Board
Houston Alzheimer’s Study,
established the John S. Dunn
an in-depth study in which
Clinician Innovator Award for
researchers screen 400 patients
Dr. Michael Klebuc to provide
who represent various stages of
protected time and seed funding
dementia and Alzheimer’s, as well
for Dr. Klebuc to conduct clinical
as family members who do not show
trials that transform the quality of
signs of the disease. The results
life for patients. The gift helped
will provide the worldwide scientific
Houston Methodist further serve
community with direction for
as a national destination for
M. Samuel Daffin, Sr. Centennial
developing future therapies
patients who require complex
Chair in Anesthesia and Critical
that diagnose, treat and prevent
reconstructive surgery. In addition,
Care held by Dr. Faisal N. Masud;
the wide variety of underlying
the John S. Dunn Clinician Innovator
the Research, Education and
pathologies involved in memory
Award assisted Dr. Klebuc and his
disorders. The generous challenge
colleagues to discover additional
Structural Heart Disease with
fund, established by Jeanne and
new treatments that patients
Dr. William A. Zoghbi as custodian;
Joe Bob Perkins in 2019 along
desperately need.
and the Cardiovascular Telemedicine
with 16 additional philanthropists
Service with Dr. Stuart James Corr
(13 of whom are founding members),
as custodian. The challenge met
bolstered the $5 million study.
Dr. Mark J. Hausknecht Matching Challenge The Dr. Mark J. Hausknecht Matching Challenge was established in 2018. It created the Mary A. and
Innovation Fund in Interventional
its goal at the end of 2021.
Kleberg Foundation The Robert J. Kleberg, Jr. and Helen C. Kleberg Foundation provided generous support toward a new health service educational initiative titled “RECALL-SONIC: Recognition of Emerging Conditions Learning Lab with Schools of Nursing Inter-University Consortium.” The initiative created a partnership between Houston Methodist and
The Allison Family Pumps and Pipes Endowment The Carolyn J. and Robert J. Allison, Jr. Family Foundation established The Allison Family Pumps and Pipes Endowment in the Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center. The endowment
Texas A&M University to bring state-of-the-art medical education to nursing students who are training in rural areas. The initiative’s goal is to greatly improve health outcomes for residents of Kleberg County and surrounding counties.
Mosaic Replica at Houston Methodist The Woodlands Houston Methodist remains steadfast in its commitment to leading medicine through a faithbased approach. An initiative to install a replica of The Extending Arms of Christ mosaic in each community and continuing care hospital began in 2019. The first replica was installed at the Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital in 2020. Houston Methodist The Woodlands Hospital installed its
will support the Pumps and Pipes
replica in 2021 due to the support
program contributing toward the
of several generous benefactors:
creation of an ongoing seminar
The Woodlands Methodist Church,
and/or lecture series.
John Cook and Family, Rod and Karen Leis, and Ann and Jerry Snyder.
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