Sharon S. Lehman, MD, Invested as the First Robison D. Harley, MD, PhD, Endowed Chair of Pediatric Ophthalmology
Nemours Enterprise
Friday, March 03, 2006 @ 12:00 AM EST
The Nemours Partnership for Children’s Health and the Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children today announced that Robison D. Harley, MD, PhD, has established a charitable trust through his will to endow a chair in pediatric ophthalmology at the hospital. For a donor to endow a chairmanship, a gift of $1 million or more is required. Sharon S. Lehman, MD, Chief, Division of Pediatric Ophthalmology, Department of Surgery will be the first holder of this chair.
Dr. Lehman was invested as the Robison D. Harley, MD Endowed Chair of Pediatric Ophthalmology at a ceremony held today at the hospital. Dr. Harley was also honored at the event for his vision and generosity in providing annual support in perpetuity for the Division of Ophthalmology as well as ongoing funding for work in molecular genetics.
Dr. Harley is the editor of Harley’s Pediatric Ophthalmology, the premier textbook in the field, now in its fifth printing. A graduate of Rutgers University, Dr. Harley earned his medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA and his PhD from the University of Minnesota, Rochester, MN. After practicing in Atlantic City, New Jersey for a number of years, Dr. Harley joined the faculty of Temple University where he later chaired the department.
Dr. Lehman is a graduate of the University of Scranton, Scranton, PA and earned her medical degree from Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA, where she is now a Clinical Associate Professor of both Ophthalmology and Pediatrics. Dr. Lehman, was named “Physician of the Year” by the Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children in 2003.
The Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children is a division of Nemours, which operates one of the nation’s largest health systems devoted to pediatric patient care, teaching and research. Set on a beautiful 300-acre campus near Wilmington, Delaware, the 180-bed duPont Hospital for Children offers all the specialties of pediatric medicine, surgery and dentistry.
The Nemours Children’s Clinic provides the physician services of the hospital at its main campus, and at pediatric primary and specialty care locations throughout Delaware, southeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey. Together the duPont Hospital for Children and Nemours Children’s Clinic are the academic partner of Thomas Jefferson University and the pediatric provider to the Jefferson Health System and its members and affiliates.
Nemours is focused on raising the bar in children’s health and health care through its four core service dimensions: patient-centered medical care, biomedical research, education, and health promotion/disease prevention. Nemours employs approximately 4,000 people, including 445 subspecialty physicians, 90 of whom were recognized in 2005 by their peers as among the Best Doctors in America®. For more information, please visit www.Nemours.org.
For information about supporting children’s health through a planned gift, contact Lori J. Counts, Director, Nemours Partnership for Children’s Health, at 888-494-5251.
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Nemours, one of the nation’s largest pediatric health systems, is dedicated to achieving higher standards in children’s health. Nemours offers an integrated spectrum of clinical treatment coupled with research, advocacy, and educational health and prevention services extending to all families in the communities it serves. Starting with Alfred I. duPont’s bequest over seventy years ago, Nemours has grown into a multi-dimensional organization offering personalized clinical and preventive care focused on children.
Nemours owns and operates the Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children in Wilmington, Delaware and major children’s specialty clinics in Delaware (Wilmington), Florida (Jacksonville, Orlando and Pensacola), Pennsylvania (Philadelphia and Bryn Mawr) and New Jersey (Atlantic City and Voorhees). Having recently received preliminary approval from the State of Florida, Nemours will establish a new full-service children’s hospital as part of an integrated pediatric health campus in Orlando. KidsHealth.org, the world’s most visited pediatric health care Web site for parents, kids and teens, is a project of Nemours.
Nemours employs over 4,400 individuals, including 430 pediatric physicians, specialists and surgeons who cared for approximately a quarter of a million children in 2007. The organization’s goal is to align with parents, physicians, community leaders, children’s advocates and elected officials to ensure optimal wellness for every child. Additional information about Nemours can be found at www.nemours.org.
