Healthcare Finance News December 23, 2024
Jeff Lagasse

WashU Medicine says the gift will help the department recruit talented neurosurgeons and neurosurgery researchers.

WashU Medicine in St. Louis is turning a philanthropic gift of $50 million into a vehicle for recruiting neurosurgeons and researchers – and enhancing the research capabilities of the facility’s neurosurgery department.

Andrew Taylor, an emeritus trustee of Washington University in St. Louis, and his wife, Barbara, made the donation after receiving care from WashU Medicine neurosurgeons. The department has been renamed the Taylor Family Department of Neurosurgery.

Among neurosurgery departments at U.S. medical schools, WashU’s is ranked number 5 in research funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

WashU Medicine, or Washington University School of Medicine, is a private medical school specializing in...

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