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f. roBert feKetY, Jr., colleGiate
ProfessorshiP in infectioUs
disease
The F. Robert Fekety, Jr., Collegiate
Professorship is part of a vision to foster the
expansion of the clinical, educational, and
research programs in infectious disease.
The Division of Infectious Disease would like
to recognize the importance of Dr. Fekety’s
contributions to the University of Michigan
and the leadership he provided in the field
through a named professorship, the highest
honor the University bestows upon a faculty
member. In addition to honoring the career of
Dr. Fekety and creating a lasting legacy, the
professorship will provide ongoing financial
support which will allow faculty members to
focus on the development and expansion of
the Infectious Disease Division.
infectioUs disease Pioneer
1951-1955
MD, Yale Medical School, New Haven, CT
1955-1956
Internship, Yale Medical School
1958-1960
Residency, Medicine, Yale Medical School
1960-1962
Instructor, Johns Hopkins Medical School
1962-1967
Assistant Professor, Johns Hopkins Medical School
1967-1971
Associate Professor, U-M Internal Medicine
1967-1994
Chief, Division of Infectious Disease, U-M Internal Medicine
1971-1995
Professor, U-M Internal Medicine
1985-1995
Professor, Epidemiology, U-M School of Public Health
1995-2009
Professor Emeritus, U-M Internal Medicine
Professor Emeritus, Epidemiology, U-M School of Public Health
THE MICHIGAN DIFFERENCE
Please join us in honoring Dr. Fekety through
a gift to the F. Robert Fekety, Jr., Collegiate
Professorship in Infectious Disease.
THE MICHIGAN DIFFERENCE
For more information, please contact:
Department of Internal Medicine • Office of Medical Development
301 East Liberty Street • Suite 400 • Ann Arbor, MI 48104-2251
866.860.0026 (toll free)
[email protected] • www.med.umich.edu/intmed
Your gift will be deposited into the F. Robert Fekety, Jr., Collegiate Professorship in Infectious Disease Endowed Fund. The
University of Michigan will diligently administer the F. Robert Fekety, Jr., Collegiate Professorship in Infectious Disease
Endowed Fund as a permanent endowment under MIchigan law and University endowment distribution policies.
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f. robert fekety, Jr., collegiate Professorship
in infectious disease
Pioneer of the Field
innovative researcher
F. Robert Fekety, Jr., was recruited to Michigan from Johns
Hopkins Medical School in 1967. He promptly founded the
Infectious Disease Division at Michigan and acted as its Chief
until his retirement in 1994. Under his leadership, the division
became renowned in clinical care, research, and teaching.
His own career embodied each of these values, and the Fekety
Lectureship was established in 1992 to honor his 25 years at U-M
and his continued commitment to excellence in infectious disease
education, research, and patient care.
Dr. Fekety is best known for his pioneering work in the identification
and treatment of antibiotic-associated colitis caused by clostridium
difficile, as well as the epidemiology of staphylococcus.
He published extensively in scientific journals and was particularly
well known throughout the country for his original work in
the 1970s that identified Clostridium difficile as the cause of
antibiotic-associated colitis. Dr. Fekety’s studies in this area have
withstood the test of time and continue to be widely referenced
today.
Dr. Fekety was a superb clinician whose expertise was widely
sought. He was well regarded as a teacher and a colleague
because of his clarity of thought, ability to separate complex
concepts and present them in a clear, concise manner, and his
wonderful sense of humor.
A recruitment into an endowed professorship
in Dr. Fekety’s name would keep his legacy
alive while enhancing the depth and
academic productivity of our current ID
division.”
“Dr. Fekety had a passion for all of it, research, caring for
patients, and education.”
— Former Fellow David Katz, MD
Dedicated Teacher
Dr. Fekety is noted as being one of the most outstanding teachers
at the University of Michigan Medical School. He established
the Infectious Disease training program where he went on to
train more than 50 fellows who have gone on to positions of
prominence throughout the United States. In addition to his 28
years of teaching in the medical school, he also served as a
Professor of Epidemiology for the U-M School of Public Health
from 1985-95.
“Infectious Diseases at U-M is now a
vibrant 20 member division that emulates
Dr. Fekety’s academic legacy. It contains
specialized clinical programs, including HIV/
AIDS Treatment, Antimicrobial Stewardship,
and ID Transplant, which not only provide
services to patients and referring physicians,
but engage in a variety of important clinical
research endeavors into new treatments
for HIV and antibiotic resistant infections.
In addition, the division has a strong basic
science investigation program that ranges
from immunology (factors that regulate innate
immunity of phagocytes) to virology (factors
that allow HIV to evade the immune system,
regulate retroviral replication and RNA viral
replication complex assembly and regulation)
to bacteriology (how the indigenous GI
microbiota can influence the host-pathogen
interaction) and mycology.
— Powel Kazanjian, MD, Chief and
Professor, U-M Infectious Disease Division
Back row (l to r): Dr. Ronald Supena, Dr. Dennis Schaberg, Dr. David Katz, Dr. Kenneth Wilson,
Dr. Joseph Silva, Dr. Brian Buggy, and Dr. Thomas Shope. Front row (l to r): Dr. Mary Ann Kish,
Dr. H. Gunner Deery III, Dr. F. Robert Fekety, Dr. Paula Jones, and Dr. Thomas Sell
“My favorite ‘Chiefism,’ that I keep at my desk at all times, offers
some insight into the greatness of our master mentor Dr. Fekety:
‘Infectious diseases can be taught in 6 months. Acquiring the
judgment, wisdom, and skills needed to treat an infected patient
takes a lifetime.’ I can only add there are exceptions to every
truism as it didn’t take him a lifetime.”
— Former Fellow H. Gunner Deery II, MD
To continue Dr. Fekety’s vision for infectious
disease research and passion for teaching,
please consider supporting this professorship
in his memory. Gifts can be made payable to
The University of Michigan Fekety Collegiate
Professorship and sent to:
U-M Department of Internal Medicine
Office of Development
301 East Liberty, Suite 400
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-2251
If you would like to learn more about helping
to create this lasting legacy, please contact Lori
Hirshman at 734-998-6045.