September 30, 1994
Media Contact:Gary Stephenson
Phone: (410) 955-5384
E-mail: gstephen@welchlink.welch.jhu.edu

On Saturday, October 1, some of the brightest stars of Johns Hopkins Medicine will shine in a series of afternoon presentations as the hospital and School of Medicine kick off a drive to raise $455 million in new endowment, capital support and program monies.

The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine ($355 million) and the Johns Hopkins hospital and Health System ($100 million) together account for slightly more than half of the $900 million goal of The Johns Hopkins Initiative.

JHHS President James A. Block, M.D., and School of Medicine Dean Michael E. Johns, M.D., will speak during the 1:30 - 3 p.m. program in JHMI's Turner Auditorium. John Stobo, M.D., vice dean for clinical science of the School of Medicine and vice president of the Health System; Catherine DeAngelis, M.D., vice dean for academic affairs and faculty; and David Blake, Ph.D., executive vice dean and dean for research, will moderate panel sessions on medical care, research, and education.

Among those speaking in the panel sessions are:

• Mark Watts, M.D., a resident in neurosurgery who was first in his medical school class at Stanford;

• C. Jean Ogborn, M.D., a pioneer in pediatric emergency medicine;

• Richard C. Anderson, a medical student who graduated first in his class of 6,500 at the University of Colorado;

• Cynthia Wolberger, Ph.D., a biophysics researcher supported by the Howard Hughes Institute who studies how genes are turned off and on; and

• Drew M. Pardoll, M.D., Ph.D., a specialist in molecular biology and oncology who is engaged in pioneering research on using gene therapy to fight cancer.

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