$3M Gift Will Endow ‘Bioethics Chair’ At Medical School In Nutley

NUTLEY, NJ — A $3 million donation will help teach students at a medical school in Essex County to “consider the human side of medicine.”

According to a news release from the Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine – which is based at the ON3 complex in Nutley and Clifton:

“On October 30, 2023, Hackensack Meridian Health Foundation held an investiture ceremony for Hannah I. Lipman, M.D., M.S., HEC-C, vice president of Bioethics at Hackensack Meridian Health and a professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine. The endowed chair is thanks to a $3 million gift from Kalmon D. Post, M.D., to create the Linda Farber Post Chair in Bioethics at Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine in honor of his wife, Linda Farber Post, BSN, M.A., J.D. This is the first endowed chair funded by Dr. Post and will support the work of Dr. Lipman.”

“The creation of this chair, made possible by Dr. and Mrs. Post’s gift, will ensure that our students gain a keen understanding of bioethics as an integral part of health care delivery and teach our students to consider the human side of medicine – including the social, psychological, moral, cultural and ethical issues in the care of patients that grow more challenging every year,” said Robert Garrett, CEO of Hackensack Meridian Health.

The Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine is the first private medical school in New Jersey launched in more than 50 years. It welcomed its first class of students at the ON3 campus in 2018.

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