This fund was established in 2006 by Donald and Irene Dizney to support a chair to be held by a professor and department chair for Psychiatry in the College of Medicine..

Donald Dizney is the chairman of the board of United Medical Corporation. Founded in 1973, United Medical Corporation, through a number of affiliated operating entities, has established and expanded networks of owned and operated specialty hospitals.

United Medical currently owns and operates San Jorge Children’s Hospital, the largest free standing children’s hospital in the Caribbean. The company has developed numerous chains of specialty hospitals and has been a partner in joint venture affiliations with some of the nation’s largest proprietary public companies and non-profit networks.