UMass Chan Giving

Congratulations to the 2026 UMass ALS Cellucci Fund Boston Marathon team for raising more than $75,000! 🎉

Your dedication and hard work are inspiring. Thank you for your support of ALS research at UMass Chan Medical School!

Tiffany A. Moore Simas, MD’00, R’04, and her husband, Brett Simas, have established the Moore Simas Family Scholarship at UMass Chan Medical School to support medical students with demonstrated financial need.

Both Central Massachusetts natives, Tiffany and Brett say their gift reflects the profound impact the Medical School has had on their lives, their family and the community.

“UMass Chan has left an indelible mark on our family, and we feel tremendous gratitude,” said Brett. Tiffany added, “I attribute where I am professionally to UMass Chan. I’ve been afforded opportunities at every step in my career as a student, resident, faculty and chair.”

‘Tremendous gratitude’ inspires gift to UMass Chan A new scholarship from Tiffany A. Moore Simas, MD’00, R’04, MPH, MEd, MHCM, and her husband Brett Simas, MBA, will ease the financial stress on aspiring physicians at UMass Chan Medical School.

After losing their 17-year-old son, Patrick, to the aggressive brain cancer glioblastoma, Meg and Michael Halvorsen created a co****le tournament in his honor to support pediatric brain cancer research at UMass Chan Medical School.

This high-energy event, which echoes Patrick’s own spirit of compassion and resilience, helps bring hope to patients and families in Massachusetts and beyond.
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Grateful for the affordable, high-quality medical education that helped launch his distinguished career at the leading edge of new health care technologies—and inspired by UMass Chan’s enduring focus on primary care—Mark A. Goldberg, MD’86, and his wife, Nancy, are giving back.

Their new scholarship will bring financial assistance to deserving medical students, empowering them to pursue their chosen paths in medicine with less concern about educational debt. https://ow.ly/NWPP50YRjwI

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Mark Goldberg, MD’86, and Nancy Goldberg boost student opportunity with scholarship Mark A. Goldberg, MD’86, and his wife, Nancy E. Goldberg, of Lexington, recently endowed a scholarship at UMass Chan Medical School to help offset the cost of tuition for students pursuing medicine.