Wortsman The Caring Heirs of Doctor Samuel Bard

Profiles of Selected Distinguished Graduates of Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-0-231-54932-5
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 100 Seiten

Reihe: Columbiana

Peter Wortsman offers a selection of profiles of Columbia-educated doctors who have made a fundamental difference in the lives of others. The physicians profiled in this book represent the complete spectrum of MDs.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wortsman, Peter

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulen, Schulleitung Universitäten, Hochschulen
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Medizin, Gesundheit: Sachbuch, Ratgeber
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Geschichte der Pädagogik, Richtungen in der Pädagogik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments
Taking Doctors’ Histories, a Preface
1. A New Dean Digs in at Boston University School of Medicine, by Karen Antman '74
2. A Champion of Health Equality at the Helm of the NYC Department of Health, by Mary T. Bassett '79
3. New Jersey’s Health Care Crusader, by Stanley S. Bergen, Jr. '55
4. A Nobel Laureate’s Lifelong Commitment to Curiosity, by Baruch Blumberg '51
5. Babies’ Best Friend, by T. Berry Brazelton '43D
6. Musings of a University President Emeritus, by Keith Brodie '65
7. Promoting Respect for “Our Future Selves,” by Robert N. Butler '53
8. A Neurosurgeon at the Helm of the AMA, by Peter Carmel MSD '70
9. A Vitreoretinal Visionary, by Stanley Chang '74
10. Protecting Imperiled Populations, by Davida Coady '65
11. How Three P&S Alumni Bucked the Odds and Made It Big in Biotech, by Ron Cohen '81, Paul Maddon MD '88 MD PhD, and George Yancopoulos MD '86, PhD '87
12. An American Odyssey, by Robert Coles '54
13. Medicine by the Book, by Robin B. Cook '66
14. A Shared Life in Medicine, Canadian Style, by Richard '55 and Sylvia Cruess '55
15. Surgeon-Scientist Takes Knowledge to the Cutting Edge, by Patricia Donahoe '64
16. Tuning-up the Engine of Public Health in the Motor City, by Abdul El-Sayed '14
17. The Un-Retiring Dean of American Rheumatologists, by Ephraim P. Engleman '37
18. From Student to Surgeon to University Trustee—a Columbia Journey, by Kenneth Forde '59
19. From Endocrinology to Admissions, a Life in Medicine, by Andrew G. Frantz '55
20. Practicing the “Art of the Possible,” by The Outgoing Director of the CDC Reflects on His Time at the Helm, by Thomas R. Frieden MD/MPH '86
21. Medicine by Bench, Bedside, and Book, by Jerome Groopman '76
22. A Pioneer in Adolescent Medicine Committed to Health and Well-being for All, by Karen Hein '70
23. At Home in High Places, by Charles S. Houston '39
24. An All-Star on the Team Against TB, by Michael Iseman '65
25. Championing Intellectual Rigor and Risk at the American University of Beirut, by Fadlo R. Khuri '89
26. Making Health Care Happen, a Committed Primary Care Practitioner in the Deep South, by Karen Kinsell '93
27. Urologist, Historian, Collector, Sleuth, by John K. Lattimer '38
28. Yes, There Is Balm in Gilead, by Margaret Morgan Lawrence '40
29. A Doctor in the House—the White House, That Is, by Burton J. Lee, III '56
30. Receptive to Receptors, by Robert J. Lefkowitz '66
31. Adventures in Virology, by Jay Levy '65
32. A Digital Pioneer at the National Library of Medicine, by Donald A.B. Lindberg '58
33. Out of Anguish into Africa, by Martha M. MacGuffie '49
34. Battling Invisibility—a Primary Care Clinician and Spokesperson for the Care of Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals, and Transgender People, by Harvey J. Makadon '77
35. At the Cancer Command, by Paul Marks '49
36. A Pivotal Player at P&S and Presbyterian Hospital Throws in the White Coat
37. A Surgeon in Space, by F. Story Musgrave '64
38. A Military Neurologist on the Front Against Chemical Attack, by Col. Jonathan Newmark, MC, USAR '78
39. It Takes Heart, by Suzanne Oparil '65
40. An Educator Not Afraid to Stick His Neck Out, by Calvin H. Plimpton MSD '51
41. Notes of a Pioneering Neurosurgeon, by J. Lawrence Pool MD '32, MSD '40
42. First Woman of Medicine, by Helen Ranney '47
43. Medicine by Blue Pencil, by Arnold Relman '46
44. A Doctor to the World, by Allan Rosenfield '59
45. Kidneys are Color-blind, by Velma Scantlebury '81
46. The Hands-On Surgeon-in-Chief of the Hospital for Special Surgery, by Thomas P. Sculco '69
47. The Assistant Secretary for Health is a Doctor First and Foremost, by Eve Slater '71
48. Rebel Doctor with a Cause, by Benjamin Spock '29
49. A Veteran NIH Investigator Takes on Complementary and Alternative Medicine, by Stephen E. Straus '72
50. A Pioneering African American Perinatologist Looks Back with Pride, by Yvonne Thornton MD '73, MPH '96
51. Merck’s MD at the Top, by P. Roy Vagelos '54
52. Nobel Laureate at the NIH, by Harold Varmus '66
53. for Women’s Health, by Lila Wallis '51
54. A Matter of Heart, by Clyde Y. C. Wu '56
55. The Scientific Wunderkind of Biotech Makes Proteins Do the Right Thing, by George D. Yancopoulos PhD '86, MD’87
Author’s Bio
Photo Credits

Über Autor(innen)

Wortsman Peter:
Peter Wortsman is an editor in the Department of Alumni Relations and Development at the Vangelos College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University. He is an author of fiction, nonfiction, and translator from German to English.Peter Wortsman was managing editor of alumni publications at the Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University from 1987 to 2018. He is the author of four previous books, two plays, and numerous translations from German.