Oral history and transcript for an interview with Howard Hiatt, Perspectives of Change
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Oral history and transcript for an interview with Howard Hiatt, Perspectives of Change
Subject
Hiatt, Howard
Community Medicine
Diversity and Inclusion
Description
Oral history and a transcript for an interview between Joan Ilacqua and Howard Hiatt MD, Taken 19 February 2015 as part of Perspectives of Change, formerly the Equal Access Oral History Project.
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Howard H. Hiatt MD was born in Patchogue, New York. He enrolled in Harvard College in 1944, and ascended to Harvard Medical School without first earning his A.B. degree.
Dr. Hiatt was the first Blumgart Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and the physician-in-chief at Beth Israel Hospital from 1963 to 1972. In 1972, he became the dean of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, a role he held until 1984.
In 1985, he resumed teaching at Harvard Medical School and as Senior Physician at Brigham and Women's Hospital. He is a member of the Board of Directors of Partners in Health, and a member emeritus of the Task Force for Global Health. He is a leader in the field of human rights.
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Perspectives of Change: The Story of Civil Rights, Diversity, Inclusion, and Access to Education at HMS and HSDM
Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine) (repository)
Date Created
19 February 2015
Contributor
Ilacqua, Joan (interviewer)
Hiatt, Howard (interviewee)
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Perspectives of Change: The Story of Civil Rights, Diversity, Inclusion, and Access to Education at HMS and HSDM and Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine) (repository), “Oral history and transcript for an interview with Howard Hiatt, Perspectives of Change,” OnView, accessed April 20, 2024, https://collections.countway.harvard.edu/onview/items/show/18156.