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The Institute of Medicine this month honored BWH’s Howard Hiatt, MD, with its prestigious Gustav O. Lienhard Award for improving the performance of personal health services in the U.S. and around the world.
“Throughout his professional life, Howard Hiatt brought compassionate and innovative approaches to health and medical care,” said Harvey V. Fineberg, president of the IOM. “Many of today’s leaders in health can trace the roots of their accomplishments to the inspiration, example and guidance of Howard Hiatt.”
For more than five decades in medicine, Hiatt has cared for thousands of patients and mentored and trained thousands of physicians and medical students. At BWH, Hiatt was a key leader in creating the Division of Social Medicine and Health Inequalities to address health disparities from a global perspective.
He also played a significant role in the growth and success of Partners In Health. Before coming to BWH, Hiatt served as dean of Harvard School of Public Health, a physician and chief at Beth Israel Hospital and the leader of the Harvard Medical Practice Study, which has been credited as the most important investigation of medical malpractice in history.
Hiatt is the 22nd recipient of the Lienhard Award, which includes a medal and a $25,000 prize.