Hiatt Inducted into Royal College of Physicians
Howard Hiatt, MD, Division of Social Medicine and Health Inequalities, last month was inducted into the Royal College of Physicians, England’s oldest medical institution.
Hiatt earned his MD from Harvard University and completed fellowships at Cornell University and the National Institutes of Health. He was physician-in-chief at Beth Israel Hospital and Herrman L. Blumgart professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School from 1963 to 1972. He also served as dean of the Harvard School of Public Health from 1972 to 1984, when he established new programs in evaluative clinical sciences, health care economics, decision theory, policy management education and applications of modern molecular biology to classical global health burdens. Hiatt also helped form BWH’s Division of Social Medicine and Health Inequalities.
Hiatt was nominated by Don Berwick, MD, president and CEO, Institute of Healthcare Improvement, who is also a member of the college. The Royal College of Physicians was established by King Henry VIII in 1518, and since then has engaged in a wide range of activities aimed at upholding and improving standards of medical practice.