Harris Berman
Harris Berman | |
|---|---|
| Born | c. 1938 |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Harvard College, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons |
| Occupation | Physician |
| Known for | Dean of Tufts University School of Medicine |
Harris A. Berman (born c. 1938)[1] is an American physician and the dean of the Tufts University School of Medicine.
Early life and education
Born in Concord, New Hampshire,[2] Berman completed his undergraduate education at Harvard College and graduated from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1964.[3][4] He completed his residency in internal medicine and a fellowship in infectious disease at Tufts Medical Center.[3][5]
Career
First contributions
After finishing his fellowship, he and Jim Squires, a friend just out of his general surgery residency,[2] along with three other physicians, co-founded the Matthew Thornton Health Plan,[1] one of the first health maintenance organizations in New England.[5] The organization would grow to service 60,000 people by the mid-1980s;[1]
Tufts
In 1986, Berman left Matthew Thornton and became the chief executive officer of Tufts Health Plan,[1] which grew from 60,000 members to over a million members in his 17-year tenure.[5] In 1986, he also joined Tufts University School of Medicine as a professor of public health and community medicine.[2] From 2003 to 2008, he served as the chair of the Department of Public Health and Community Medicine,[2] and eventually became the dean of public health and professional degree programs[5] before being appointed vice dean of the medical school in 2008.[2] In December 2009, he was appointed dean ad interim for the School of Medicine and was formally appointed to the position of dean in October 2011.[2]
References
- ^ a b c d Gawande, Atul (2008). Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance. Macmillan. ISBN 978-0-312-42765-8.
- ^ a b c d e f http://now.tufts.edu/articles/harris-berman-named-medical-dean
- ^ a b "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-10-07. Retrieved 2011-10-07.
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- ^ a b c d Harris Berman Faculty profile at Tufts