Case Western Dean Moving to Stanford
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine Dean Ralph I. Horwitz, M.D., has been chosen to head the Department of Medicine at Stanford University's medical school, effective December 1.
During his tenure at Case, Dr. Horwitz helped create and implement an innovative curriculum that integrates medicine and public health. He also increased the number and quality of Case's teaching, research, and clinical staff, and oversaw the establishment of the new Case Medical Center.
Prior to joining Case as Dean, Dr. Horwitz taught at the Yale University School of Medicine. His achievements there include nearly doubling the amount of funding for research and establishing the first Ph.D. program in the clinical department of a U.S. medical school. As long-time co-director of the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program, Dr. Horwitz encouraged physicians to work across disciplinary lines and to take an active part in setting health care policy.
Dr. Horwitz's own research into cancer, vascular diseases, and other conditions is seen as ground-breaking. He is credited with helping to formalize the field of clinical investigation and outcomes research.
A press release from Stanford University Medical Center cites Dr. Horwitz as saying that he cares deeply about "civic professionalism." He believes that physicians should respect the social contract between the medical profession and the general public and take an active part in restoring public trust in physicians. His many professional memberships and activities include being recently named to the advisory committee to the director of the National Insititutes of Health, a group that focuses on public policy concerning medicine, biomedical research, and biomedical communications.
Source: "Case Western Med School Dean to Chair Stanford Department of Medicine." Press release, Stanford University Medical Center (Stanford, CA), August 21, 2006.
During his tenure at Case, Dr. Horwitz helped create and implement an innovative curriculum that integrates medicine and public health. He also increased the number and quality of Case's teaching, research, and clinical staff, and oversaw the establishment of the new Case Medical Center.
Prior to joining Case as Dean, Dr. Horwitz taught at the Yale University School of Medicine. His achievements there include nearly doubling the amount of funding for research and establishing the first Ph.D. program in the clinical department of a U.S. medical school. As long-time co-director of the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program, Dr. Horwitz encouraged physicians to work across disciplinary lines and to take an active part in setting health care policy.
Dr. Horwitz's own research into cancer, vascular diseases, and other conditions is seen as ground-breaking. He is credited with helping to formalize the field of clinical investigation and outcomes research.
A press release from Stanford University Medical Center cites Dr. Horwitz as saying that he cares deeply about "civic professionalism." He believes that physicians should respect the social contract between the medical profession and the general public and take an active part in restoring public trust in physicians. His many professional memberships and activities include being recently named to the advisory committee to the director of the National Insititutes of Health, a group that focuses on public policy concerning medicine, biomedical research, and biomedical communications.
Source: "Case Western Med School Dean to Chair Stanford Department of Medicine." Press release, Stanford University Medical Center (Stanford, CA), August 21, 2006.
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