Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Acknowledgments xv
4. Taking Doctors’ Histories, a Preface xvii
5. A New Dean Digs in at Boston University School of Medicine: Karen Antman ’74 1
6. A Champion of Health Equality at the Helm of the NYC Department of Health: Mary T. Bassett ’79 8
7. New Jersey’s Health Care Crusader: Stanley S. Bergen, Jr. ’55 17
8. A Nobel Laureate’s Lifelong Commitment to Curiosity: Baruch Blumberg ’51 23
9. Babies’ Best Friend: T. Berry Brazelton ’43 29
10. Musings of a University President Emeritus: Keith Brodie ’65 35
11. Promoting Respect for “Our Future Selves”: Robert N. Butler ’53 43
12. A Neurosurgeon at the Helm of the AMA: Peter Carmel MSD ’70 51
13. A Vitreoretinal Visionary: Stanley Chang ’74 59
14. Protecting Imperiled Populations: Davida Coady ’65 66
15. How Three P&S Alumni Bucked the Odds and Made It Big in Biotech: Ron Cohen ’81, Paul Maddon MD, PHD ’88, and George Yancopoulos PHD ’86, MD’87 76
16. An American Odyssey: Robert Coles ’54 85
17. Medicine by the Book: Robin Cook ’66 94
18. A Shared Life in Medicine, Canadian Style: Richard ’55 and Sylvia Cruess ’55 103
19. Surgeon-Scientist Takes Knowledge to the Cutting Edge: Patricia Donahoe ’64 108
20. Tuning-up the Engine of Public Health in the Motor City: Abdul El-Sayed ’14 114
21. The Unretiring Dean of American Rheumatologists: Ephraim P. Engleman ’37 122
22. From Student to Surgeon to University Trustee—A Columbia Journey: Kenneth Forde ’59 130
23. From Endocrinology to Admissions, a Life in Medicine: Andrew G. Frantz ’55 138
24. Practicing the “Art of the Possible”—The Outgoing Director of the CDC Reflects on His Time at the Helm: Thomas R. Frieden MD/MPH ’86 145
25. Medicine by Bench, Bedside, and Book: Jerome Groopman ’76 154
26. A Pioneer in Adolescent Medicine Committed to Health and Well-being for All: Karen Hein ’70 161
27. At Home in High Places: Charles S. Houston ’39 171
28. An All-Star on the Team Against TB: Michael Iseman ’65 179
29. Championing Intellectual Rigor and Risk at the American University of Beirut: Fadlo R. Khuri ’89 186
30. Making Health Care Happen, a Committed Primary Care Practitioner in the Deep South: Karen Kinsell ’93 194
31. Urologist, Historian, Collector, Sleuth: John K. Lattimer ’38 202
32. Yes, There Is A Balm in Gilead: Margaret Morgan Lawrence ’40 211
33. A Doctor in the House—the White House, That Is: Burton J. Lee, III ’56 217
34. Receptive to Receptors: Robert J. Lefkowitz ’66 222
35. Adventures in Virology: Jay Levy ’65 230
36. A Digital Pioneer at the National Library of Medicine: Donald A.B. Lindberg ’58 239
37. Out of Anguish into Africa: Martha M. MacGuffie ’49 245
38. Battling Invisibility—A Primary Care Clinician and Spokesperson for the Care of Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals, and Transgender People: Harvey J. Makadon ’77 254
39. At the Cancer Command: Paul Marks ’49 261
40. A Pivotal Player at P&S and Presbyterian Hospital Throws in the White Coat (And Looks Back with Pride): Thomas Q. Morris ’58 267
41. A Surgeon in Space: Story Musgrave ’64 276
42. A Military Neurologist on the Front Against Chemical Attack: Col. Jonathan Newmark, MC, USAR ’78 283
43. It Takes Heart: Suzanne Oparil ’65 291
44. An Educator Not Afraid to Stick His Neck Out: Calvin H. Plimpton MSD ’51 297
45. Notes of a Pioneering Neurosurgeon: J. Lawrence Pool MD ’32, MSD ’40 306
46. First Woman of Medicine: Helen Ranney ’47 313
47. Medicine by Blue Pencil: Arnold Relman ’46 318
48. A Doctor to the World: Allan Rosenfield ’59 329
49. Kidneys are Color-Blind: Velma Scantlebury ’81 337
50. The Hands-on Surgeon-in-Chief of the Hospital for Special Surgery: Thomas P. Sculco ’69 345
51. The Assistant Secretary for Health Is a Doctor First and Foremost: Eve Slater ’71 352
52. Rebel Doctor with a Cause: Benjamin Spock ’29 360
53. A Veteran NIH Investigator Takes on Complementary and Alternative Medicine: Stephen E. Straus ’72 366
54. A Pioneering African American Perinatologist Looks Back with Pride: Yvonne Thornton MD ’73, MPH ’96 373
55. Merck’s MD at the Top: P. Roy Vagelos ’54 383
56. Nobel Laureate at the NIH: Harold Varmus ’66 388
57. Advocate for Women’s Health: Lila Wallis ’51 394
58. A Matter of Heart: Clyde Y. C. Wu ’56 401
59. The Scientific Wunderkind of Biotech Makes Proteins Do the Right Thing: George D. Yancopoulos PhD ’86, MD’87 408
60. Author’s Bio 415
61. Photo Credits 417