Edward M. Hundert is the Dean for Medical Education and the Daniel D. Federman, M.D. Professor in Residence of Global Health and Social Medicine and Medical Education at

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, where he is also Associate Director of the Center for Bioethics at HM

Hundert is a member of the TIAA Board of Trustees of

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Education

Born in

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, Hundert was graduated from

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, summa cum laude, in 1978 with a degree in mathematics and the history of science and medicine, receiving Yale's annual Russell Henry Chittenden Prize “to the graduating senior with highest standing in mathematics and the natural sciences.” He attended

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as a

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, earning a degree in philosophy,

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, and

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in 1980. He received his

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in 1984 from

, where he remained to do his residency training in

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Professional

Hundert has spent most of his professional career at

. Following residency training, he was appointed Director of Postgraduate and Continuing Medical Education at

and became involved in the development of the Harvard's New Pathway Curriculum. He then served as Associate Dean for Student Affairs at

from 1990 to 1997. He left Harvard for nine years in his 40s, spending 5 years at the

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, where he served as Dean of the School of Medicine and Dentistry, and 4 years at Case Western Reserve University, where he served as president. He left Case in 2006 after the faculty members in arts and sciences voted overwhelmingly that they lacked confidence in him due to mounting deficits at the university and a management style that many faculty members said was secretive.Inside Higher Ed, March 17, 2006
/ref> He returned to Harvard Medical School to lead a new curriculum in medical ethics and professionalism and to serve as Director of the Center for Teaching and Learning until 2014, when he was appointed Dean for Medical Education to lead the development of Harvard's Pathways curriculum.

Publications

Hundert's articles on education, ethics, psychiatry, and philosophy have appeared in the '' Journal of the American Medical Association'', the ''

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'', ''Academic Medicine, Psychiatry, Medical Education'', and the ''Journal of Clinical Ethics''. His books include ''Philosophy, Psychiatry and Neuroscience: Three Approaches to the Mind'' (

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, 1989) and ''Lessons from an Optical Illusion: On Nature and Nurture, Knowledge and Values'' (

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'', 1995).

References

External links

*Book
Philosophy, Psychiatry and Neuroscience: Three Approaches to the Mind
*Book
Lessons from an Optical Illusion: On Nature and Nurture, Knowledge and ValuesEdward Hundert's Harvard Center for Bioethics webpageHMS profile page for Edward M. Hundert, MD

* ttp://www.rochester.edu/news/show.php?id=252 University of Rochester names new deans: posts filled at School of Medicine;Nursing. br>Psychiatrist has Ambitious Plans as University President.
* ttp://www8.nationalacademies.org/onpinews/newsitem.aspx?RecordID=10681 News from the National Academies; April 8, 2003.br>National Academy of Science Institute of Medicine Health Professions Summit.Jaschik, Scott (March 17, 2006). "President Quits at Case Western". Inside Higher Ed.Angelo, Jean Marie (April 2006) Case Western Searches for New Leader.
* ttp://www.yorku.ca/yfile/archive/index.asp?Article=6470 President’s Panel Focuses on University and the City; York University, May 15, 2006. br>Association of American Universities-American Council of Learned Societies, 2006.
* ttp://connects.catalyst.harvard.edu/PROFILES/ProfileDetails.aspx?Person=EMH18 Harvard Catalyst Profiles, 2009.br>New Director of the Academy Center for Teaching and Learning, 2011
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