Full Name
Dr. CATHERINE DEANGELIS
Job Title
Professor
Organization
Johns Hopkins University
Speaker Bio
Dr. Catherine D. DeAngelis is Johns Hopkins University Distinguished Service Professor Emerita, Professor Emerita at the Johns Hopkins University Schools of Medicine (Pediatrics) and School of Public Health (Health Policy and Management), and Editor-in-Chief Emerita of JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association (2000-2011), serving as the first woman Editor in Chief. She received her M.D. from the University of Pittsburgh’s School of Medicine, her M.P.H. from the Harvard Graduate School of Public Health (Health Services Administration), and her pediatric specialty training at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. She also has been awarded seven honorary doctorate degrees and has received numerous awards for humanitarianism and medical excellence, including the Ronald McDonald Award for Medical Excellence ($100,000 donation made to the Johns Hopkins Child Life Program); the Catcher in the Rye Award for Humanitarianism by the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry; the Armstrong, the St. Geme, and the Howland Awards (Various Pediatric Societies); and a lifetime achievement award by the American Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC).
From 1990-2000 she was Vice Dean for Academic Affairs and Faculty, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and from 1994-2000 she was editor of Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine and also has been a member of numerous journal editorial boards. She has authored or edited 13 books on Pediatrics, Medical Education and Patient Care, Professionalism and her recently published memoir, Pursuing Equity in Medicine: One Woman’s Journey. She has also published over 250 peer reviewed articles, chapters, and editorials. Most of her recent publications have focused on professionalism and integrity in medicine, on conflict of interest in medicine, on women in medicine, and on medical education. Her major efforts have centered on human rights especially as they relate to patients, health professionals and the poor.
Dr. DeAngelis is a former council member and current member of the National Academy of Medicine (nee IOM); a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science; a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (UK) and has served as an officer of numerous national academic societies including past chairman of the American Board of Pediatrics and Chair of the Pediatric Accreditation Council for Residency Review Committee of the American Council on Graduate Medical Education.
She currently serves on the Advisory Board of the U.S. Government Accountability Office, and serves on the Board of Trustees of the University of Pittsburgh and Wake Forest Medical School and Medical Center. She also is working with the Myanmar (Burma) Ministry of Health to revise the curriculum of their five medical schools.
From 1990-2000 she was Vice Dean for Academic Affairs and Faculty, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and from 1994-2000 she was editor of Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine and also has been a member of numerous journal editorial boards. She has authored or edited 13 books on Pediatrics, Medical Education and Patient Care, Professionalism and her recently published memoir, Pursuing Equity in Medicine: One Woman’s Journey. She has also published over 250 peer reviewed articles, chapters, and editorials. Most of her recent publications have focused on professionalism and integrity in medicine, on conflict of interest in medicine, on women in medicine, and on medical education. Her major efforts have centered on human rights especially as they relate to patients, health professionals and the poor.
Dr. DeAngelis is a former council member and current member of the National Academy of Medicine (nee IOM); a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science; a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (UK) and has served as an officer of numerous national academic societies including past chairman of the American Board of Pediatrics and Chair of the Pediatric Accreditation Council for Residency Review Committee of the American Council on Graduate Medical Education.
She currently serves on the Advisory Board of the U.S. Government Accountability Office, and serves on the Board of Trustees of the University of Pittsburgh and Wake Forest Medical School and Medical Center. She also is working with the Myanmar (Burma) Ministry of Health to revise the curriculum of their five medical schools.