Daniel D. Federman, Senior Dean for Alumni Relations and Clinical Teaching
Harvard Medical School25 Shattuck Street
Gordon Hall, Room 101
Boston, MA 02115
In his new post as Senior Dean
for Alumni Relations and Clinical Teaching, Dr. Federman will expand
the Resident as Teacher Program he instituted three years ago. This
program recognizes the importance of house staff in the education of
our medical students and seeks to improve the educational experience
of students in core clerkships. As Director of the Office of Alumni
Affairs, Dr. Federman will be especially active in a scholarship
fundraising initiative that seeks to lower the debt of HMS students
upon graduation. An endocrinologist by training, Dr. Federman
maintains active clinical practices at Brigham and Women's Hospital
and Harvard University Health Services.
Dr. Federman served on
the faculty of Harvard Medical School from 1960 to 1972, and was
simultaneously on the staff of Massachusetts General Hospital. From
1972 to 1977 he was chairman of the Department of Medicine at
Stanford Medical School. He then returned to Harvard Medical School
as Dean for Students and Alumni and professor of medicine. In 1989 he
was appointed Dean for Medical Education and in 1992 he was named the
Carl W. Walter Professor of Medicine and Medical Education.
Dr. Federman has received
from the American College of Physicians both the Massachusetts Physician of
the Year and the Distinguished Teacher awards, as well as the Endocrine
Society's Distinguished Educator award.
Born in New York City,
Dr. Federman received his A.B. from Harvard College and his M.D. from
Harvard Medical School.
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