Daniel Federman
Daniel David Federman, (1928 – September 6, 2017) was an American endocrinologist and the Carl W. Walter Distinguished Professor of Medicine and the Dean for Medical Education at Harvard Medical School. He helped change medical education at through its New Pathway curriculum around the early 1990s, and his work helped create the field of genetic endocrinology. Federman also worked for over thirty years at Boston's Brigham and Women's Hospital, a Harvard teaching hospital in the Longwood Medical and Academic Area. Before he was dean for medical education, he served as dean for students and alumni. He later  became Senior Dean for Alumni Relations and Clinical Teaching. He was also an endocrinologist specializing in diabetes and hormones and practicing clinical medicine in Brookline, Massachusetts. After he retired in Spring 2007, he served in Miami for over six years at the University of Miami's Miller School of Medicine. Professional career. Dr. Federman was born in New York City in 1928, the son of European immigrants who settled in the Bronx. He graduated summa cum laude from Harvard College in 1949 and magna cum laude from Harvard Medical School in 1953. Following an internship and residency at Massachusetts General  Hospital (MGH), he became a clinical associate at the National Institute of Arthritis and Metabolic Disease (NIAMS) where, under the guidance of Ed Rall, he studied the effects of androgens on thyroid function, thyroxine metabolism, and thyroxine-binding protein. In 1957, he began a two-year clinical research fellowship with Sir Edward Pochin at the University College Hospital Medical School, London, pioneering in the use of radioactive iodine for the treatment of thyroid cancer. He returned to Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital in 1964, serving as chief of endocrinology. He continued as assistant chief of medical services in  1967, associate professor of medicine in 1970, and associate chairman of medicine in 1971. In 1973, Dr. Federman was recruited to become physician-in-chief and chair of the Department of Medicine at Stanford University. From 2000 to 2007, Federman was senior dean for alumni relations and clinical teaching at Harvard Medical School. After retiring in 2007, he taught at the University of Miami's Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine. Personal life. Federman met his wife Elizabeth (Betty) Buckley at Massachusetts General Hospital while a medical student. They had two daughters, one of whom graduated from Harvard Medical School  while he served as Dean of Medical Education. He was an avid sailor and enjoyed classical music, having contributed to the work of the Longwood Symphony Orchestra in Boston, Massachusetts. Honors. Harvard Medical School: Medical education: He authored at least 67 works in 207 publications in four languages and 7,370 library holdings and continued publishing in refereed journals until at least 2011.