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

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. He helped change medical education at through its New Pathway curriculum around the early 1990s, and his work helped create the field of genetic

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. Federman also worked for over thirty years at Boston's

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, a

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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

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and

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and practicing

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. After he retired in spring 2007, he served in

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for over six years at the

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.Grand Rounds : Archive, 2003-2013. Dr. Daniel Federman
Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine,

Education

* 1949,

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(

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, Social Relations), Boston, Massachusetts * 1953,

(

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), Boston, Massachusetts *

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(MGH), Boston, Massachusetts, internship and residency

Professional career

Federman was born in New York City in 1928, the son of European immigrants who settled in the

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. He graduated summa cum laude from

in 1949 and magna cum laude from

in 1953. Following an internship and residency at

(MGH), he became a clinical associate at the National Institute of Arthritis and Metabolic Disease (

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) where, under the guidance of Ed Rall, he studied the effects of

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thyroid function The thyroid, or thyroid gland, is an endocrine gland in vertebrates. In humans it is in the neck and consists of two connected lobes. The lower two thirds of the lobes are connected by a thin band of tissue called the thyroid isthmus. The thyr ...

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, and thyroxine-binding protein. In 1957, he began a two-year clinical research fellowship with Sir Edward Pochin at the

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Medical School, London, pioneering in the use of

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for the treatment of

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. 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, 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

's Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine.

Personal life

Federman met his wife Elizabeth (Betty) Buckley at

while a medical student. They had two daughters, one of whom graduated from

while he served as dean of medical education. He was an avid sailor and enjoyed classical music, having contributed to the work of the

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in Boston, Massachusetts.

Honors

Harvard Medical School: * Daniel D. Federman Staff Award for Exceptional Service to HMS/HSDM * The White House Commission on Complementary and Alternative Medicine Policy * Named Chair, Daniel D. Federman, MD Professor in Residence of Global Health and Social Medicine and Medical Education, currently held by Edward M. Hundert, MD, also current Dean for Medical Education at

* Chair of the Advisory Board, Scholars in Clinical Science Program, Harvard Medical School Medical education: * President of the

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* Carl W. Walter Distinguished Professor of Medicine and Medical Education at

* Massachusetts Physician of the Year * Distinguished Teacher Award of the

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Distinguished Educator Award *

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Award for Distinguished Service to Medical Education,

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(AAMC) * David Rall Medal,

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* Adjunct Professor at

for over six years as its Laurence Fishman visiting professor. He authored at least 67 works in 207 publications in four languages and 7,370 library holdingsWorldCat list of most widely-read refereed publications authored by Daniel D. Federman, MD
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References

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Education

Professional career

Personal life

Honors

See also

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