Edward M. Hundert

Edward M. Hundert, M.D. is an internationally known academic leader, scholar, educator, psychiatrist, and medical ethicist. Over the past 20 years, he has served as President of Case Western Reserve University, Dean of the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, and Associate Dean for Student Affairs at Harvard Medical School. He has held professorial appointments in psychiatry, medical ethics, cognitive science, and medical humanities, and he is a leader in developing innovative institutional affiliations and curricula both in academic medical centers and across all levels of higher education.

Dr. Hundert earned his bachelor’s degree in mathematics and the history of science and medicine, summa cum laude, from Yale University, where he received Yale’s Chittenden Prize “to the graduating senior with highest standing in mathematics or the natural sciences.” He attended Oxford University as a Marshall Scholar, receiving the Batterby Prize from Hertford College for “highest first class honours in philosophy, politics and economics.” Four years later he earned the M.D. from Harvard Medical School, receiving the Sanger Prize for “excellence in psychiatric research.” He completed his psychiatric residency at McLean Hospital, a Harvard affiliate, where he served as chief resident. He has received numerous teaching, mentoring, and diversity awards, and for six consecutive years he was voted the “faculty member who did the most for the class” by Harvard Medical School graduates.

Dr. Hundert has served on many national boards, including the Association of American Universities, the American Association of Medical Colleges, and the Liaison Committee on Medical Education. He co-chaired the Institute of Medicine’s National Summit on Health Professions Education. Dr. Hundert has served as chair of the Ethics Committees of McLean Hospital and the Massachusetts Psychiatric Society, and also served as ethics column editor for the Harvard Review of Psychiatry. He has written dozens of articles and chapters on a variety of topics in psychiatry, philosophy, medical ethics, and medical education, as well as two books: [http://www.amazon.com/dp/0198248962 Philosophy, Psychiatry and Neuroscience: Three Approaches to the Mind] (Oxford University Press, 1989), and [http://www.amazon.com/dp/0674525418 Lessons from an Optical Illusion: On Nature and Nurture, Knowledge and Values] (Harvard University Press, 1995). A select bibliography of publications may be found at [http://medethics.med.harvard.edu/faculty/hundert/ Hundert's Harvard webpage] .

Dr. Hundert is currently Senior Lecturer in Medical Ethics at Harvard Medical School, Vice President for University Initiatives at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, and a member of the boards of TIAA-CREF and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

External links

* [http://www.kaust.edu.sa/bios/bio-hundert.aspx?nav=slt Hundert's KAUST webpage]
* [http://medethics.med.harvard.edu/people/hundert/ Hundert's Harvard webpage]

*Book: [http://www.amazon.com/dp/0198248962 Philosophy, Psychiatry and Neuroscience: Three Approaches to the Mind]
*Book: [http://www.amazon.com/dp/0674525418 Lessons from an Optical Illusion: On Nature and Nurture, Knowledge and Values]
* [http://wiki.case.edu/Edward_M._Hundert Case Wiki entry]