Background
McNeil, Barbara Joyce was born on February 11, 1941 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of Archibald Pius and Katherine (Joyce) McNeil.
McNeil, Barbara Joyce was born on February 11, 1941 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of Archibald Pius and Katherine (Joyce) McNeil.
AB, Emmanuel College, 1962; Doctor of Medicine, Harvard University, 1966; Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1972.
Intern, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 1966-1967;
resident in nuclear medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 1971-1973;
professor radiology and clinical epidemiology, Harvard Medical school and Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, since 1983;
director center for cost effective care, Harvard Medical school and Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, 1980-1993;
department chairman, Ridley Watts professor health care policy, Harvard Medical School, since 1988. Chairman Blue Cross-Massachusetts Hospital Association Fund for Cooperative Innovation, 1981-1987. Member Prospective Payment Assessment Commission, 1983-1991.
Member of national advanced.coun. Agency for Health Care Policy, Research and Evaluation, since 1991.
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American College Nuclear Physicians (Presidential award 1995). Member American Academy Arts and Sciences, Institute Medicine (county since 1991), Fleischner Society, National Council on Radiation Protection, American College Radiology, Society Nuclear Medicine.