Background
Lynn, D. Joanne was born on July 2, 1951 in Oakland, Maryland. Daughter of John B. and Mary Dorcas Harley.
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D. Joanne Lynn
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D. Joanne Lynn, American Physician, ethicist, health services researcher. Diplomate American Board Internal Medicine. Peter Jeffries and Jeanne Arnold scholar, 1973; recipient Wellington Parlin Science Scholarship award, 1979, Doctor Bertha Curtis prize Boston University Medical School, 1974, National Board award Medical College Pennsylvania, 1992.
Education
Bachelor of Science summa cum laude, Dickinson College, 1970; Doctor of Medicine cum laude, Boston University, 1974; Master of Arts in Philosophy and Social Policy, George Washington University, 1981; Master of Science Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Dartmouth College, 1995.
Career
Resident internal Medicine, The George Washington University Medical Center, 1974-1977;
emergency room physician, triage physician, Washington Veterans Administration Hospital., 1977-1978;
faculty associate for medicine and humanities division experimental programs, George Washington University, Washington, 1978-1981;
director division aging studies, George Washington University, Washington, 1988-1992;
professor health care science and medicine, George Washington University, Washington, 1991-1992;
associate chairperson department health care science, George Washington University, Washington, 1990-1992;
dir of the Center to Improve the Care of the Dying, George Washington University, since 1995;
professor medicine, community and family medicine, senior associate Center EvaluativeClin. Sciences, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Hanover, N.H., 1992-1995;
associate director Center for Aging, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Hanover, N.H., 1992-1995. Robert Wood Johnson clinical scholar George Washington University, 1977-1978, senior fellow Center Health Policy Research, 1991-1992.
Assistant director medical studies ThePres. Common for Study of Ethical Problems in Medicine and biomedical and Behavioral Research, 1981-1983. Medical director The Washington Home, 1983-1989,Hospice of Washington, 1979-1991, George Washington Cancer Home Care Program and Home Health Superior vena cava syndrome of The Washington Home, 1990-1992, staff physician, 1979-1992.
Fellow Hastings Center, since 1984. Member working group onguidelines for care of terminally ill, 1985-1987, research project on ethical issues in care and treatment of chronically ill, 1985-1987, working group on new physician-patient relationship, 1991-1994, vice president, 1987, chair fellows nominating committee, 1991. Member coordinating county on life-sustaining medical treatment decision making by courts National Center State Court Justices, 1989-1993.
Fellow Kennedy Institute, 1991. Member geriatric and gerontology advising committee Department Veterinary Affairs, 1991-1997. Member bioethics committee Veterans Health Administration, 1991-1993.
Active Washington Area Seminar on Science, Technology, and Ethics, 1982-1992, National Clinical Panel on High-Cost Hospice Care, Washington, 1991. Presenter in field.
Achievements
Membership
Fellow American College of Physicians (member subcommittee on aging 1986-1991), American Geriatrics Society (mem.com. public policy 1983-1998, member ethics committee 1988, chair subcommittee on ethics and policy 1986, chair ethics committee 1991-1998, board directors 1991-1997). Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, APHA, American Federation Clinical Research, American Health Care Association (mem.task force on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome 1987-1989), American Hospital Association (member special commission on biomedical ethics 1983-1985, 89-94), American Medical Dirs. Association, American Society Law andMedicine, American College Health Care Adminstrs.
(member of national advising committee wandering patients 1987-1988), National Institute on Aging (member senile dementia ofAlzheimer's type, member research ethics task force 1981-1982, American Geriatrics Society representative 1984-1986), Society Health and Human Values (member governor county 1981-1984), Institute Medicine (member commission on future issues in medical technical development 1992-1994), N.H. Medical Society, Society Health and Human Values (member governor county 1981-1984), International Hospice Institute (member physician's advisory com.1984-1986), Medical Society District of Columbia (member legislation affairs committee 1985-1992, vice chairperson 1991-1992), Society General Internal Medicine (member editorial advisory board Journal 1988-1991), Americans for Better Care of the Dying (president).
Connections
Married Barry W. Lynn. Children: Christina, Nicholas.
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Nationality
American
Awards
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Peter Jeffries and Jeanne Arnold scholar, 1973. Recipient Wellington Parlin Science Scholarship award, 1979, Doctor Bertha Curtis prize Boston University Medical School, 1974, National Board award Medical College Pennsylvania, 1992.Peter Jeffries and Jeanne Arnold scholar, 1973. Recipient Wellington Parlin Science Scholarship award, 1979, Doctor Bertha Curtis prize Boston University Medical School, 1974, National Board award Medical College Pennsylvania, 1992.