Background
BUCHANAN, J. was born on March 8, 1928 in Newark, New Jersey, United States.
BUCHANAN, J. was born on March 8, 1928 in Newark, New Jersey, United States.
Amherst College, and Cornell University Medical School.
Assistant Resident Physician, New York Hospital 1954-1958, Research Fellow in Medicine 1956-1957. Research Fellow in Endocrinology, Cornell University Medical College, New York 1960-1961. World Health Organization Travelling Fellow 1963.
Instructor in Medicine, Cornell University Medical College 1961-1963, Assistant Professor 1963-1967, Assistant to Chairman Department, of Medicine 1964-1965, Association Dean 1965-1969, Clinical Association Professor 1967-1969, Association Professor 1969-1971, Professor 1971-1976, Acting Dean, then Dean 1969-1976.
Professor, of Medicine, University of Chicago, 111. 1977-1982; Association Dean, Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago 1978-1982.
Professor, of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts since 1982. General Director, Massachusetts General Hospital since 1982.
Physician at hospitals in New York, Chicago and Boston since 1956.
Executive Council since 1985. Director Massachusetts Division, American Cancer Society since 1984. Board of directors Bank of New England since 1986, Executive Committee Massachusetts Hospital Association since 1987 (Chairman since 1990), Charles River Laboratories.
Chairman Council of Teaching Hospitals, Association of American Medical Colleges 1988-1989.
Administration Board, Council of Teaching Hospitals 1984-1989, member. North.A.S. Committee to review Institute of Medicine, American Cancer Society, Massachusetts Division, Society of Medical Admins.
Married Susan Carver.