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Alpert, Joel Jacobs was born on May 9, 1930 in New Haven. Son of Herman Harold and Alice (Jacobs) Alpert.
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Joel Jacobs Alpert, American Medical educator, pediatrician. Diplomate American Board Pediatrics. Recipient lifetime achievement award Massachusetts Poison Information System, 1992,Honorary Mention Public Health Svc. award Pew Foundation, 1995, Pew Foundation award for Achievement in Primary Care Education; numerous grants, since 1965; special.fellow National Center Health Superior vena cava syndrome Research, London, 1971.
Education
AB, Yale University, 1952; Doctor of Medicine, Harvard University, 1956.
Career
Intern in medicine, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Boston, 1956-1957;
junior assistant resident in medicine, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Boston, 1957-1958;
chief resident for ambulatory services, fellow in medicine, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Boston, 1961-1962;
from assistant to senior associate, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Boston, 1962-1972;
exchange registrar, St. Mary's Hospital Medical School, London, 1958-1959;
from instructor to associate professor, Medical School, Harvard University, Boston, 1962-1972;
lecturer, Medical School, Harvard University, Boston, 1972;
pediatrician in chief, Boston City Hospital, 1972-1992;
professor pediatrics public health, Boston (Massachusetts) U. School Medicine, since 1972;
department chairman pediatrics, Boston (Massachusetts) U. School Medicine, 1972-1993;
also professor sociomedical science public health law, Boston (Massachusetts) U. School Medicine, since 1980. Dozer visiting professor Ben. Gurion School Medicine, Beersheva, Israel, 1979.
Raine Foundation visiting professor U. Western Australia, Perth, 1983. James and Jean Davis Prestige visitor U. Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, 1995. Consultant United States Public Health Service, since 1972, Children's Hospital, Boston, 1972.
Special consultant president New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation, 1989. Visiting professor pediatrics Columbia College Physicians and Surgical, New York University School Medicine. Member medical advising committee New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation, since 1989.
Achievements
Membership
Member Town Meeting, Winchester, Massachusetts, 1970-1972. Member Executive Committee Massachusetts Committee for Children and Youth, Boston, 1975-1982. Chairman advising committee Massachusetts Poison Information System, Boston, 1980-1992.
Board directors Medical Foundation, Boston, since 1992. Consultant Commonwealth Fund and Master of Engineering Management Associations, since 1996. Captain United States Army, 1959-1961.
Fellow American Academy Pediatrics (vice president 1997-1998, president 1998-1999, Job Lewis Smith award 1992). Member Institute Medicine of NAS (member governing county 1993-1995, member board families and children 1993-1995, member task force on future of primary care 1994-1996), American Pediatric Society, Society Pediatric Research, Ambulatory Pediatric Association (president 1969, George Armstrong medal 1989), Massachusetts Association Pediat. Department Chairman (chairman 1976-1978, 81-93), Yale Club, Harvard Club, Aescalapian Club, Lancet Club, St. Botolph Club, Alpha Omega Alpha.
Connections
Married Barbara Ellen Wasserstrom, July 13, 1957. Children: Norman, Mark, Deborah.
Awards
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Recipient lifetime achievement award Massachusetts Poison Information System, 1992,Honorary Mention Public Health Svc. award Pew Foundation, 1995, Pew Foundation award for Achievement in Primary Care Education. Numerous grants, since 1965. Special.fellow National Center Health Superior vena cava syndrome Research, London, 1971.Recipient lifetime achievement award Massachusetts Poison Information System, 1992,Honorary Mention Public Health Svc. award Pew Foundation, 1995, Pew Foundation award for Achievement in Primary Care Education. Numerous grants, since 1965. Special.fellow National Center Health Superior vena cava syndrome Research, London, 1971.