Background
Buchanan, John Robert was born on March 8, 1928 in Newark. Son of John Hamilton and Elsie (Castles) Buchanan.
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John Robert Buchanan
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Bachelor of Arts cum laude, Amherst College, 1950; Doctor of Medicine Cornell Univercity, 1954; student, Institute Arthritis and Metabolic Diseases, United States Public Health Service, 1956-1957, 60-61.
Career
Intern, New York Memorial Hospital, New York City, 1954-1955;
resident physician, New York Memorial Hospital, New York City, 1955-1958;
physician to outpatients, New York Memorial Hospital, 1960-1962;
from assistant to associate attending physician, New York Hospital, 1962-1971;
attending physician, New York Hospital, 1971-1976;
associate director welfare medical care project, New York Hospital, 1961-1964;
visiting assistant physician, Rockefeller Institute Hospital, New York City, 1960-1961;
associate visiting physician, Bellevue Hospital, New York City, 1965-1968;
fellow, Cornell Univercity, 1956-1957;
instructor medicine, Cornell Univercity, 1961-1963;
assistant professor medicine, Cornell Univercity, 1963-1967;
assistant director comprehensive care and teaching program, Cornell Univercity, 1961-1964;
assistant to department chairman medicine, Cornell Univercity, 1964-1965;
associate dean, Cornell Univercity (Medical College), 1965-1969;
dean, Cornell Univercity (Medical College), 1969-1976;
clinical associate professor medicine, Cornell Univercity (Medical College), 1967-1969;
associate professor, Cornell Univercity (Medical College), 1969-1971;
professor, Cornell Univercity (Medical College), 1971-1976;
president, Michael Reese Hospital and Medical Center, Chicago, 1977-1982;
professor medicine, Pritzker School Medicine, University of Chicago, 1977-1982;
associate dean, Pritzker School Medicine, University of Chicago, 1978-1982;
general director, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 1982-1994;
general director emeritus, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, since 1994. Member commission on science policy Sloan-Kettering Institute, 1969-1976, State of Illinois Medical Determination Board, 1980-1982, administrative board Council Teaching Hospitals, 1984-1989. Member composite committee of the United States Medical Licensing Exam sponsored by National Board Medical Examiners, Federation of State Board Medical Examiners, and Ednl.
Council Foreign Medical Graduates. Senior program consultant prepaid managed health care program Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, 1982-1985. Board directors CharlesRiver laboratories, Premier Practice Management, i-STAT, Matritech.
Trustee Ednl. Commission Foreign Medical Graduates, since 1989, vice-chairman, 1929-1993, chairman, since 1994.
Achievements
Membership
Chairman national advisory county Children's television Workshop, 1974-1975. Board directors Public.Health Research Institute of New York City, 1969-1976, Winnifred Masterson Burke Relief Foundation, 1972-1980, 82-88. Trustee Cornell Univercity, 1970-1976.
Trustee China Medical Board of New York, Inc., since 1970, vice-chairman, chairman, since 1989. Board of managers Memorial Hospital, 1969-1976. Member of advisory committee Edwin L. Crosby and W.K. KelloggFound.
Fellowships, 1979-1980. Trustee Center for Effective Philanthropy, 1981-1985. Trustee Aga Khan U., Karachi, Pakistan.
Member coordinating committee Boston Business Roundtable. Fellow American College of Physicians, American Public Health Association. Member Harvey Society, New Jersey State Medical Society, New York County Medical Society, New York Academy Science (county of deans 1969-1976,executive county 1971-1976, chairman-elect assembly 1990-1991, chair assembly 1991-1992), Association American Medical Colls.
(vice chairman liaison commission on medical education 1982-1983, chairman, 1983, 91, chairman elect county teaching hospitals 1987, chairman 1988-1989), Association Medical Schools New York New Jersey (trustee 1970-1976, president 1972-1976), Institute Medicine National Academy Sciences, Illinois Hospital Association (chairman 1979-1980), New York Academy of Medicine, Massachusetts Hospital Association (chairman-elect 1989-1990, chairman 1990-1991), Private Industry Council Boston, Volunteer Hospitals American (board directors 1990).
Connections
Married Susan Townsend Carver, October 27, 1962. Children: Ross, Allyn.
