Background
HEYSSEL, Robert was born on June 19, 1928 in Jamestown, Missouri, United States. Son of Clarence C. Heyssel and Meta (Reusser) Heyssel.
HEYSSEL, Robert was born on June 19, 1928 in Jamestown, Missouri, United States. Son of Clarence C. Heyssel and Meta (Reusser) Heyssel.
Bachelor of Science, University Missouri, 1951. Doctor of Medicine, St. Louis University, 1953. Honorary Doctor of Science, St. Louis University, 1985.
Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), John Hopkins University, 1992.
Postgraduate training St. Louis University Hospital, 1953—1956, Barnes Hospital, St. Louis, 1953—1956. Hematologist, acting director department medicine Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission, Nagasaki and Hiroshima, Japan, 1956—1958. Member faculty School Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, 1959—1968, director division nuclear medicine, 1962—1968, associate professor medicine, 1964—1968.
Associate dean School Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 1968—1972, director health care programs and outpatient services, 1968—1972, professor medicine, from 1971, professor health care organization, 1972—1983. Executive vice president, director Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1972—1983, president, Chief Executive Officer, 1983—1992. President, chief executive officer Johns Hopkins Health System, Baltimore, 1986—1992.
Trustee Johns Hopkins University. Board directors Signet Bank Corporation, Signet Bank of Maryland, Monsanto Company. Chairman Commonwealth Fund on Academy Health Centers, 1983.
Contributor articles to professional journals.
Member general assembly Association American Medical Colleges, 1974—1980, member executive council, 1978, chairman council teaching hospitals, 1978—1980, chairman, 1983—1984. Chairman committee on emergency medical services National Academy of Sciences, 1973—1976. Member Joint Commission on Prescription Drugs, 1976, Governor's Commission on High Technology, 1983—1986.
Member numerous other local, state and national committees on health, medicine and medical education. Board directors, trustee St. Louis University, 1989. Fellow: American College of Physicians, International Society Hematology, American College Physician Executives.
Member: numerous other science associations, Society Medical Administrators, Association American Physicians, Institute Medicine of National Academy of Sciences, Elk Ridge Club (Baltimore).
Hunting, fishing.
Married Maria McDaniel, August 7, 1955. Children: James Olin, Maria Lisa, Robert Morris, Kurt Frederick, Helen Perrier.