Background
Thier, Samuel Osiah was born on June 23, 1937 in Brooklyn. Son of Sidney and May Henrietta (Kanner) Thier.
Thier, Samuel Osiah was born on June 23, 1937 in Brooklyn. Son of Sidney and May Henrietta (Kanner) Thier.
Student, Cornell Univercity, 1953-1956; Doctor of Medicine, State University of New York, Syracuse, 1960; Doctor of Science (honorary), State University of New York, Syracuse, 1987; Doctor of Science (honorary), Tufts U., 1988; Doctor of Science (honorary), George Washington University, 1988; Doctor of Science (honorary), Mount Sinai School Medical, 1989; Doctor of Science (honorary), Hahnemann U., 1989; Doctor of Science (honorary), University Pennsylvania, 1994; Doctor of Science (honorary), Dartmouth College, 1996; Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Rush U., 1988; Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Virginia Commonwealth U., 1992; Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Medical College Pennsylvania, 1992; Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Brandeis U., 1994.
Intern, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 1960-1961; assistant resident, Massachusetts General Hospital, 1961-1962; senior resident, Massachusetts General Hospital, 1964-1965; clinical and research fellow, Massachusetts General Hospital, 1965; chief resident, Massachusetts General Hospital, 1966; clinical associate, National Institute Arthritis and Metabolic Diseases, 1962-1964; from instructor to assistant professor medicine, Harvard University Medical School, 1967-1969; professor medicine, health care policy, Harvard Medical School, since 1994; assistant in medicine, chief renal unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 1967-1969; associate professor, then professor medicine, University of Pennsylvania Medical School, 1969-1972; vice department chairman, University of Pennsylvania Medical School, 1971-1974; associate director medical services Hospital, University of Pennsylvania, 1969-1971; David Paige Smith professor medicine, Yale University School Medicine, 1978-1981; Sterling professor medicine, Yale University School Medicine, 1981-1985; department chairman, Yale University School Medicine, 1975-1985; president, Institute Medicine NAS, Washington, 1985-1991; president, University professor, Brandeis U., Waltham, Massachusetts, 1991-1994; president, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 1994-1997; president, Partners HealthCare Sys., Inc., Boston, 1994-1996, 97-; Chief Executive Officer, Partners HealthCare Sys., Inc., Boston, since 1996. Chief medicine Yale-New Haven Hospital, 1975-1985, trustee, 1978-1985. Board directors Connecticut Hospice, Inc., 1976-1982.
Member advising committee to the director National Institutes of Health, 1980-1985. Served with United States Public Health Service, 1962-1964. Member American College of Physicians (board regents 1982-1985), Association American Medical Colls.
(administrative bd.coun. academic societies), John Morgan Society, American Federation Clinical Research (president 1976-1977), American Society Nephrology, American Physiological Society, International Society Nephrology, Association professors Medicine, Association American Physicians, Interurban Clinical Club, Alpha Omega Alpha.
Married Paula Dell Finkelstein, June 28, 1958. Children: Audrey Lauren, Stephanie Ellen, Sara Leslie.