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Samuel O. ThierSamuel Thier was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1937. He attended Cornell University and then earned a Doctor of Medicine degree in 1960 from the State University of New York at Syracuse. Dr. Thier began his career at Massachusetts General Hospital, progressing from Intern in 1960, to Chief Resident in Medicine in 1966, to Assistant in Medicine and Chief of the Renal Unit in 1967. He served as Associate Director of Medical Services at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and then Vice Chairman of the Department of Medicine at the University’s School of Medicine. In 1975, he became Chairman of the Department of Internal Medicine at Yale University School of Medicine and Chief of Medical Service at Yale-New Haven Hospital. Dr. Thier served as President of the Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences, from 1985 to 1991, President of Brandeis University from 1991 to 1994, and then President of Massachusetts General Hospital and President of Partners HealthCare System, Inc. until 1996. He became Chief Executive Officer in 1996, stepping down in 2002. He continues to teach at Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Dr. Thier held distinguished academic positions in conjunction with his administrative and hospital appointments, and served variously as Professor of Medicine at University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, and David Paige Smith Professor of Medicine and then Sterling Professor of Medicine at Yale University School of Medicine. He is currently a University Professor at Brandeis University and Professor of Medicine and Professor of Health Care Policy at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Thier has had many leadership positions, including membership on the Board of Trustees of Yale-New Haven Hospital, Johns Hopkins University, and Cornell University. He currently chairs the Board of Directors of The Commonwealth Fund. He was named Honorary Fellow of the New York Academy of Medicine, and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a member of the American Philosophical Society. Dr. Thier and his wife, Paula, have three children. |
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