John Charles Baldwin (September 23, 1948 – April 3, 2016) was an American cardiac surgeon and academic administrator. He served as the surgery department chairman at Baylor College of Medicine, as dean of Dartmouth College's Geisel School of Medicine, as president and CEO of the Harvard Immune Disease Institute, and as president of the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center.
Biography edit
Baldwin earned an undergraduate degree in anthropology at Harvard University, was a Rhodes Scholar at Magdalen College, Oxford, and attended Stanford University School of Medicine.[1] He completed a cardiothoracic surgery residency at Stanford in 1983.[2] At Stanford, he trained under cardiac surgeon Norman Shumway.[3] After he completed his training, Baldwin taught and practiced cardiothoracic surgery as a faculty member at Stanford, becoming the director of the heart-lung transplantation program there. In 1988, he accepted the same position at the Yale School of Medicine.[4]
Baldwin was named the Debakey Professor and the surgery department chairman at Baylor College of Medicine in 1994.[5] While at Baylor, he performed the first successful cardiac "auto-transplant" procedure, in which he removed a patient's heart, took a tumor out of the heart, and reimplanted the heart into the patient.[3] He conducted research on gene therapy and growth factor utilization in cardiac care, and he worked to enhance the care provided in academic managed care systems. He became the medical school dean and associate provost for health affairs at Dartmouth College in 1998.[6]
Baldwin was president and CEO of the Harvard Immune Disease Institute from 2005 to 2007.[7] He became president of the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) in 2007.[8] During Baldwin's presidency, the Paul L. Foster School of Medicine at the TTUHSC El Paso campus received its accreditation as a four-year medical school.[9] He resigned as president in 2009, but he remained at Texas Tech as an advisor to the chancellor and as a tenured professor.[10]
In 1995, Baldwin was elected to a six-year term on the Harvard University Board of Overseers.[1] He also served on the board of directors of the Robert F. Kennedy Foundation and he received a 2011 presidential appointment to the U.S. Defense Health Board.[3]
Baldwin died on April 3, 2016, following a swimming accident in San Diego, California.[11]
References edit
- ^ a b Braunstein, Todd (June 24, 1995). "Five new overseers named | News | The Harvard Crimson". The Harvard Crimson. Retrieved May 9, 2016.
- ^ "Residency, Fellowship, and Instructorship Graduates | Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery | Stanford Medicine". Stanford University School of Medicine. Retrieved May 8, 2016.
- ^ a b c "John C. Baldwin, M.D." Baylor College of Medicine. Retrieved May 10, 2016.
- ^ "Hospital adds transplant expert". The Day. February 11, 1988. Retrieved May 10, 2016.
- ^ "Candidates for dean of UI Carver College of Medicine announced - University News Service - The University of Iowa". news-releases.uiowa.edu. University of Iowa. October 2, 2002. Archived from the original on November 17, 2017. Retrieved May 10, 2016.
- ^ Scott, Joseph C. (January 5, 1998). "Baldwin named new Medical School dean". The Dartmouth. Retrieved May 10, 2016.
- ^ "History - About Us | Immune Disease Institute". Harvard University. Retrieved May 10, 2016.
- ^ Gonzalez, Ellysa (April 6, 2016). "Former TTUHSC president Baldwin remembered for contributions to healthcare". Lubbock Online | Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. Retrieved May 8, 2016.
- ^ "Paul L. Foster School of Medicine receives accreditation". Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center. Retrieved May 10, 2016.
- ^ Nightingale, Sarah. "HSC President Baldwin resigns". Lubbock Online | Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. Retrieved May 8, 2016.
- ^ "Dr. John Charles Baldwin" (PDF). Santa Fe Group. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 3, 2016. Retrieved May 8, 2016.