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CU School of Medicine Dean Elected to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies
DENVER (Oct. 24, 2005) — The Institute of Medicine of the National Academies (IOM) today announced the names of 64 new members, raising the Institute's total active membership to 1,461. Among those elected was Dr. Richard D. Krugman, dean of the University of Colorado School of Medicine.
This year marks the 35th anniversary of the Institute of Medicine, which was established in 1970 by the National Academy of Sciences to honor professional achievement in the health sciences and to serve as a national resource for independent analysis and recommendations on issues related to medicine, biomedical sciences, and health.
"As the Institute of Medicine celebrates this milestone, it is a great pleasure to welcome these distinguished individuals as members," said IOM President Harvey V. Fineberg. "Election recognizes those who have made major contributions to the advancement of the medical sciences, health care, and public health. It is considered one of the highest honors in these fields."
Current active members elect new members from among candidates nominated for their professional achievement and commitment to service.
Krugman's induction next year will bring the total number of CU faculty in the IOM to 11. Most recently Dr. Robert Freedman, chair of psychiatry and professor of psychiatry and pharmacology at CU, was elected to the IOM in 2004 and is being inducted at a ceremony this evening. Other CU faculty in the IOM are Frederick Battaglia, MD; John Conger, PhD; Larry Green, MD; Richard Johnston, MD; Spero Manson, PhD; Theodore Puck, PhD; Robert Schrier, MD; James Strain, MD; and David Talmadge, MD.
Krugman was nominated for his international prominence in the field of child abuse. Prior to becoming dean in 1992, Krugman, a professor of pediatrics, served as director of the C. Henry Kempe National Center for the Prevention and Treatment of Child Abuse and Neglect from 1981-1992. He has earned many honors in the field of child abuse and neglect, and headed the U.S. Advisory Board on Child Abuse and Neglect from 1988-1991.
"As dean of the CU School of Medicine, Dick Krugman has led the school to thrive in all of its education, clinical and research mission areas," said University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center Chancellor James Shore, MD. "In addition to his successes as an administrator, his contributions to the field of child abuse will impact generations to come."
Krugman is also president of University Physicians, Inc., the CU School of Medicine faculty practice plan. He is a graduate of Princeton University and earned his medical degree at New York University School of Medicine. A board-certified pediatrician, he did his internship and residency in pediatrics at the University of Colorado School of Medicine.
Following a two-year appointment in the early 1970s with the Public Health Service at the National Institute of Health and the Food and Drug Administration, Krugman joined the CU faculty in 1973. He went back to the Washington, D.C., area in 1980 as a Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellow and served for a year as a legislative assistant in the office of U.S. Sen. Dave Durenberger of Minnesota.
At CU, Krugman has held a variety of administrative positions including director of admissions and co-director of the Child Health Associate Program; director of the university's SEARCH/AHEC program; vice chairman for clinical affairs in the Department of Pediatrics, and director of the Kempe Center. More recently, he has worked with the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) Advisory Board on Health Care Delivery. He was chair of the AAMC Council of Deans 2001-2002.
He has authored more than 100 original papers, chapters and editorials and four books and recently stepped down after 15 years as editor-in-chief of Child Abuse and Neglect: The International Journal. He serves on the boards of trustees of Denver Health, Princeton University, the Hasbro Children's Foundation and the Kempe Children's Foundation.
With this election, Krugman makes a commitment to devote a significant amount of volunteer time as a member of various IOM committees, which engage in a broad range of studies on health policy issues.
CU School of Medicine faculty work to advance science and improve care as the physicians, educators and scientists at University of Colorado Hospital, The Children's Hospital, Denver Health Medical Center, National Jewish Medical and Research Center and the Veterans Administration Medical Center. The School is part of the University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center, one of three campuses in the University of Colorado system. For more information, visit the Web site at www.uchsc.edu/sm/sm/.