Arthur Kaufman, a UNMHSC professor and nationally known innovator in community medicine and medical education, has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine, according to a UNM HSC statement.
Kaufman, who is also vice chancellor for community health at the UNM HSC and a distinguished professor of family and community medicine in the UNM School of Medicine, helped spearhead changes in medical training that have become the standard at medical schools worldwide, according to the press release.
“This is a huge honor,” Paul Roth, UNM’s chancellor for health sciences and dean of the School of Medicine was quoted by the press release as saying. “There is no greater distinction for medicine. Dr. Kaufman has dedicated his entire career to this cause and allowed us to expand our vision in ways we never could have anticipated. Academic medicine is stronger because of his work.”
Membership in the organization is reserved for those who have demonstrated outstanding professional achievement and service, Academy president Dr. Victor J. Dzau said in a statement.
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