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Richard A. Smith (physician)

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Richard A. Smith (1932–2017)[1] was an American physician who was part of the five-person[2] team composing the Surgeon General's Office of Equal Health Opportunity (OEHO), which was charged with desegregating US hospitals in the mid-1960s.[3][4][5][6][7] Smith developed one of the first Physician Assistant (PA) training programs in the US, MEDEX,[8][9][10] and later founded MEDEX International.[11]

Richard A. Smith (physician)
BornOctober 13, 1932
Norwalk, Connecticut
DiedMarch 10, 2017
EducationHoward University

Early life and education

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Smith obtained a BS and an MD from Howard University in 1953 and 1957, respectively.[12] He completed his residency in public health and preventive medicine at the University of Washington.[10] Smith obtained an MPH from Columbia University in 1960.[12]

Awards and honors

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Smith was elected into the National Academy of Medicine in 1972.[13] He received a Rockefeller Public Service Award in 1981 "for developing new methods of health care"[14] and a Retired Commissioned Officers Recognition Award from the US Public Health Service in 1999.[7]

Select publications

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  • Smith, Richard A.; Banta, James E. (1969). "Global community health--a "new" health direction". American Journal of Public Health and the Nation's Health. 59 (9): 1713–1719. doi:10.2105/ajph.59.9.1713. PMC 1226687. PMID 5817612.
  • Smith, Richard A. (1970). "MEDEX". JAMA. 211 (11): 1843–1845. doi:10.1001/jama.1970.03170110049010. PMID 5467112.

References

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  1. ^ "Richard A. Smith, MD, MPH". PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT HISTORY SOCIETY. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  2. ^ Sternberg, Steve (29 July 2015). "Desegregation: The Hidden Legacy of Medicare". U.S. News & World Report. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  3. ^ Smith, David Barton (2016). The Power to Heal: Civil Rights, Medicare, and the Struggle to Transform America's Health Care System. Vanderbilt University Press. ISBN 978-0-8265-2107-1.
  4. ^ Cohen, Alan B.; Colby, David C.; Zelizer, Julien E.; Wailoo, Keith A. (2015). Medicare and Medicaid at 50 America's Entitlement Programs in the Age of Affordable Care. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780190231545.
  5. ^ Smith, David Barton (2015). "The "Golden Rules" for Eliminating Disparities: Title VI, Medicare, and the Implementation of the Affordable Care Act". Health Matrix: The Journal of Law-Medicine. 25 (1): 33–60. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  6. ^ Tidwell, Mike (2000). "The Quiet Revolution". American Legacy. 6 (2): 25–32.
  7. ^ a b United States Public Health Service, Commissioned Corps (2000). "Commissioned Corps Bulletin, Volume 14, Number 3". Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  8. ^ "The Birth of the Physician Assistant". nih.gov. 15 November 2016. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  9. ^ Hooker, Roderick S.; Cawley, James F.; Everett, Christine M. (2017). Physician assistants: policy and practice. F.A. Davis Company.
  10. ^ a b Cawley, James F.; Cawthon, Elisabeth; Hooker, Roderick S. (2012). "Origins of the physician assistant movement in the United States". Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants. 25 (12): 36–40, 42. doi:10.1097/01720610-201212000-00008. PMID 23600002. S2CID 20307516.
  11. ^ Ballweg, Ruth; Wick, Keren H. (2007). "MEDEX Northwest: Workforce Innovations" (PDF). The Journal of Physician Assistant Education. 18 (3): 30–39. doi:10.1097/01367895-200718030-00004. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  12. ^ a b "Richard A. Smith, MD, MPH: 1932 – 2017". University of Washington. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  13. ^ "National Academy of Medicine, General Directory". Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  14. ^ "8 WIN PUBLIC SERVICE AWARDS (Published 1981)". The New York Times. 1981-11-12. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-01-09.
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