A History of the National Academy of Medicine

A History of the National Academy of Medicine

50 Years of Transformational Leadership

  • Author: Berkowitz, Edward; Schultz, Andrea; DeStefano, Laura Harbold; Stevens, Rosemary; Rosner, David; Markel, Howard; Hammonds, Evelynn
  • Publisher: National Academies Press
  • ISBN: 9780309693530
  • eISBN Pdf: 9780309693547
  • eISBN Epub: 9780309693561
  • Place of publication:  United States
  • Year of digital publication: 2023
  • Month: February
  • Pages: 259
  • Language: English

Commissioned to mark the 50th anniversary of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM; formerly the Institute of Medicine [IOM]), this volume describes the circumstances that led to the IOM's founding in 1970, the members and leaders who built and sustained the organization, and the process by which the IOM became the NAM in 2015. The volume also details a selection of the IOM/NAM's most influential contributions to biomedical science, U.S. health care, and population health and concludes with the story of how the organization navigated unprecedented national and global crises between 2015 and 2021.

  • FrontMatter
  • Acknowledgments
  • Glossary
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Part I: Institutional History
  • 1 The Founding of the Institute of Medicine
  • 2 A Commitment to Service: Members and Leaders of the Institute of Medicine and the National Academy of Medicine
  • 3 The Creation of the National Academy of Medicine
  • Part II: Impact
  • 4 Biomedical Science
  • 5 U.S. Health Care and Policy
  • 6 Advancing the Health of the Public in the United States and Globally
  • Part III: A New Era: The Early Years of the National Academy of Medicine
  • 7 Responding to National and Global Crises, 2015–2021
  • 8 Conclusion
  • Epilogue
  • Bibliography
  • Editor and Author Biographies

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