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Norman Gevitz
OccupationWriter, Professor
Alma materNew York University,
University of Chicago
SubjectOsteopathic Medicine,
History of medicine

Norman Gevitz is a medical sociologist and historian[1] and academic administrator. He has written numerous books and papers on the history of medicine in the United States and England. He is perhaps best known for his book, The D.O.s: Osteopathic Medicine in America,[2] where he discusses the history of the profession osteopathic medicine in the United States.[3][4]

Gevitz formerly taught at the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago, the Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine, and the New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine.[5] He is currently a professor and Senior Vice President of Academic Affairs at A.T. Still University.[6]

Gevitz also wrote Other Healers: Unorthodox Medicine in America, and co-wrote Beyond Flexner: Medical Education in the Twentieth Century.[5][7]

Education

Norman Gevitz studied political science at New York University, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in 1970, and then a Master of Arts in 1971.[5] After moving to the University of Chicago where he studied sociology, earning a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in 1980.[5]

References

  1. ^ Zuger, Abigail (17 February 1998). "Scorned No More, Osteopathy Is on the Rise". The New York Times. p. 1. Retrieved 24 August 2011.
  2. ^ Gevitz, Norman (2004). The DOs: Osteopathic Medicine in America (2nd ed.). Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins Univ. Press. ISBN 0801878330.
  3. ^ "Faculty: College of Osteopathic Medicine". Ohio University. November 19, 2007. Retrieved May 4, 2012.
  4. ^ "Faculty: College of Osteopathic Medicine". Ohio University. November 19, 2007. Retrieved May 4, 2012.
  5. ^ a b c d "OU-COM Department of Social Medicine - About Norman Gevitz". Oucom.ohiou.edu. 2007-11-19. Retrieved 2012-11-01.
  6. ^ "FS Norman Gevitz".
  7. ^ Barzansky, Barbara; Gevitz, Norman (1992). Beyond Flexner: Medical Education in the Twentieth Century (1. publ. ed.). New York: Greenwood Press. ISBN 978-0313259845.