Ralph I. Horwitz, medical school dean at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, has been tapped to lead Stanford’s Department of Medicine, effective Dec. 1

Horwitz, 59, has a record of vastly expanding the scope of and budget for research at Case and in his previous position at Yale medical school. He has been a leader in promoting stronger ties between public health and medical education. And his pioneering research, which includes landmark studies on cancer, vascular disease and other disorders, helped establish the field of clinical investigation and outcomes research.

At Stanford, Horwitz will lead a department of approximately 150 faculty members in 14 divisions and programs.

Before arriving at Case in 2003, Horwitz served as the Harold H. Hines Jr. Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology and chair of the Department of Internal Medicine at Yale. He received his medical degree from Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine in 1973 and did internal medicine training at McGill University and the Massachusetts General Hospital. He became a research fellow in the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program at Yale in 1975 and three years later joined the Yale faculty.

Stanford’s Department of Medicine is currently being led by interim co-chairs Harry B. Greenberg, senior associate dean for research and training; and Norman Rizk, professor of medicine and senior associate dean for adult clinical affairs.

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