Susan j blumenthal biography of mahatma gandhi

Physician

Born c. 1951; married Edward Markey (a congressman), 1988. Education: Earned her M.D. and M.P.A.

Addresses:Office—Tufts University School of Medicine, 136 Harrison Ave., Boston, MA 02111.

Career

Branch chief in the National Institutes of Health, including director of behavioral medicine, 1984–93; professor, Georgetown University Medical School, 1980s–; Vice-President and Research Director, Society for Women's Health Research, 1990–93; U.S.

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Women's Health, 1993–97; U.S. Assistant Surgeon General, 1993–2004; professor at several universities and medical centers, 2001–.

Awards: Abram L. Sachar Silver Medallion for outstanding contributions to education, National Women's Committee Conference at Brandeis University, 2005.

Sidelights

Susan Blumenthal, a research physician for the United States government, spoke up in the 1980s to warn the country that the government was not taking women's health as seriously