Edward M. Hundert

Edward M. Hundert, MD

Associate Director, HMS Center for Bioethics
Daniel D. Federman, MD Distinguished Professor in Residence of Global Health and Social Medicine and Medical Education
Member, HMS Center for Bioethics

Edward HundertEdward M. Hundert is the Daniel D. Federman, MD Distinguished Professor in Residence of Global Health and Social Medicine and Medical Education at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Hundert also serves as Associate Director of the HMS Center for Bioethics and as Senior Philanthropic Advisor in Alumni Affairs and Development at HMS. He served as Dean for Medical Education at HMS from 2014-2023 and over the previous 25 years had served as President of Case Western Reserve University, Dean of the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, and Associate Dean for Student Affairs at HMS. An internationally known scholar, educator, psychiatrist, and ethicist, he has held professorial appointments in psychiatry, medical ethics, cognitive science, and medical humanities.

Dr. Hundert is a leader in developing innovative curricula and institutional affiliations both in academic medical centers and across all levels of higher education. While Dean of the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, he led the school’s creation of the “Double Helix Curriculum,” a sweeping integration of the basic and clinical sciences across the four-year medical school experience. During his tenure as President of Case Western Reserve, the medical school expanded to create the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, a unique 5-year program dedicated to training future clinical researchers. His work on the “hidden curriculum” helped frame the national discussion of professionalism in medicine. 

Dr. Hundert earned his bachelor’s degree in mathematics and the history of science and medicine, summa cum laude, from Yale University, where he received Yale’s Chittenden Prize “to the graduating senior with highest standing in mathematics or the natural sciences.” He attended Oxford University as a Marshall Scholar, receiving the Batterbee Prize from Hertford College for “highest first class honours in philosophy, politics and economics.” Four years later he earned the MD from HMS, receiving the Sanger Prize for “excellence in psychiatric research.” He completed his psychiatric residency at McLean Hospital, where he served as chief resident. He has received numerous teaching, mentoring, and diversity awards, and he was voted the “faculty member who did the most for the class” by HMS graduates in five different years.

Dr. Hundert is a member of the board of TIAA-CREF. He has previously served on the boards of the Association of American Universities, the American Association of Medical Colleges, the Liaison Committee on Medical Education, and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He co-chaired the Institute of Medicine’s National Summit on Health Professions Education.  Dr. Hundert has written dozens of articles and chapters on a variety of topics in psychiatry, philosophy, medical ethics, and medical education, as well as two books: Philosophy, Psychiatry and Neuroscience: Three Approaches to the Mind (Oxford University Press) and Lessons from an Optical Illusion: On Nature and Nurture, Knowledge and Values (Harvard University Press).

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Snuff burnout and reignite passion in medical students.
Authors: Authors: Laird-Gion JN, Garabedian LF, Conrad R, Shaffer AC, Witkowski ML, Mateo CM, Jones DS, Hundert E, Kasper J.
Med Educ
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The Harvard Medical School Pathways curriculum: A comprehensive curricular evaluation.
Authors: Authors: Sullivan AM, Krupat E, Dienstag JL, McSparron JI, Pelletier SR, Fazio SB, Fleenor TJ, Dalrymple JL, Hundert EM, Schwartzstein RM.
Med Teach
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Advanced Integrated Science Courses: Building a Skill Set to Engage With the Interface of Research and Medicine.
Authors: Authors: Miloslavsky EM, Besche HC, Calderwood SB, Chang BS, Dienstag JL, King RW, Mitchell RN, Schwartzstein RM, Thomas H, Hundert EM, Flanagan JG.
Acad Med
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The Harvard Medical School Pathways Curriculum: Reimagining Developmentally Appropriate Medical Education for Contemporary Learners.
Authors: Authors: Schwartzstein RM, Dienstag JL, King RW, Chang BS, Flanagan JG, Besche HC, Hoenig MP, Miloslavsky EM, Atkins KM, Puig A, Cockrill BA, Wittels KA, Dalrymple JL, Gooding H, Hirsh DA, Alexander EK, Fazio SB, Hundert EM.
Acad Med
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Harvard Medical School.
Authors: Authors: Hundert EM, Neill JM.
Acad Med
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Value-Based Health Care in Undergraduate Medical Education.
Authors: Authors: Holtzman JN, Deshpande BR, Stuart JC, Feeley TW, Witkowski M, Hundert EM, Kasper J.
Acad Med
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Discharge Day: A Case-Based Interprofessional Exercise About Team Collaboration in Pediatrics.
Authors: Authors: Kesselheim JC, Stockman LS, Growdon AS, Murray AM, Shagrin BS, Hundert EM.
MedEdPORTAL
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Fostering Student-Faculty Partnerships for Continuous Curricular Improvement in Undergraduate Medical Education.
Authors: Authors: Scott KW, Callahan DG, Chen JJ, Lynn MH, Cote DJ, Morenz A, Fisher J, Antoine VL, Lemoine ER, Bakshi SK, Stuart J, Hundert EM, Chang BS, Gooding H.
Acad Med
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Integrating interprofessional education into the paediatrics clerkship.
Authors: Authors: Kesselheim JC, Growdon AS, Stockman LS, Hundert EM.
Med Educ
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Is There Merit in Merit Aid?
Authors: Authors: Ziegelstein RC, Prober CG, Minor LB, Daley GQ, Rothman PB, Hundert EM.
N Engl J Med
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