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David Rothman | |
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Born | April 30, 1937 |
Died | August 31, 2020 | (aged 83)
Nationality | American |
Education | Columbia University (BA) Harvard University (PhD) |
Medical career | |
Profession | Historian Historian as Protagonist |
Field | American History Social History History of medicine |
Institutions | Columbia University Columbia Medical School |
David Jay Rothman (April 30, 1937 − August 31, 2020) [1] was professor of History at Columbia University and of Social Medicine at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. He founded and served as the president of the Institute on Medicine as a Profession (IMAP). Rothman's work focused on American social history, the history of medicine and current health care practices. His research also explored human rights in medicine, including organ trafficking, AIDS, and the ethics of research in developing countries.