:Draft:Stephen R. Smith (physician)

Stephen Robert Smith was born on June 28, 1948, and grew up in Connecticut. He enrolled in Boston University’s six-year Liberal Arts–Medical Program, earning his B.A. (cum laude) and M.D. in 1972. He completed an internship and residency in family medicine at Highland Hospital, University of Rochester (1972–1975), followed by a fellowship in community health (1974–1976) and a Master of Public Health (M.P.H.) at the University of Rochester in 1977. In 1971, he was an Association of American Medical Colleges/Public Health Service PL480 International Public Health Fellow in Israel.

• Served as a family physician in New London, Connecticut (1975–1976)
• Practiced in Pawtucket, Rhode Island (1979–1982)
• Staff physician at the Rhode Island Free Clinic (2000–2008)
• Since 2009, practicing part-time at the Community Health Center of New London

• Assistant Professor of Family Medicine, University of Connecticut Health Center (1976–1979)
• Associate Professor of Family Medicine, Brown University Program in Medicine (1979–1989)
• Professor of Family Medicine, Brown Medical School (1989–2009)
• Professor Emeritus, Brown Medical School (since 2009)

• Director of Undergraduate Education, UConn (1976–1979) and Brown University Program in Medicine (1979–1982)
• Assistant Dean for Student Affairs, Curriculum, Financial Aid, and Admissions, Brown Program in Medicine (1982–1992)
• Associate Dean for Medical Education, Brown Medical School (1992–2005)
• Director, Virtual Curriculum initiatives at Brown (2005–2007)

Under his leadership, Brown pioneered:

• The MD2000 competency-based curriculum
• The Program in Liberal Medical Education (PLME)
• Early virtual-patient learning modules

He also co-founded the International Virtual Medical School and championed increased diversity and access in medical education.

• As a first-year medical student, authored the SAMA House of Delegates proposition that became the National Health Service Corps under President Nixon
• Uncovered and helped close widespread nursing-home deficiencies in Connecticut; appointed by Governor Ella Grasso to the state Public Health Council
• Founding board member, National Physicians Alliance; led the project that evolved into the Choosing Wisely campaign

Smith has authored or co-authored over 150 peer-reviewed articles in journals such as Academic Medicine, JAMA Internal Medicine, and the New England Journal of Medicine. Notable works include:

• “The ‘Top 5’ Lists in Primary Care—Meeting the Responsibility of Professionalism” (Archives of Internal Medicine, 2011)
• “A Recipe for Medical Schools to Produce Primary Care Physicians” (New England Journal of Medicine, 2011)

• Lifetime Distinguished Service Award, American Medical Student Association (2005)
• W. W. Keen Award, Brown Medical Alumni Association (2008)
• “Family Physicians Who Are Changing Our World” award, Family Medicine Education Consortium (2013)

Smith married Diane Lynn Kogan on June 6, 1971. They have two children: Michael Ryan (b. 1977) and Hilary Rachel (b. 1979).

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Faculty profile: “Stephen R. Smith, M.D., M.P.H., Associate Dean for Medical Education,” Brown Medical School. [https://vivo.brown.edu/display/srsmith]

Smith, S.R. “The ‘Top 5’ Lists in Primary Care—Meeting the Responsibility of Professionalism.” Archives of Internal Medicine, 171(15):1385–1390, 2011.

“Med Students to Make Mouse Calls,” Wired, August 12, 2003. [https://www.wired.com/2003/08/med-students-to-make-mouse-calls/]

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