David Axelrod | |
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Commissioner of Health of the State of New York | |
In office 1979–1991 | |
Governor | Hugh L. Carey; Mario Cuomo |
Preceded by | Robert P. Whalen |
Succeeded by | Mark R. Chassin [1] |
Personal details | |
Born | Great Barrington, Massachusetts | January 7, 1935
Died | July 4, 1994 Cohoes, New York | (aged 59)
Residence | Albany, New York |
Alma mater | Harvard University ( Bachelor's degree with high honors in 1956 and Medical degree in 1960) [2] |
Occupation | Medical administrator |
Profession | physician |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Health policy |
Institutions |
National Institutes of Health New York State Department of Health |
David Axelrod (1935–1994) was a New York physician and bureaucrat.
After obtaining his medical degree from Harvard in 1960, he served a two-year residency in Rochester. He then worked for the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland as a virus research scientist until joining the New York State Department of Health in 1968. [2]
He was Health Commissioner for the State of New York in the 1980s and 1990s. He was appointed by Governor Hugh Carey and served under Governor Mario Cuomo as well. [2] He is considered to be the nation's foremost public health official of the 1980s. [3]
He worked on issues of regulating doctors and hospitals, the confidentiality of AIDS patients, anti-smoking legislation and universal health insurance. [2]
In the 1980s, Axelrod collaborated with the President of the University at Albany, SUNY to establish the School of Public Health. [4] The university named a fellowship after him. [5]
His career ended after he suffered a stroke in February 1991; he died three years later. [2]
David Axelrod | |
---|---|
Commissioner of Health of the State of New York | |
In office 1979–1991 | |
Governor | Hugh L. Carey; Mario Cuomo |
Preceded by | Robert P. Whalen |
Succeeded by | Mark R. Chassin [1] |
Personal details | |
Born | Great Barrington, Massachusetts | January 7, 1935
Died | July 4, 1994 Cohoes, New York | (aged 59)
Residence | Albany, New York |
Alma mater | Harvard University ( Bachelor's degree with high honors in 1956 and Medical degree in 1960) [2] |
Occupation | Medical administrator |
Profession | physician |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Health policy |
Institutions |
National Institutes of Health New York State Department of Health |
David Axelrod (1935–1994) was a New York physician and bureaucrat.
After obtaining his medical degree from Harvard in 1960, he served a two-year residency in Rochester. He then worked for the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland as a virus research scientist until joining the New York State Department of Health in 1968. [2]
He was Health Commissioner for the State of New York in the 1980s and 1990s. He was appointed by Governor Hugh Carey and served under Governor Mario Cuomo as well. [2] He is considered to be the nation's foremost public health official of the 1980s. [3]
He worked on issues of regulating doctors and hospitals, the confidentiality of AIDS patients, anti-smoking legislation and universal health insurance. [2]
In the 1980s, Axelrod collaborated with the President of the University at Albany, SUNY to establish the School of Public Health. [4] The university named a fellowship after him. [5]
His career ended after he suffered a stroke in February 1991; he died three years later. [2]