Norman Gevitz
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Norman Gevitz is a medical sociologist and historian[1] and academic administrator. He has written numerous books and papers on the history of medicine in the United States and England. He is perhaps best known for his book, The D.O.s: Osteopathic Medicine in America,[2] where he discusses the history of the profession osteopathic medicine in the United States.[3][4]
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Occupation | Writer, Professor |
Alma mater | New York University, University of Chicago |
Subject | Osteopathic Medicine, History of medicine |
Gevitz formerly taught at the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago, the Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine, and the New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine.[5] He is currently a professor and Senior Vice President of Academic Affairs at A.T. Still University.[6]
Gevitz also wrote Other Healers: Unorthodox Medicine in America, and co-wrote Beyond Flexner: Medical Education in the Twentieth Century.[5][7]