Interview with Hal Sox : Alumni Stories
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- Harold “Hal” Sox (BS Physics, 1961) discusses his undergraduate experience at Stanford, including his family’s lengthy ties to the university and the Palo Alto/Atherton area. Sox also brings up attending Andover, dealing with Guillain-Barré Syndrome his freshman year and its effect on his career, and his fond memories of participating in Spring Sing. Sox summarizes his life after his undergraduate career, including attending medical school and working at National Institutes of Health, conducting research on medical decision making, and becoming editor of Annals of Internal Medicine.
Description
| Type of resource | text |
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| Extent | 1 text file |
| Place | Stanford (Calif.) |
| Publisher | Stanford Historical Society |
| Date created | October 22, 2021 |
| Language | English |
| Digital origin | born digital |
Creators/Contributors
| Interviewee | Sox, Harold C. | |
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| Creator | Sox, Harold C. | |
| Interviewer | Mancini, Nancy | |
| Publisher | Stanford Historical Society |
Subjects
| Subject | Sox, Harold C. |
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| Subject | Stanford University. Students > 1950s |
| Subject | Universities and colleges |
| Subject | College students |
| Genre | Interview |
Bibliographic information
| Biographical Profile | Harold Sox graduated from Stanford University and Harvard Medical School. After internal medicine training at Massachusetts General Hospital, he spent fifteen years on the faculty of Stanford University School of Medicine, where he practiced internal medicine and did research on medical decision-making. Later, he chaired the department of medicine at Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth and then was the Editor of Annals of Internal Medicine. He is now Professor of Medicine (Emeritus) at Dartmouth and an employee at the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) where he is Director of Peer Review. Dr. Sox’s background includes research on decision-making and chairing practice guideline panels for the American College of Physicians, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, and the Medicare Coverage Advisory Committee. He chaired the Institute of Medicine committee to set national priorities for Comparative Effectiveness Research and several other IOM study committees. He served as president of the American College of Physicians and has been a member of the Editorial Board of JAMA and the New England Journal of Medicine. His book, Medical Decision Making, is in its second edition and has been used worldwide. He was elected to the National Academy of Medicine in 1993. |
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| Finding Aid | |
| Location | https://purl.stanford.edu/tg192zs5343 |
| Location | SC0932 |
| Repository | Stanford University. Libraries. Department of Special Collections and University Archives |
Access conditions
- Use and reproduction
- The materials are open for research use and may be used freely for non-commercial purposes with an attribution. For commercial permission requests, please contact the Stanford University Archives (universityarchives@stanford.edu).
- Copyright
- Copyright © The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University. All rights reserved.
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