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Institute Leadership Ralph D. Feigin, M.D.
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Ralph D. Feigin, M.D. Dr. Ralph D. Feigin received his A.B.
degree from Columbia College in New York City in 1958 and his
medical degree from Boston University School of Medicine in 1962. He
completed a pediatric internship at the Boston City Hospital from
1962-63 and served as a pediatric resident at the Boston City
Hospital from 1963-64 and at the Massachusetts General Hospital from
1964-65. Dr. Feigin joined the faculty of the Washington University School of
Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri as an instructor in Pediatrics in
1968. He was promoted to assistant professor of Pediatrics in 1969,
associate professor in 1972, and professor in 1974. He served as
director of the Division of Infectious Diseases in the Department of
Pediatrics from 1973-77 and as director of the Bacteriology and
Serology Laboratories at the St. Louis Children's Hospital from
1972-77. In addition, he is physician-in-chief of Pediatric Services at Ben Taub General Hospital (Harris County Hospital District) and chief of the Pediatric Service at The Methodist Hospital in Houston, Texas. In 1990, the board of trustees of Baylor College of Medicine named Dr. Feigin a Distinguished Service Professor. In September of 1992, he was appointed senior vice president of Baylor College of Medicine and in 1994, dean of medical education—positions he held until his appointment as president and chief executive officer in January of 1996. He served as president and chief executive officer of Baylor College of Medicine until March 2003. Dr. Feigin was elected to membership in
Alpha Omega Alpha, the National Honor Medical Society, in 1961. He
was the recipient of an USPHS Research Career Development Award from
the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in 1970.
He received the Senior Class Award to the Outstanding Teacher of the
Year from Washington University School of Medicine in 1975, was
recognized as an Alumni Teaching Scholar at Washington University
School of Medicine in 1975 and was the recipient of the Founders Day
Award from Washington University School of Medicine in 1977. Dr. Feigin recently has been honored with the prestigious 2007
Howland Award from the American Pediatric Society. In 1989, he
received the Distinguished Alumnus Award from Boston University
School of Medicine, and in 1995, he received the Joseph W. St. Geme,
Jr., Leadership Award, given by vote of all of the major clinical
and research national pediatric organizations (the Ambulatory
Pediatric Association, American Academy of Pediatrics, American
Board of Pediatrics, American Pediatric Society, Association of
Medical School Pediatric Department Chairmen, Association of
Pediatric Program Directors, and Society for Pediatric Research).
Also in 1995, he was elected to membership in the National Academy
of Sciences Institute of Medicine. He is a member of numerous other
national, state and local organizations, including the board of
governors and finance committee of the National Institutes of Health
Warren Grant Magnuson Clinical Center. He currently serves as a
member of the National Association of Children’s Hospitals Advisory
Plan on Terrorism and Children’s Hospitals and of the Texas
Governor’s Council on Science and Biotechnology Development, as well
as chairman of the Medical Advisory Steering Committee of the City
of Houston Task Force on Bioterrorism. He serves on numerous
committees for Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's
Hospital and has been a visiting professor at numerous medical
schools. Nutrition and the Developing Nervous System, published by the C.V. Mosby Company in 1975; Textbook of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, published by the W.B. Saunders Company, in 1981 (first edition), second edition in 1987, third edition in 1992, and a fourth edition in 1998; Roundsmanship '89: A Yearbook Guide to Clinical Medicine; Roundsmanship '90: A Yearbook Guide to Clinical Medicine; Roundsmanship '91 -'92: A Yearbook Guide to Clinical Medicine; Roundsmanship '92-'93: A Student's Survival Guide to Clinical Medicine Using Current Literature; and Roundsmanship '93-'94: A Student's Survival Guide to Clinical Medicine Using Current Literature, published by Year Book Medical Publishers, Inc.; and Principles and Practice of Pediatrics, published by J.B. Lippincott Company in 1990 (first edition), 1994 (second edition), and 1 999 (third edition). He is editor-in-chief
for the journal Seminars in Pediatric Infectious Diseases and
associate editor for Pediatrics, the official journal of the
American Academy of Pediatrics. In addition, he is a reviewer for
numerous journals. ____________ For medical inquiries: contact Blue Bird Clinic for Pediatric Neurology at 832-822-5046
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