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Dr. Ralph D. Feigin was born in New York City on April 3, 1938. He received his A.B. degree from Columbia College in New York City in 1958 and his M.D. degree from Boston University School of Medicine in 1962. He completed a pediatric internship at Boston City Hospital from 1962-63 and served as a pediatric resident at Boston City Hospital from 1963-64 and at Massachusetts General Hospital from 1964-65. He subsequently
completed a research assignment with the United States Army Research
Institute of Infectious Diseases in Frederick, Maryland from
1965-67. From 1967-68 he served as chief resident of Children's
Service at Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. Feigin joined the
faculty of 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 St. Louis Children's Hospital from 1972-77. In 1977, Dr. Feigin was appointed to be the J.S. Abercrombie Professor of Pediatrics and chairman of the department of pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine and physician-in-chief of Texas Children's Hospital, a position he held until his death in 2008. From 1987 to 1989 he served as executive vice president (interim executive director) of Texas Children's Hospital. In addition, he was physician-in-chief, pediatric services, at Ben Taub General Hospital (Harris County Hospital District), and chief of the pediatric service, at Methodist Hospital in Houston, Texas. In 1990 Dr. Feigin was named by the board of trustees of Baylor College of Medicine as a Distinguished Service Professor. In September of 1992 he was appointed senior vice president of Baylor College of Medicine and in 1994 he was appointed dean of medical education for Baylor College of Medicine, positions he held until his appointment as president and chief executive officer of the Baylor College of Medicine in of 1996. He served as president and chief executive officer of the Baylor College of Medicine until 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. He received the Senior Class Outstanding Teacher Award from Baylor College of Medicine in 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983 (both the May and November graduating classes), 1984, 1985 and 1986. In 1984 he was elected to the Outstanding Faculty Hall of Fame for Baylor College of Medicine. In 1989 Dr. Feigin received the Distinguished Alumnus Award from Boston University School of Medicine. In 1995 Dr. Feigin 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) and, also in 1995, he was elected to membership in the National Academy of Sciences Institute of Medicine. He received the Distinguished Physician Award from the Pediatric Infectious Disease Society in 1996 and was the recipient of the 1997 American Academy of Pediatrics Medical Education Lifetime Achievement Award. In 1998 Dr. Feigin received an honorary degree, Doctor of Humane Letters, from Boston University at the 150th Anniversary Celebration of its School of Medicine. Dr. Feigin was board
certified by the American Board of Pediatrics (1967) and the
American Board of Pediatrics Subboard of Pediatric Infectious
Diseases (1994). Dr. Feigin was a member of the Society for Pediatric Research, which he served as president from 1982 to 1983, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Infectious Diseases Society of America, the American Pediatric Society, which he served as president from 1997 to 1998, and the Association of Medical School Pediatric Department Chairmen, which he served as president from 1991 to 1993. He was a member of
numerous other national, state and local organizations, including
serving as a member of the board of governors and finance committee
of the National Institutes of Health Warren Grant Magnuson Clinical
Center. He served as a member of the
National Association
of Children’s Hospitals Advisory Plan on Terrorism and Children’s
Hospitals. He was chairman of the Medical Advisory Steering
Committee of the City of Houston Task Force on Bioterrorism and was a
member of the Texas Governor’s Council on Science and Biotechnology
Development. He served on numerous committees for the Baylor College
of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital, and was a visiting
professor at numerous medical schools. Dr. Feigin was an
internationally renowned expert in pediatric infectious diseases and
had over 400 published articles or chapters in journals and
books. In addition, he is the co-author and co-editor of the following
books: 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 1999 (third edition). He
was
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 was a reviewer for numerous journals. Dr. Feigin passed away at age 70 in 2008, leaving behind a legacy that lives on in the children he healed, the physicians he taught and the lives he inspired.
To find out more about this extraordinary leader, visit his
online
memorial site.
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