Deborah Campano German Biographical File
Abstract
Includes photographs, CV, newspaper articles
Dates
- Creation: 1945
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Biographical / Historical
German was born to Pasco and Mentana Campano and raised in a working-class Italian home in Cumberland, Rhode Island. She graduated from Cumberland High School where she cheered on the varsity team. She earned a bachelor's degree in chemistry with honors from Boston University. She received a M.D. from Harvard Medical School in 1976. German completed an internal medicine residency at the University of Rochester and a rheumatic and genetic diseases fellowship at the Duke University School of Medicine.
She joined Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in 1988. She was an associate dean of students for ten years before serving as the senior dean of medical education from 1999 to 2002. German was the first woman to serve in the later role. In 2000, she was received the Athena Award for excellence by women in the Nashville, Tennessee area. She was a professor of medical administration and associate professor of medicine. In 2001, she also operated a rheumatology practice. She cofounded Tennessee Women in Medicine.
Full Extent
0.01 Cubic Feet
Language of Materials
English
- Title
- Deborah Campano German Biographical File
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- History of Medicine Collections Staff
- Date
- 2024-03-12
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the VUMC Historical Images and Biographies Repository
Eskind Biomedical Library
2209 Garland Ave.
Nashville TN 37232
historyofmedicine@vanderbilt.edu
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