Jonathan I. Ravdin, MD, Dean and Executive Vice President of the Medical College of Wisconsin, is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and a member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation and the Association of American Physicians, honors bestowed on researchers in academic medicine whose accomplishments are deemed of high importance and scientifically distinguished.
As Chairman of Medicine at the University of Minnesota Medical School from 1996 to 2008, Dr. Ravdin led the department to become one of the top research departments in the United States and a national leader in training subspecialty physicians.
He initiated comprehensive new programs addressing physician/scientist development and global health. He developed a partnership program with Manipal Hospital in Bangalore, India, to provide access in India to high technology care in bone marrow transplantation. He also led strategic planning efforts in the University of Minnesota Medical School for research and educational program development, leading to successful allocation of $8 million in state funding to support medical education.
As a researcher, Dr. Ravdin has authored or co-authored more than 270 articles, abstracts and book chapters. He had received 27 years of continuous funding support from the National Institutes of Health for basic science laboratory-based and large international field studies in amebiasis research. Amebiasis is the third leading parasitic cause of death worldwide; the burden of disease is greatest among the poorer populations of the world who are without access to clean water and adequate sanitation.
Before joining the faculty at the University of Minnesota, Dr. Ravdin was Professor and Vice Chairman of Medicine and Professor of International Health at Case Western University School of Medicine and Chief of Medicine at the Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center. He also served on the faculty of the University of Virginia School of Medicine, where he received four school-wide awards for excellence in teaching and research.
Dr. Ravdin received his MD degree from Tufts University School of Medicine. He completed a residency in internal medicine at The New York Hospital – Cornell Medical Center, followed by a fellowship in infectious diseases at the University of Virginia School of Medicine.