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Barbara J. McNeil, MD — diagnostic and therapeutic services (radiology), pediatric medicine

Courtesy Barbara J. McNeil, MD, photograph by Bachrach

Dr. Barbara McNeil (b. 1941) founded the department of Health Care Policy at Harvard Medical School and was the first person to be appointed head of the Department. As well as academic and clinical appointments in radiology, she has published a series of papers in the area of decision analysis and patients’ preferences, which are amongst the most cited studies in the field.

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