Jo Ivey Boufford
American physician and academic
Jo Ivey Boufford is an American physician and Dean of the Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service at New York University, as well as a Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at the NYU Medical School.
Education
Boufford attended Wellesley College for two years before transferring to earn her bachelor's degree magna cum laude from the University of Michigan in psychology in 1967.
She later earned her medical degree from the University of Michigan Medical School with distinction in 1971.
Career
Boufford completed a residency in social medicine and between 1975 and 1982, she served as the director of the residency program at Montefiore Hospital in New York City.
In 1985, Boufford was elected President of New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation, the largest municipal system in the United States, and was the first woman to hold the position. She served in the role until 1989. From May 1991 to September 1993, she served as Director of the King’s Fund College in London, England.
Moving to the public sector, in 1993 Boufford began serving as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health in the US Department of Health and Human Services under Philip R. Lee and Donna Shalala. In this role, she was also the U.S. representative to the World Health Organization's Executive Board. From January to May 1997, she was acting assistant secretary for health.
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