# Harris Berman

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{{Short description|American physician (died 2021)}}
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| name               = Harris Berman
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| birth_date         = {{birth date|1938|5|30}}
| birth_place        = [Concord, New Hampshire](/source/Concord%2C_New_Hampshire), U.S.
| death_date         = {{death date and age|2021|10|30|1938|5|30}}
| death_place        = [Boston, Massachusetts](/source/Boston%2C_Massachusetts), U.S.
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| education          = [Harvard University](/source/Harvard_University) ([BA](/source/Bachelor_of_Arts))<br />[Columbia University](/source/Columbia_University) ([MD](/source/M._D.))
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| occupation         = [Physician](/source/Physician)
| spouse             = {{ubl|{{marriage|[Ruth E. Nemzoff](/source/Ruth_E._Nemzoff)|1964|<!--Omission, survived by spouse, per Template:Marriage instructions-->}}}}
| known_for          = Dean of [Tufts University School of Medicine](/source/Tufts_University_School_of_Medicine)
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'''Harris Alan Berman''' (May 30, 1938 – October 30, 2021) was an American physician who was the dean of the [Tufts University School of Medicine](/source/Tufts_University_School_of_Medicine).

==Early life and education==
Berman was born on May 30, 1938 in [Concord, New Hampshire](/source/Concord%2C_New_Hampshire).<ref>{{cite book |title=Biographical Directory of the American College of Physicians |date=1979 |publisher=Bowker |page=915 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g3ZQAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Berman,+Harris%22 |access-date=25 April 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Marquard |first1=Bryan |title=Dr. Harris Berman, HMO pioneer and former Tufts University School of Medicine dean, dies at 83 |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/11/11/metro/dr-harris-berman-hmo-pioneer-former-tufts-university-school-medicine-dean-dies-83/ |access-date=25 April 2024 |work=The Boston Globe |date=November 11, 2021}}</ref> He completed his undergraduate education at Harvard College and graduated from [Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons](/source/Columbia_University_College_of_Physicians_and_Surgeons) in 1964.<ref name="Berman medical license">{{Cite web |url=http://profiles.massmedboard.org/MA-Physician-Profile-View-Doctor.asp?ID=2997 |title=Archived copy |access-date=2011-10-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120415012013/http://profiles.massmedboard.org/MA-Physician-Profile-View-Doctor.asp?ID=2997 |archive-date=2012-04-15 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://profiles.massmedboard.org/MA-Physician-Profile-View-Doctor.asp?ID=2997 |title=Home - Medical Recruiting |access-date=2011-10-07 |archive-date=2020-11-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201130150507/https://medicalrecruiting.com/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> He completed his residency in internal medicine and a fellowship in infectious disease at [Tufts Medical Center](/source/Tufts_Medical_Center).<ref name="Berman medical license" /><ref name="Tufts Med Profile">[http://www.tufts.edu/med/phfm/faculty/berman-harris.htm Harris Berman Faculty] profile at Tufts</ref>

==Career==
===First contributions===
After finishing his fellowship, he and Jim Squires, a friend just out of his general surgery residency,<ref name="Named Medical Dean" />  along with three other physicians, co-founded the Matthew Thornton Health Plan,<ref name="Better81-">{{cite book|title=Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance|first=Atul|last=Gawande|author-link=Atul Gawande|publisher=Macmillan|year=2008|isbn=978-0-312-42765-8 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-EUba-LKZ04C&pg=PT81}}</ref> one of the first [health maintenance organization](/source/health_maintenance_organization)s in New England.<ref name="Tufts Med Profile" /> The organization would grow to service 60,000 people by the mid-1980s;<ref name="Better81-" />

===Tufts===
In 1986, Berman left Matthew Thornton and joined Tufts University School of Medicine as a professor of public health and community medicine.<ref name="Named Medical Dean" /> At the same time, he became the [chief executive officer](/source/chief_executive_officer) of [Tufts Health Plan](/source/Tufts_Health_Plan),<ref name="Better81-" /> which grew from 60,000 members to over a million members in his 17-year tenure.<ref name="Tufts Med Profile" /> From 2003 to 2008, he served as the chair of the Department of Public Health and Community Medicine,<ref name="Named Medical Dean" />  and eventually became the dean of public health and professional degree programs<ref name="Tufts Med Profile" />  before being appointed vice dean of the medical school in 2008.<ref name="Named Medical Dean" />  In December 2009, he was appointed ''dean ad interim'' for the School of Medicine and was formally appointed to the position of dean in October 2011.<ref name="Named Medical Dean">{{Cite web|url=http://now.tufts.edu/articles/harris-berman-named-medical-dean|title = Harris Berman Named Medical Dean|date = 6 October 2011}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Berman died on October 30, 2021, at the age of 83. He was survived by his wife, [Ruth E. Nemzoff](/source/Ruth_E._Nemzoff), four children, eleven grandchildren, and a sister.<ref>[https://now.tufts.edu/articles/tufts-university-school-medicine-dean-emeritus-harris-berman-dies Tufts University School of Medicine Dean Emeritus Harris Berman Dies]</ref>

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Category:American chief executives in the health care industry
Category:American infectious diseases specialists
Category:Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons alumni
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Category:Tufts University administrators
Category:People from Concord, New Hampshire
Category:Medical doctors from New Hampshire
Category:American university and college faculty deans

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