The American Medical Association has announced the appointment of Dr. Howard C. Bauchner from Boston University School of Medicine as the new Editor-in-Chief of JAMA, effective July 1, 2011. Dr. Bauchner will be the 16th editor in the journal's 127-year history. He will succeed Catherine D. DeAngelis, who is leaving the post after 11 years to return to Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore.
Dr. Bauchner is currently the editor-in-chief of the Archives of Disease in Childhood, the official publication of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health in the UK. He is the first US-based editor of that journal and has held that position since 2003. He is a professor of pediatrics and community health sciences at Boston University Schools of Medicine (BUSM) and Public Health. He has also served on many editorial boards, including currently for the British Medical Journal and Journal Watch.
As Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Bauchner will have editorial oversight of JAMA and the 9 Archives journals, the specialty medical journals published by the AMA. Dr. Bauchner was chosen after an international search conducted by a committee comprised of members of the Journal Oversight Committee, JAMA Editorial Board, the AMA's Board of Trustees and senior management and with help from the executive search firm, Russell Reynolds Associates.
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