#  Eileen Reynolds 

Faculty Dean

 

 

 



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 email [eileen\_reynolds@fas.harvard.edu](mailto:eileen_reynolds@fas.harvard.edu) 

 



 

 With parents who were public school teachers (and both first generation college graduates) I grew up in Lexington, Massachusetts believing that education is the highest priority path to a secure future. At Harvard College I knew I wanted to go into medicine, and I concentrated in History and Science. My senior thesis was about 3 all-women’s medical schools in the late 1800s. That project launched my abiding interests in medical education, women’s health and gender equity in academic medicine.

 I met Dan on our first day at Harvard Medical School (HMS) and we have navigated medical school, residency (in San Francisco), fellowships (in Philadelphia), faculty positions and our moves as a team. My academic focus is on graduate medical education (the training that comes after medical school). I spent 13 years as the residency program director for a yearly group of 164 internal medicine residents, seeing to their clinical competence, career aspirations, and program culture. I am Professor of Medicine at HMS and currently, I lead the Division of General Medicine with over 220 faculty members. I direct clinical, educational, and research programs in primary care, palliative care, and hospital medicine. I created the Linde Family Center for Primary Care, where I teach about leadership training and innovation. I continue to have a small primary care practice, which sustains me. I love entertaining, ice cream, Boston sports teams, and paddle boarding (particularly on warm days and in calm waters).

 We are so proud of our boys: Jack ’19 who continues in his JD/PhD program at HLS and HKS and can occasionally be spotted in the Leverett dining hall or playing Lev IMs. Will, Northwestern ’21, is currently works for The Field Museum in Chicago. We dearly miss Stryker, our spirited 15-year-old cockapoo, who loved exploring Leverett and the neighborhood, always on the lookout for friends and stray food items.



 

 

 





 

 

- ## House Roles
    
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