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Albion Walter Hewlett was a founding father of cardiology who served as the Michigan Medical School’s Chief of Medicine from 1908-1916 (his last post before becoming Chair of Medicine at the newly formed Leland Stanford School of Medicine).
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Education: University of California, Berkeley, BS, 1895Education: Johns Hopkins Medical School, MD, 1900Husband: Albion Walter HewlettWife: Louise RedingtonMarriage:User ID: 5F3ABD9CB3424D9F8299A39B8D750B3B7467Child: Louise R. HewlettChild: William Redington Hewlett• where [Ann Arbor, Michigan] his [William Redington Hewlett] father, a respected physician, served on the faculty of the university’s medical school.Although the father died suddently when Bill was twelve, the family rallied.• Honoree of the Albion Walter Hewlett Award, established 1983, to honor “the physician of care and skill who is committed to discovering and using biologic knowledge, wisdom and compassion to retu...- Male
- November 27, 1874
- Louise Redington
- November 10, 1925
The Albion Walter Hewlett Award, developed by the Department of Medicine, is a recurring award honoring an exceptional physician with ties to Stanford. It is a tribute to Doctor Albion Walter Hewlett, professor and executive head of the Department of Medicine from 1916 -1925.
1909: Dr. Albion Walter Hewlett advocates for the value of the electrocardiogram as a diagnostic tool. 1871 : James B. Angell becomes president of the U-M. By the 1880s he has set up the first university hospital in the U.S.
The award’s namesake, Albion Walter Hewlett, MD, led Stanford’s Department of Medicine from 1916 to 1925. Hewlett was a professor of internal medicine and a leading clinical researcher who made particular contributions in understanding cardiac arrhythmias and in applying scientific research to clinical practice.
Dr. Kim Eagle is the Albion Walter Hewlett Professor of Internal Medicine, Professor of Health Management and Policy at the University of Michigan School of Public Health, and Director of the Frankel Cardiovascular Center at the University of Michigan.
Apr 26, 2023 · April 26, 2023 - By Cassie Myers. The Albion Walter Hewlett Award, established in 1983, is a recurring award honoring an exceptional physician with ties to Stanford. The 2022 award winner is Richard T. Hoppe, MD, the Henry S. Kaplan-Harry Lebeson Professor of Cancer Biology.
