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Albion Walter Hewlett, MD. 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).
Hewlett was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, where his father taught at the University of Michigan Medical School. In 1916 the family moved to San Francisco after his father, Albion Walter Hewlett, took a similar position at Stanford Medical School, located at the time in San Francisco.
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.
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.
Albion Walter Hewlett (1874-1925), Professor of Medicine and chair of the Stanford University Department of Medicine, 1911-1925.
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.
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.
