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PROPOSED RESOLUTION
HONORING THE LIFE AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF EDWARD F.X. HUGHES, MD, MPH
WHEREAS, Edward Francis Xavier Hughes, faculty member at Northwestern University and health policy thought leader, passed away on January 23, 2022; and
WHEREAS, Ed was born in 1942 in Boston to Joseph and Elizabeth Hughes, both teachers in the Boston Public School system. Ed attended Boston Latin School where he excelled academically, participated on the crew team, and graduated early at the age of sixteen. He completed his undergraduate work at Amherst where, in addition to taking he majored in philosophy while taking premed classes, serving as coxswain on their crew team, and organizing the Amherst Students for the Abolition of the House Committee on Un-American Activities. He was admitted to Harvard Medical School in 1962; and
WHEREAS, following medical school, Ed trained in General Surgery at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center in New York. As his surgical training progressed, he became interested in larger issues concerning health policy and health equity and shifted his focus to pursue a Master's Degree in Public Health at Columbia University. His research at Columbia led to a collaboration with Mt. Sinai Hospital in New York and the National Bureau of Economic Research. This resulted in several groundbreaking publications evaluating the efficient utilization of surgeons relative to the need for increased surgical manpower in the United States, a major driver of healthcare costs; and
WHEREAS, in 1977, Ed accepted a tenured faculty position at Northwestern University, where he assumed the Directorship of the Center for Health Services and Policy Research. Under his leadership, the Center became a leading site for interdisciplinary research into national health policy and future directions for healthcare reform in the United States. Through his work and published research at Northwestern, Dr. Hughes became a key thought leader in the development of "managed care...
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