In 1995, Charles Kent Smith, M.D., was made the acting vice dean at the Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) School of Medicine. He oversees the school's academic programs. He is also the Dorothy Jones Weatherhead Professor and chairman of the Department of Family Medicine at CWRU. He directs the Department of Family Medicine at University Hospitals of Cleveland (UHC), CWRU's primary affiliated hospital. He was appointed chairman and director in 1988. Before joining CWRU and UHC, he was professor and chairman of the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia. He held these positions for three years beginning in 1985. From 1977 until 1985, he was vice chairman in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle. In 1981, he was appointed professor of family medicine. Dr. Smith earned his medical degree from Northwestern University Medical School in Chicago in 1963. A year later, he earned a masters from Northwestern in Evanston, Illinois. His undergraduate degree is from the same school. His postgraduate training took him to University Hospital in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and University Hospital at the University of Washington, Seattle. He was a senior research fellow in medicine (endocrinology) from 1968-1970 at that hospital. Dr. Smith has the following board certifications: 1974 - American Board of Family Practice, recertified 1981, 1987, 1993; 1974 - Eligible American Board of Psychiatry; 1970 - American Board of Internal Medicine; 1993 - ACLS Certified. He was named in the book "The Best Doctors in America: Midwest Region, 1996-1997"; one of the "Top Doctors" in the March 1996 issue of Cleveland magazine; and in 1995, President-Elect, Association of Departments of Family Medicine (Family Medicine Department Chairs).
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