Gloria Rudisch, MD, MPH '70

Dr. Rudisch is Director of Child Health Services for the town of Brookline, MA, and a former Director of Child Health Services for the Brookline Public Schools from 1971 to 2007, where she fostered school health interests in developmental pediatrics and public health, and developed training programs for Children’s Hospital (CHMC) post-residency fellows in community pediatrics.  In her role as head of the Brookline Schools Child Health Services, Dr. Rudisch helped redefine the role of the pediatrician working with school and community programs.  In the 70ies, she was one of the co-founders of the Cambridge Montessori School. Currently, Dr. Rudisch is on the consulting staff of CHMC and a clinical instructor in pediatrics at Harvard Medical School. She has been involved with maternal and child health medical/educational/development issues at an international level and has been an invited lecturer at programs in Argentina, Brazil, Italy, Mexico, and Japan. Dr. Rudisch is also very active in local community boards, such as Brookline Mental Health, Rotary of Brookline, Emergency Medical Corps, the Domestic Violence Roundtable, which she helped establish. Dr. Rudisch received an Aesculapian Award from the Future Health Technology Institute for work in asthma among young children, and an Alumni Award from New York University Medical School for her work on community medical issues. Dr. Rudisch is a frequent presenter on community and child health at the American Public Health Association national meetings.  Dr. Rudisch remains active in HSPH alumni activities, participating, among others, as a presenter on alumni panels.