Roderick K. King, MD, MPH '98

Dr. King is currently Senior Faculty at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Disparities Solutions Center and an Instructor in the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School (HMS).  Dr. King was selected in 2006 as one of two Inaugural Institute of Medicine (IOM)- National Academy of Sciences Anniversary Fellows where he serves on the Board on Global Health.  He most recently served as the Director for the Health Resources and Services Administration, New England Regional Division, the youngest ever appointed, and as a Commander in the US Public Health Service, U.S. DHHS where he was responsible for the overall leadership and management of the HRSA Boston Field Office staff and programs.  Dr. King earned a BS degree in Biomedical Engineering from The Johns Hopkins University and his medical degree from Cornell University Medical College with honors in research. Upon completing a residency in pediatrics at the Children's National Medical Center, Washington, D.C. in 1995, he received the Teachers for Africa Award and served as a Senior Lecturer for two years at the University of Cape Coast, Ghana, West Africa, lecturing on public health to those providing care to populations in rural areas.