Joel D Howell, MD

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Elizabeth Farrand Collegiate Professor Emeritus of Medical History
Professor Emeritus of Internal Medicine
Medical School and Professor Emeritus of History
College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
Taubman Health Center
Taubman Health Center
1500 E. Medical Center Drive
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
[email protected]
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Joel D Howell, MD
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  • About

    Dr. Howell earned his medical degree from the University of Chicago and completed his internal medicine residency at the University of Chicago Hospitals.* He was a Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar at the University of Pennsylvania and a senior fellow at the University of Pennsylvania, Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics. He also completed his doctorate in the history and sociology of science at the University of Pennsylvania. His special interest lies in the appropriate use of medical technology. His hobbies include bicycling and piano playing.

    Qualifications

    • MD
      University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States
      1975 - 1979
    • BS
      Michigan State University - Lyman Briggs College, Lansing, MI, United States
      1971 - 1975

    Center Memberships

    • Center Member
      Center for History, Humanities, Arts, Social Sciences and Ethics in Medicine
    • Center Member
      Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation
    • Center Member
      Center for Global Health Equity
    • Center Member
      Global REACH

    Recent Publications

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    • Journal Article
      From Hirschowitz to 2023: Modern Endoscopy and Beyond
      Schulman AR, Howell JD. Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 2024 Apr 1; 22 (4): 684 - 688. DOI:10.1016/j.cgh.2023.11.030
      PMID: 38056802
    • Journal Article
      From Hirschowitz to 2023: Modern Endoscopy and Beyond
      Schulman A, Howell J. Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 2023 Nov 21;
    • Journal Article
      Association of Arts Event Attendance With Cognitive Function Among Older Adults Enrolled in the Health and Retirement Study
      Ike JD, Choi H, Cho TC, Howell JD, Langa KM. Innovation in Aging, 2023 Apr 21; 7 (3): igad015 - igad015. DOI:10.1093/geroni/igad015
    • Journal Article
      Association of Arts Event Attendance With Cognitive Function Among Older Adults Enrolled in the Health and Retirement Study
      Ike JD, Choi HJ, Cho TC, Howell JD, Langa KM. Innovation in Aging, 2023 Jan 1; 7 (3): DOI:10.1093/geroni/igad015
    • Journal Article
      Association of Arts Event Attendance With Cognitive Function Among Older Adults Enrolled in the Health and Retirement Study
      Ike JD, Choi HJ, Cho T-C, Howell JD, Langa KM. Innovation in Aging, 2023 Apr 21; 7 (3): igad015 - igad015. DOI:10.1093/geroni/igad015
    • Journal Article
      Historicizing Technological Hegemony
      Howell JD. American Journal of Bioethics, 2023 Jan 1; 23 (4): 38 - 40. DOI:10.1080/15265161.2023.2186532
      PMID: 37011354
    • Journal Article
      Design, implementation, and reflections on a two-week virtual visual arts and medicine course for third- and fourth-year medical students
      Waidyaratne GR, Kim S, Howell JD, Ike JD. BMC Medical Education, 2022 Dec 1; 22 (1): DOI:10.1186/s12909-022-03374-y
      PMID: 35449075

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