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Dr. Howard S. King received his undergraduate
degree from Harvard University and medical degree from Boston
University School of Medicine. He completed pediatric residency
programs at the Massachusetts General Hospital and Boston City
Hospital, followed by a fellowship in the emotional problems
of children at Children's Medical Center in Boston. He returned
to Harvard University to complete a master's degree in public
health.
A board certified pediatrician on the faculty
of Harvard Medical School, Dr. King serves also on the committee
for continuing education at the Harvard School of Public Health.
He is on the active staff of Children's Medical Center and
Newton-Wellesley Hospital. He served as chairman of the subcommittee
for mental health of the Massachusetts chapter of the American
Academy of Pediatrics.
Dr. King organized, in 1998, a program on
childhood and family depression at the annual meeting of that
chapter, where he presented a paper on "How to Make Room
for Children's Emotional Health in Your Practice." In
October 2000, he organized a physician seminar on "Approaching
Mental Health Issues in Everyday Practice." Dr. King
also consults to Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts on
planning educational programs for physicians that cover a
broad range of issues related to strengthening the partnership
between doctors and their patients.
Dr. King is an associate medical director
of the Medical Delivery Organization for Newton-Wellesley
Hospital, an affiliate of the Partners HealthCare System.
He is currently a member of the Aetna-US Health Care
quality of health committee.
Dr. King was selected by patients of the
Tufts Associated Health Plan, in 1999, 2000 and 2001, as one
of its Top Twenty Primary Care Physicians.
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