Dr. Raymond Kaufman to receive prestigious John P. McGovern Compleat Physician Award
January 20, 2010 – 7:57 am
Dr. Raymond H. Kaufman, an obstetrician/gynecologist at The Methodist Hospital, will receive the John P. McGovern Compleat Physician Award on Jan. 22. This national award, given by the Houston Academy of Medicine and the Harris County Medical Society, recognizes a physician who embodies exemplary service to humanity and whose career reflects medical excellence, humane and ethical care, and commitment to the medical humanities.
Kaufman has spent more than 60 years as a researcher and clinician. A native of Brooklyn, New York, Kaufman received his medical degree in 1948 from the University of Maryland. He completed residencies and postdoctoral fellowship at The Methodist Hospital and Beth Israel Hospital in New York City. He served as the chairman of the department of obstetrics and gynecology at Baylor College of Medicine from 1973-1992 and chief of OB/GYN at Texas Children’s Hospital and St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital until 1992.
Kaufman is an active member of numerous organizations and peer review boards and has held offices in many of them. He has been president of the Houston Gynecological and Obstetrical Society, the Central Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, the International Society for the Study of Vulvar Disease and the Texas Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. He is also the author of more than 270 published articles and numerous book chapters.
“Dr. Kaufman is an amazing clinician and researcher and an exemplary model of compassionate care and dedication to humankind. We congratulate him on such a well-deserved honor,” said Ron Girotto, president and CEO of The Methodist Hospital System.
The John P. McGovern Compleat Physician Award, established in 1993, is presented annually by the Houston Academy of Medicine to recognize a multi-accomplished physician who has enriched the field of medicine by being a compassionate clinician and devoted teacher, who has a strong familiarity with research, and has demonstrated a commitment to and love of the profession of medicine. T he award is named after its first recipient, Dr. John P. McGovern, who founded the American Osler Society.
Kaufman will receive the award during the Annual Installation of Officers banquet of the Houston Academy of Medicine and the Harris County Medical Society. He will join the ranks of past Compleat Physician Award recipients, including famed Houston heart surgeons Dr. Michael E. DeBakey and Dr. Denton A. Cooley, as well as other nationally-renowned physicians, such as Dr. Ralph D. Feigin, pediatric infectious disease specialist and Chief of Pediatrics at Texas Children’s Hospital, Dr. Victor McKusick, University Professor of Medical Genetics at The Johns Hopkins University, and Dr. W. Walter Menninger, a distinguished psychiatrist and past president and CEO of The Menninger Foundation.
The Harris County Medical Society, established in 1903, is the professional society for physicians in Harris County. It is the largest county medical society in the nation, with a membership of nearly 11,000 physicians and medical students. Its mission is to be the leading advocate for its member physicians, their patients and the community, in promoting the highest standards of ethical medical practice, access to quality medical care, medical education, research, and community health. In 1915, HCMS incorporated the Houston Academy of Medicine to support the community service, education, scientific and charitable programs for physicians, their patients, and the community at large in Harris County.
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