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Since 1996, Avery has been the Thomas Morgan Rotch Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School (HMS). She was the Thomas Morgan Rotch Professor of Pediatrics at HMS from 1974 to 1985. Assuming that post in 1974, she became one of the first women to chair an academic department at HMS.
Avery received her medical degree from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 1952, where she also did her internship and residencies in pediatrics. She then did a research fellowship at HMS (1957-1959) and a fellowship in pediatrics at Johns Hopkins University (1959-1960). She became assistant professor of pediatrics at Johns Hopkins in 1960, associate professor of pediatrics in 1964, and Eudowood Associate Professor of Pulmonary Disease of Children in 1965. In 1969, she moved to McGill University's Department of Pediatrics, which she chaired before coming to HMS in 1974.
Before becoming physician-in-chief at Children's Hospital Boston, Avery was pediatrician-in-charge, Newborn Nurseries, at Johns Hopkins (1961 to 1969) and physician-in-chief of Montreal Children's Hospital. She holds many honorary degrees and has won numerous awards. Avery has authored more than 100 scientific publications, most dealing with respiratory disorders of newborn infants. Her many books include several classic textbooks in pediatrics and newborn medicine.
Harvard also awarded honorary doctor of science degrees this year to David Baltimore and Edward Witten. Doctor of laws degrees were awarded to Caroline Walker Bynum, D. Ronald Daniel, Quentin Skinner and Charles M. Vest, and a doctor of arts was awarded to John Lithgow.
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