Who was Dr. Paul Farmer and how did he die?
GLOBAL health champion Paul Edward Farmer was a medical anthropologist and physician.
On Monday, February 21, 2022, Dr. Paul Farmer passed away.
Who was Dr. Paul Farmer?
Born on October 26, 1959, Dr. Paul Farmer was a Massachusetts native who grew up in Wachee, Florida.
His brother is former professional wrestler, Jeff Farmer.
After graduating from Hernando High School, Dr. Farmer went on to earn his Bachelor’s degree summa cum laude from Duke University.
Farmer continued on to Harvard University, where he earned both his Master’s and PhD in medical anthropology.
Following an internal medicine residency at Brigham Women’s Hospital, Farmer completed an infectious disease fellowship in 1996.
Farmer co-founded Partners In Health alongside Jim Yong Kim, Ophelia Dahl, Thomas J. White, and Todd McCormack in 1987.
The program began in Cange, a village in the Central Plateau of Haiti.
Since its formation, PIH has launched sites across Rwanda, Lesotho, Malawi, Mexico, Peru, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Russia, and the Navajo Nation.
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How did he die?
Partners In Health founder Dr. Paul Farmer passed away in his sleep while in Rwanda, according to a tweet from the nonprofit.
While an exact cause of death has not been revealed, he was 62 years old at the time.
Farmer was in Rwanda teaching at the medical school he co-founded known as the University of Global Health Equity.
“Paul Farmer’s loss is devastating, but his vision for the world will live on through Partners in Health,” PIH CEO Dr. Sheila Davis wrote in a statement.
“Paul taught all those around him the power of accompaniment, love for one another, and solidarity. Our deepest sympathies are with his wife Didi and three children.”
What positions did Dr. Paul Farmer hold?
In December of 2010, the Harvard University President, Drew Gilpin Faust, named Farmer as a University Professor – the highest honor bestowed upon a Harvard faculty member.
He was also the chair of the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School.
Farmer was a professor of medicine and chief of the Division of Global Health Equity at Brigham and Women’s Hospital.
In his 2003 book, Mountains Beyond Mountains, author Tracy Kidder named Farmer “the man who would cure the world.”
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