Cynthia DeHaven Pitcock, Ph.D.

Cynthia Pitcock is Associate Professor in the Division of Medical Humanities at UAMS. She earned the MAT at Vanderbilt University on a Ford Foundation Grant before receiving a Ph.D. in history from the University of Memphis. Dr. Pitcock teaches two senior electives: From Sects to Science: the History of Medicine in America and William Osler: Genesis of Modern Medicine.

Dr. Pitcock has contributed papers to many historical and health care journals, including the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and the Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Science. She has made numerous presentations on the history of medicine to clinical faculty at schools of medicine and has presented papers at national and international meetings.  She was recently named to the Board of Directors of the American Osler Society, the first woman to hold that position. She is an overseas Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine, London and on the Executive Board of the International Society for the History of Medicine.  For a list of selected publications and activities, click here.