American Pediatric Society 2007 John Howland Award recipient. Dr. Ralph Feigin.

Dr. Ralph Feigin was born in New York City on April 3, 1938. He received his A.B. degree from Columbia College in New York City in 1958 and his M.D. degree from Boston University School of Medicine in 1962. He completed a Pediatric Internship at the Boston City Hospital from 1962–63 and served as a Pediatric Resident at the Boston City Hospital from 1963–64 and at the Massachusetts General Hospital from 1964–65. He subsequently completed a Research Assignment with the United States Army Research Institute of Infectious Diseases in Frederick, Maryland from 1965–67. From 1967–68 he served as Chief Resident of the Children’s Service at the Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. Feigin was a member of the faculty of Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri from 1968 to 1977 when he was serving as Professor of Pediatrics, Director of the Division of Infectious Diseases in the Department of Pediatrics and Director of the Bacteriology and Serology Laboratories at the St. Louis Children’s Hospital.