Draft:Linda Hawes Clever

Linda Hawes Clever is an American physician. She is known for her work across various medical facilities, including establishing new teaching programs at St. Mary's Hospital in San Francisco and starting the Department of Occupational Health at the California Pacific Medical Center. She has served as Associate Dean for Alumni Affairs at Stanford University School of Medicine, Governor, Chair of the Board of Governors, and Regent for American College of Physicians, and First Medical Director of the teaching clinic at St. Mary’s Hospital. She has been awarded Stanford’s Dinkelspiel Award for Service to Undergraduate Education and the Elizabeth Blackwell Medal. She is also the founder and president of the company RENEW.

Early life and education
Clever was born in Seattle, Washington as the only child to her parents. Her father, who worked for the JC Penney company, was promoted often, which resulted in her moving frequently and growing up in different states across the United States. Her family first moved from Seattle to Kentucky, then to Indiana, and finally, New York, where she spent most of her teenage years. She claims that from early on in her life, she expressed an interest in medicine, and went on to attend Stanford University, where she received her undergraduate degrees in speech pathology and audiology and began attending their medical school starting her junior year. After receiving her MD, she began post-doctoral training in Internal Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Community Medicine, and Occupational Health at Stanford and the University of California, San Francisco.

She married her husband, James A. Clever, after her third year at Stanford.

Career
Following her training, Clever became the medical director of the Outpatient Clinic at St. Mary's Hospital. There, she established new programs, such as those for patient education research and training for nurse practitioners.

Clever was later recruited by the California Pacific Medical Center and served as founding chair for the first Department of Occupational Health located on the west side of the Hudson river.

She started the San Francisco Clinic Chiefs group and worked with the San Francisco AIDS Foundation to educate communities to reduce fear and discrimination surrounding the disease.

After being elected to the National Academy of Medicine, she served on the Committee on Personal Protective Equipment and the board on Health Sciences Policy.

Clever became president of the Western Association of Physicians and worked as an editor for the Western Journal of Medicine.

She became the first woman governor of the American College of Physicians, which she subsequently became a regent and officer of.

In 1998, Clever founded RENEW, a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing and maintaining health for healthcare professionals and resilience, purpose, and happiness while balancing professional and personal life in other people. In 2010, she published a book on the same topic.

Clever has published over sixty works in both academic and non-academic publications on balancing work life, personal health, and renewing energy.

She is currently a professor of Clinical Medicine at UCSF and Associate Dean for Alumni Affairs at the Stanford University School of Medicine.

Awards
In 1999, Clever won the Alfred Stengel Memorial Award. In 2010, Clever was awarded the Elizabeth Blackwell Medal by the American Medical Women’s Association. She was also the recipient of the Dinklespiel Award.