Kenneth M. Ludmerer (born in Long Beach, California, 1947) is a professor of history and of biostatics at Washington University in St. Louis. Ludmerer began as an instructor of internal medicine to the chief resident at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine, from 1976-79. In 1979, he became both a professor of medicine in the medical school, and a professor of history in the Arts & Sciences department. He is the author of three books in print, including two influential and award-winning books on the history of medical education in the United States. -from Wikipedia