Florida Public Health Oral History Project
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Interviewer
Daley, Ellen
Publication Date
3-25-2013
Date
2013-02-20
Abstract
Interview with Dr. Charles Mahan, former dean of the University of South Florida College of Public Health. Trained as an Ob/Gyn at Northwestern University in Chicago, Dr. Mahan spent his residency in Minneapolis, Minnesota under Navy funding, deferring three years of his residency to serve on active duty on a Marine base at Quantico, Virginia during the Vietnam era. After serving, Dr. Mahan returned to Minnesota for five years as head obstetrician for a federal community health center. Dr. Mahan was then recruited into the faculty of the OB department at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida. In 1982, after ten years in Gainesville, Dr. Mahan was invited to spend a year in Tallahassee, where he would go on to write a five-year policy plan related to childbirth education. In 1988, Governor Martinez asked Dr. Mahan if he would become the state health department director, which he accepted. In 1995, Dr. Mahan became dean of the University of South Florida College of Public Health, where he would remain until his retirement. Dr. Mahan still serves on some boards related to maternal and child health, notably the Ounce of Prevention Fund in Florida and the Frontier Nursing Service in Kentucky.
Keywords
University of South Florida -- College of Public Health., Lawton and Rhea Chiles Center for Healthy Mothers and Babies., Florida -- State Board of Health., Maternal health services -- United States., Medical care -- Research -- Methodology.
Holding Location
University of South Florida
Language
English
Media Type
Oral histories, Online audio
Format
Audio
Identifier
C53-00062
Recommended Citation
Mahan, Charles, "Charles Mahan Oral History Interview" (2013). Florida Public Health Oral History Project. 53.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/fl_public_health_ohp/53
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