Edward L. Krawitt MD

Edward L. Krawitt MD, Professor of Medicine Emeritus at the University of Vermont and former Clinical Professor of Medicine at Dartmouth College. Dr. Krawitt was widely admired by fellow physicians, nurses, technicians, and medical students. As a physician, he strove to heal and willingly took extra steps to ensure that all of his patients received the medical care they needed.

Dr. Krawitt devoted a major part of his academic career to basic and clinical research, teaching, and care of patients with autoimmune hepatitis. He was honored as Teacher of the Year of the University of Vermont College of Medicine in 1987 and lectured nationally and internationally as a member of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, the European Association for the Study of the Liver, the American Gastroenterological Association and the International Autoimmune Hepatitis Group.

Dr. Krawitt designed and co-edited the first and second editions of the multi-author book Autoimmune Liver Diseases in 1991 and 1998, and authored over 120 peer-reviewed publications, multiple books, and online chapters. He interned at the University of Utah before serving as a Captain (General Medical Officer) in the United States Air Force in Karamursel, Turkey. He completed a residency in Internal Medicine at the University of Utah, a fellowship in gastroenterology at the University of Iowa and a fellowship in enzymology at the University of Wisconsin before joining the University of Vermont faculty in 1969 and the faculty of Dartmouth College.