Eve Slater

Eve Elizabeth Slater (born May 16, 1945) is an American physician who served as the United States Assistant Secretary for Health and Human Services under President George W. Bush from 2002 to 2003.

Early life and career

Slater was born in 1945 in West Orange, New Jersey. She received her A.B. (magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa) from Vassar College in 1967 and M.D. (Alpha Omega Alpha) from the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1971. She completed residency in internal medicine and fellowship in cardiology at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. In 1976, she was appointed the Chief Resident in Medicine at MGH, the first woman to appointed to this position. She also led the Hypertension Unit while serving as Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School.

She served as Assistant Secretary for Health in the Department of Health and Human Services from 2002 to 2003. She was the first woman to hold this Senate-confirmed position, with special contributions in women’s health, biosecurity, and electronic health record standards. They had two sons, Peter and James.

As an amateur flutist, she appeared as a soloist with Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops.