Iris F. Litt

Dr. Iris F Litt (born 1940) is an American physician, professor, and medical director who specializes in pediatrics and adolescent health. She has achieved multiple honors through her teaching and research in different areas of adolescent and pediatric health.

Early life Iris F. Litt was born in 1940 in Brooklyn, New York. Starting at a young age, she would go with her father, a general practitioner, to house calls. She attended medical school at the State University of New York Downstate Medical Center where she graduated from in 1965. Dr. Litt stayed in New York after medical school graduation, completing her residency at the New York Hospital where she eventually specialized in pediatrics. Along with being the Director, she began to teach at Stanford University in 1976 and helped direct the Institute of Research on Women and Gender. The research institute has since been renamed to the Clayman Institute for Gender Research.

Achievements and awards

Achievements Litt founded the Division of Adolescent Medicine at Stanford University's Department of Pediatrics in 1976. From 1976 to 2007 she was the Chief of Division of Adolescent Medicine at Stanford University. During the same time she was the Director of the Clayman Institute where she still continues research and other work. She was the first female and first physician to become the Director of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences.

Awards In 1992, she was given the Outstanding Achievement Award in Adolescent Medicine from the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine.