Winford Henry Smith

Winford Henry Smith (1877 – November 13, 1961) was an American physician. He served as superintendent and director of Johns Hopkins Hospital from 1911 to 1946.

Early life Winford Henry Smith was born in 1877 in West Scarborough, Maine. He graduated from Bowdoin College with a Bachelor of Arts in 1899 and a M.D. from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 1903.

Career Smith interned and worked as resident gynecologist at Lakeside Hospital in Cleveland for two years. He then served as medical superintendent of several large hospitals. He worked as physician in charge of a hospital maintained by the New York Health Department. He then served as superintendent of a hospital in Hartford, Connecticut, and was superintendent of Bellevue and Allied Hospitals, including Fordham Hospital, Harlem Hospital Center and Gouverneur Hospital. He then served as director emeritus.

Smith served as a consultant in the development of medical centers at Duke University, Cornell University, Vanderbilt University, Yale University, the University of Chicago and the University of California. Smith died on November 13, 1961, at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore.

Legacy and honors Smith was awarded an honorary Doctor of Science degree by Bowdoin College.

He received the Army Distinguished Service Medal in 1922 for his service in World War I. In 1942, Smith received an annual award of merit of the American Hospital Association.