Robert
S.
Dittus

Robert S. Dittus

(BSIE 1973)
Outstanding Industrial Engineer (2005)
Werthan Distinguished Professor of Medicine
Chief of the Division of General Internal Medicine
Vanderbilt Medical Center
"The education and training I received in industrial engineering at Purdue provided me with a point of view, a paradigm, strategies and techniques to systematically examine problems at a micro and macro level and to design, implement and evaluate interdisciplinary solutions widely applicable to many areas of focus, including healthcare."