Biography
Arthur H. Gale, MD, has been in the private practice of internal medicine in St. Louis for over five decades. A highly respected physician, Dr. Gale is widely known for providing compassionate care to his patients and for his passion for individual rights and responsibilities.
Following undergraduate studies at the University of Chicago and Washington University in St. Louis, he earned his medical degree from the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine. He completed internship and residency training at the Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, and a research fellowship in the Department of Allergy, Immunology and Arthritis at the renowned Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation in California.
Dr. Gale is board certified in internal medicine, and was an associate professor of clinical medicine at the Washington University School of Medicine. He has served on the organized medical staffs of Barnes-Jewish Hospital, where he was staff president, and at the Missouri Baptist Medical Center.
A 50-year member of the St. Louis Metropolitan Medical Society, he was the society’s president in 1993. He formed and continues to lead the SLMMS Hippocrates Society which presents the annual Hippocrates Lecture featuring an outstanding national speaker. He is a zealous advocate for physician rights.
Dr. Gale has been an active member of Missouri State Medical Association for 37 years, including membership on the MSMA Publications Committee and a contributing editor of Missouri Medicine. He is also a member of the American Medical Association, and for 15 years served as an MSMA delegate to the AMA House of Delegates.
Dr. Gale is a gifted and prolific writer who has contributed countless scholarly articles for St. Louis Metropolitan Medicine, Missouri Medicine, and other peer-reviewed journals. His writings for Missouri Medicine and St. Louis Metropolitan Medicine have been compiled into three books, The Hijacking of American Medicine by Managed Care (2003), The Hijacking of American Medicine by the Federal Trade Commission (2009) and A Doctor's Perspective on Medical Practice in the Twenty-First Century (2015). To encourage others to contribute writings to St. Louis Metropolitan Medicine and Missouri Medicine, he established writer’s awards presented annually to physicians contributing the best commentary articles to each journal.
In addition, he has advocated for physicians and patients in the halls of the Missouri Capitol, testifying before legislative committees, and appearing before such governmental and regulatory bodies as the Board of Healing Arts, the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs, and others.
Dr. Gale received the MSMA Distinguished Service Award in 2013 recognizing a career of extraordinary service to the profession, medical colleagues, and patients.
Arthur H. Gale, MD, has been in the private practice of internal medicine in St. Louis for over five decades. A highly respected physician, Dr. Gale is widely known for providing compassionate care to his patients and for his passion for individual rights and responsibilities.
Following undergraduate studies at the University of Chicago and Washington University in St. Louis, he earned his medical degree from the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine. He completed internship and residency training at the Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, and a research fellowship in the Department of Allergy, Immunology and Arthritis at the renowned Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation in California.
Dr. Gale is board certified in internal medicine, and was an associate professor of clinical medicine at the Washington University School of Medicine. He has served on the organized medical staffs of Barnes-Jewish Hospital, where he was staff president, and at the Missouri Baptist Medical Center.
A 50-year member of the St. Louis Metropolitan Medical Society, he was the society’s president in 1993. He formed and continues to lead the SLMMS Hippocrates Society which presents the annual Hippocrates Lecture featuring an outstanding national speaker. He is a zealous advocate for physician rights.
Dr. Gale has been an active member of Missouri State Medical Association for 37 years, including membership on the MSMA Publications Committee and a contributing editor of Missouri Medicine. He is also a member of the American Medical Association, and for 15 years served as an MSMA delegate to the AMA House of Delegates.
Dr. Gale is a gifted and prolific writer who has contributed countless scholarly articles for St. Louis Metropolitan Medicine, Missouri Medicine, and other peer-reviewed journals. His writings for Missouri Medicine and St. Louis Metropolitan Medicine have been compiled into three books, The Hijacking of American Medicine by Managed Care (2003), The Hijacking of American Medicine by the Federal Trade Commission (2009) and A Doctor's Perspective on Medical Practice in the Twenty-First Century (2015). To encourage others to contribute writings to St. Louis Metropolitan Medicine and Missouri Medicine, he established writer’s awards presented annually to physicians contributing the best commentary articles to each journal.
In addition, he has advocated for physicians and patients in the halls of the Missouri Capitol, testifying before legislative committees, and appearing before such governmental and regulatory bodies as the Board of Healing Arts, the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs, and others.
Dr. Gale received the MSMA Distinguished Service Award in 2013 recognizing a career of extraordinary service to the profession, medical colleagues, and patients.