Dr Charles Sidney Burwell (Dean of HMS from 1935 to 1949) At an HMS graduation in the late 1940s, he said". Half of what we have taught you is wrong. Unfortunately, we don't know which half Dr. Burwell was a cardiologist who specialized in circulation changes associated with heart disease. He is credited with bringing attention to obstructive sleep apnea syndrome. In 1944, while Dr. Burwell was Dean, women entered harvard Medical School for the first time on an equal basis with men At an HMS graduation in the late 1940s, he said “…Half of what we have taught you is wrong. Unfortunately, we don’t know which half.”  Dr. Burwell was a cardiologist who specialized in circulation changes associated with heart disease. He is credited with bringing attention to obstructive sleep apnea syndrome. In 1944, while Dr. Burwell was Dean, women entered Harvard Medical School for the first time on an equal basis with men