Expert Witness No. 1657
Maryland
EDUCATION
1954-58, A.B., Harvard College, Cambridge, MA (Magna cum laude)
1958-62, M.D., Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
POSTGRADUATE TRAINING AND FELLOWSHIP APPOINTMENTS
1962-63, Intern (Rotating) Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
1963-1964, Junior Assistant Resident in Medicine, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Massachusetts
1966-67, Senior Assistant Resident in Medicine, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Massachusetts
1967-69, Trainee in Pediatric Hematology, Oncology, and Immunology, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Massachusetts
1969-70, Recipient of USPHS Special Postdoctoral Research Fellowship
MILITARY SERVICE
1964-66, U.S. Public Health Service, Research Associate, Section on Biochemistry, Laboratory of Clinical Science, NIMH, National Institutes of Health, Maryland
FACULTY APPOINTMENTS
1969-70, Instructor in Pediatrics, Department of Medicine Children's Hospital Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts
1970-76, Assistant to Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Director of Hematology, Children's Hospital, Colorado
1976-89, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Pennsylvania
1985-91, Associate Professor of Pediatrics in Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Pennsylvania, (Secondary appointment)
1989-91, Professor of Pediatrics at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Pennsylvania
1999-2001, Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Nova Southeastern Univ. College of Osteopathic Medicine
12/19/01, RETIRED
HOSPITAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS
1970-1976, Director, Division of Hematology, Children's Hospital, Colorado
1976-1991, Clinical Director, Bone Marrow Transplant Program, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Jan. 1978, Acting Chief, Division of Clinical Immunology
Oct. 1978, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Nov. 1978, Acting Chief, Division of Allergy and Immunology
June 1980, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1991-1995, Director, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Miami Children's Hospital, Florida
1995-2001, Director, Division of Research Hematology-Oncology-Bone Marrow Transplantation, Miami Children's Hospital, Florida
SPECIALTY CERTIFICATION
1968, American Board of Pediatrics
1974, American Board of Pediatrics, Subspecialty: Hematology/Oncology
LICENSURE
1967, Massachusetts
1970, Colorado
1976, Pennsylvania MD
1991, Florida ME
AWARDS, HONORS AND MEMBERSHIPS IN HONORARY SOCIETIES
Continental Bank (Pennsylvania) Merit Award
Inclusion in Best Doctors in America
Inclusion in Miami Metro Magazine, Best Doctors in Miami (pediatric hematology-oncology)
Award: "Best Teaching Attending" by Pediatric residents, Miami Children's Hospital (MCH)
Award: "Attending of the Year" by Pediatric residents, MCH
MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL AND SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES (NATIONAL SOCIETIES)
American Pediatric Society
Society for Pediatric Research (Council Member for Hematology/Oncology)
American Academy of Pediatrics (Member, Executive Committee Section of Hematology/Oncology)
Western Society for Pediatric Research (1970-1976)
International Society for Experimental Hematology
American Society of Hematology (Subcommittee on Immunohematology)
American Association of Immunologists
The Transplantation Society
Clinical Immunology Society
Eastern Society for Pediatric Research
American Society for Clinical Oncology
New York Academy of Sciences
EDITORIAL POSITIONS
Ad Hoc Reviewer: Pediatrics, Journal of Pediatrics, Pediatric Research, Clinical Pediatrics, Bone Marrow Transplantation, Blood
NATIONAL COMMITTEES
Advisory Board, International Registry for Autologous Bone Marrow Transplantation
Food and Drug Administration, Member, Blood Products Advisory Committee
Ad hoc member, Biologic Response Modifiers Advisory Committee
Pediatric Oncology Group, 1991 to 2000, Biologic Response Modifiers Committee
Children's Oncology Group Children's Cancer Study Group, Bone Marrow Transplant Committee, BMT, Recurrent Neuroblastoma Committee, Acute Non-Lymphocytic Leukemia Committee, Autologous BMT in Recurrent Brain Tumor Committee, Late Effects of BMT in Acute Non-Lymphocytic Leukemia, Autologous BMT for Recurrent Lymphomas
LOCAL COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS
South Florida American Red Cross, Medical Advisory Board
Florida Division, American Cancer Society, Pediatric Cancer Advisory Council
HOSPITAL COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS THROUGH 2001
Utilization Review, Mortality Review, Blood Usage, Institutional Review Board (human experimentation), Cancer
TEACHING ASSIGNMENTS
General Pediatrics attending physician, 1-2 months per year (daily rounds)
Bone Marrow Transplant attending physician, (6 months/year daily rounds)
OTHER
Medical Officer: Office of Cellular, Tissue, and Gene Therapies, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration
KEYWORDS
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