SUNY Downstate Medical Center - Iatros Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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ROBERT F. FURCHGOTT, B.S., Ph.D. Professor and Chairman Department of Pharmacology Born in 1916. Received B.S. from the University of North Carolina, 1937, Ph.D., Northwestern, 1940. Research Fellow, Medicine, 1940-43, Instructor, Psysiology, 1943-48, Assistant Professor of Bio- chemistry, 1947-49, Cornell University Medical School. Assistant Professor, 1949-52, Assoicate Pro- fessor, 1952-56, Pharmacology, Washington Uni- versity of St. Louis. Professor and Chairman of De- partment of Pharmacology since 1956. Visiting Pro- fessor, Institut de Physiologie, University of Gene- va, 1962-63. Research interest: theory of drug and receptor interactions, pharmacology of cardiac and smooth muscle, peripheral adrenergic mechanisms. MARVIN STEIN, B.S., M.D. Professor and Chairman Department of Psychiatry Born 1923 in St. Louis, Missouri. Received B.S. from Washington University, 1945, M.D. Washing- ton University School of Medicine, 1949, Medical Intern, St. Louis City Hospital, 1949-1950, Assistant Resident in Psychiatry, Barnes Hospital, 1950-51, Postdoctorate Fellow, University of Pittsburg, 1951- 53, Assistant Instructor, Research Associate, Assist- ant Professor, Associate Professor, Department of Pychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, 1953-63, Graduate, Philadelphia Psychoanalytic Institute, 1959, Professor of Psychiatry, Cornell University Medical College, 1963-66, Professor and Chairman of Department of Psychiatry at Downstate since 1966. Research interest: psychologic and physiologic investigation of bronchial asthma. CHANDLER MCC. BROOKS, A.B., M.A., Ph.D. Professor and Chairman Department of Physiology Born 1905 in Waverly, West Virginia. Received A.B. from Oberlin College, 1928, M.A., 1929, Ph.D., 1932, Princeton. National Research Fellow and Assistant Physiologist, Harvard Medical School, 1931-33. Instructor, 1933-35, Associate, 1935-42, Associate Professor, 1942-48, Physiology, Johns Hopkins University. Professor and Chairman of De- partment of Physiology at Downstate since 1948. Director, Graduate Educational Program, 1956-66, Dean, School of Graduate Studies, 1966 to present time. Research interest: cardiac physiology, control of the endocrine glands by the nervous system, inte- grative mechanisms operating within the nervous system. 21

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PATRICK J. FITZGERALD, B.S., M.D. Professor and Chairman Department of Pathology Born 1913 in Haverhill, Mass. Received B.S. from University of Massachusetts, 1936g M.D., Tufts University, 1940. Internship, Boston City Hospital, 1940-41. Resident in Pathology, Mallory Institute, 1942-435 Fellow in Pathology, Memorial Hospital, 1947-48g Fellow and Assistant, Sloan-Kettering In- stitute, 1948-535 Sloan-Kettering Fellow, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, 1949-503 Assistant Professor of Pathol0gy, Cornell, 1952. Professor and Chairman of Department of Pathology at Downstate since 1953. Diplomate, American Board of Path- ology. Visiting Scientist, Department of Biochemistry, Oxford University, 1959-60. Research interest: nucleic acid and protein synthesis in regeneration and differentiation. 20 LOUIS M. HELLMAN, A.B., M.D. Professor and Chairman Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Born in 1908 in St. Louis, Mo. Received A.B. from Yale University, 1930: M.D., Johns Hopkins University, 1934. Internship, New York Hospital, 1934-35. Residency in Pathology, New York Hos- pital, 1935-36. Research Fellow in Pathology, Har- vard Medical School, 1936-37. Internship in Obste- trics, Johns Hopkins Hosiptal, 1937-38. Residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Johns Hopkins Hos- pital, 1938-41. Assistant Professor, 1941-46g Associ- ate Professor, 1946-50, Obstetrics, Johns Hopkins Hospital. Professor and Chairman of Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Downstate since 1950. Research interest: population problems. JONATHAN T. LANMAN, B.S., M.D. Frank L. Babbott Professor and Chairman Department of Pediatrics Born 1917 in Columbus, Ohio. Received B.S., 1940, M.D., 1943, Yale University. Internship, Johns Hopkins Hospital 1943, Residency, Sydenham Hospital, 1944. Served in the United States Navy Medical Corps from 1944-46. Interned at Bellevue from 1946-47. Residency, University of California Hospital, 1947-48. Fellow, U.S.P.H.S., 1948-49. In- structor, 1949-52g Assistant Professor, 1952-57, Associate Professor, 1957-60, Pediatrics, New York University. Professor and Chairman of Department of Pediatrics at Downstate since 1960. Diplomate, American Board of Pediatrics.

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JOSEPH G. BENTON, A.B., M.S., Ph.D., M.D. Professor and Chairman Department of Rehabilitation Medicine Born 1915 in New York City. Received A.B. from Brooklyn College, 1936g M.S., 19383 Ph.D., 194Og M.D., 1945, New York University. Internship, Belle- vue, 1945-46. Fellow, Cornell University, Pharma- cology, 1946-47, Fellow, New York University, Medicine, 1946-50. Instructor, 1948-51g Assistant Professor, 1951-545 Associate Professor, 1954-59, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, New York University. Professor and Chairman of Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at Downstate since 1959. Diplomate and Member of Governing Board, Ameri- can Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. Chairman, Commission on Education in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. Dean, College of Health Related Professions. 22 HARRY Z. MELLINS, A.B., M.D., M.S. Professor and Chairman Department of Radiology Born 1921 in New York City. Received A.B. from Columbia University, 1941g M.D., 1944, Long Island College of Medicine. Internship, Jewish Hospital of Brooklyn, 1944-45. Resident in Radiology, Jewish Hospital, 1945-46. Fellow in Radiology, 1948-503 Instructor, 1950-52g Assistant Professor, 1952, Radiology, University of Minnesota. Clinical Assist- ant Professor of Radiology, Wayne University and Head of Department of Radiology, Sinai Hospital of Detroit, 1953-56. Professor and Chairman of De- partment of Radiology at Downstate since 1956. Diplomate, American Board of Radiology. CLARENCE DENNIS, B.S., M.D., Ph.D. Professor and Chairman Department of Surgery Born in 1909 in St. Paul, Minnesota. Received B.S. from Harvard University, 1931, M.D., Johns Hop- kins University, 1935g M.S. Physiology, 19385 Ph.D. Surgery, 1940, University of Minnesota. Internship, 1935-36g Fellowship in Surgery, 1936-373 Research Assistantg 1937-38g Instructor in Physiology, 1938- 39g Fellow, 1939-40g Assistant Professor, 1940-443 Associate Professor, 1944-473 Professor, 1947-51, Surgery, University of Minnesota. Professor and Chairman of Department of surgery at Downstate since 1951. Diplomate, American Board of Surgery. Research interest: gastrointestinal problems, clinical and investigativeg cardiovascular physiology and surgery.