B.S., Tulane University, June 1946
M.D., Tulane University, June 1949
Internship, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan, July 1949-1950
Residency, Internal Medicine and Cardiology, Henry Ford Hospital, June 1950-1953
Diplomate, American Board of Internal Medicine, 1957
Diplomate, Subspecialty Board of Cardiovascular Disease, 1960
1953 |
Member, Medical Faculty of the Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan |
1953-1955 |
Captain, U.S. Army Medical Corps, with most of time in charge of Cardiovascular-Renal Ward and Regional Consultant in Cardiovascular Diseases, Osaka Army Hospital, Japan |
1955-1959 |
Cardiologist, Ochsner Clinic, New Orleans, Louisiana |
1955-1958 |
Instructor, Department of Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana |
1959 |
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana |
1955-1959 |
Visiting Physician, Charity Hospital, New Orleans, Louisiana |
1959-1968 |
Staff Physician in Cardiology and Chairman, Section on Cardiovascular Research, Henry Ford Hospital |
1968-1987 |
Professor of Medicine, University of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama |
1968-1973 |
Professor of Pathology, University of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama |
1968-1970 |
Senior Scientist and Director of Research, Cardiovascular Research and Training Center, University of Alabama in Birmingham |
1970-1977 |
Director, Cardiovascular Research and Training Center, University of Alabama in Birmingham |
1969-1981 |
Consultant in Cardiology, VA Hospital, University of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama |
1973-1981 |
Professor and Chairman, Department of Medicine, and Director of the Division of Cardiovascular Disease, University of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama |
1973-1981 |
Physician-in-Chief, University of Alabama Hospitals, Birmingham, Alabama |
1976-1987 |
Mary Gertrude Waters Professor of Cardiology University of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama |
1981-1987 |
Distinguished Professor of the University, University of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama |
1987-1997 |
President, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas |
1987-2004 |
Professor of Medicine, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas |
1988-2004 |
Professor of Pathology, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas |
1988-1998 |
Director, World Health Organization Cardiovascular Center |
1995-1998 |
Director, Open Gates Dyslexia Programs |
1997-2004 |
Inaugural Holder of the Thomas N. and Gleaves T. James Distinguished Chair in Cardiological Sciences, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas |
2005-2010 |
Distinguished Professor of the University, Emeritus, University of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama |