Abba Jeremiah Kastin

Background

Kastin, Abba Jeremiah was born on December 24, 1934 in Cleveland. Son of Isadore I. and Ruth (Urdang) Kastin.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Harvard University, 1956; Doctor of Medicine Harvard University, 1960; honorary Doctor, U. Nacional Federico Villerarreal, Lima, Peru, 1980; Honorary Doctor of Science, U. New Orleans, 1984.

Career

Intern, Vanderbilt University Hospital, Nashville, 1960-1961; resident in internal medicine, Vanderbilt University Hospital, Nashville, 1961-1962; clinical associate, United States Public Health Service, National Institutes of Health, 1962-1964; clinical investigator, Veterans Administration Hospital., New Orleans, 1965-1968; chief endocrinology section, VA Medical Center, since 1968; professor department medicine, Tulane University School Medicine, New Orleans, since 1974; graduate faculty, U. New Orleans, since 1976. Consultant professor department psychology U. New Orleans, since 1986. Member medical advisory board National Pituitary Agency, 1974-1977.

Consultant Food and Drug Administration, 1979. Honorary lecturer International Symposium on Nonmammalian Peptides, Rome, 1985, 4th International Symposium on Psychoneuroendocrinology in Reproduction, Vernona, Italy, 1985. Talmage lecturer 4th Annual Aspen (Colorado) Allergy Conference, 1986.

Plenary speaker 10th Annual Winter Neuropeptide Conference, 1989, 15th, 1994, Summer Neuropeptide Conference, 1992. Wellcome visiting professor, 1990. Pre-reviewer in endocrinology, member residency committee for internal medicine Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, since 1984.

Achievements

• Abba Jeremiah Kastin has been listed as a noteworthy Endocrinologist, researcher by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Political campaigns consultant to Glenn Tenney, since 1992. Commissioner Arlington Little League Baseball, 1993. Member Arlington County Education Advisory Committee.

Member American Physiological Society, American Peptide Society, American Geriatrics Society, Endocrine Society, Society Experimental Biological Medicine, Society Neurosci., International Society Psychoneuroendocrinology (introductory honorary scientific lecturer 15th Congress), International Society Neuroendocrinology, International Pigment Cell Society, International Behavioral Neuroscience Society (keynote speaker first meeting, member of advisory county), International Neuropeptide Society (president since 1993). Honorary member La Society de Dermo-Chimie, Chilean Society Endocrinology, Phillippine Society Endocrinology and Metabolism, Peruvian Ob-Gyn Society, PeruvianEndocrine Society, Polish Endocrine Society, Hungarian Endocrine Society, Harvard Club Louisiana (president since 1991), Green Wave Masters Swim Club (president 1978-1984).

Connections

Father:

Isadore I. Kastin

Mother:

Ruth (Urdang) Kastin