Alan Frederick Hofmann

Background

Hofmann, Alan Frederick was born on May 17, 1931 in Baltimore. Son of Joseph Enoch and Nelda Rosina (Durr) Hofmann.

Education

Bachelor with honors, Johns Hopkins University, 1951; Doctor of Medicine with honors, Johns Hopkins University, 1955; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Lund, Sweden, 1965; Doctor of Medicine honoris causis, U. Bologna, Italy, 1988; honorary fellow, Royal College Physicians, 1996.

Career

Intern, then resident department medicine, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, New York City, 1955-1957; clinical associate clinical center, National Heart Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1957-1959; postdoctoral fellow, department physiological chemistry, U. Lund, Sweden, 1959-1962; assistant physician, Hospital of the Rockefeller U., New York City, 1962-1964; outpatient physician, New York Hospital, New York City, 1963-1964; associate physician, Hospital of the Rockefeller U., New York City, 1964-1966; consultant in medicine, associate director gastroenterology unit, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, 1966-1977; attending physician Medical Center, University of California-San Diego, since 1977. Assistant professor department medicine Rockefeller U., New York City, 1964-1966. Associate professor medicine and biochemistry University of Minnesota Mayo Graduate School, 1966-1969, associate professor medicine and physiology, 1969-1970, professor medicine and physiology, 1970-1973.

Professor medicine and physiology Mayo Medical School, 1973-1977. Consultant physiology Mayo Clinic, Rochester, 1975-1977. Professor medicine University of California, San Diego, since 1977, Adjunct Professor pharmacy, University of California, San Francisco, since 1986.

Visiting professor pharmacy University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1980-1985.

Achievements

• Alan Frederick Hofmann has been listed as a noteworthy Biomedical educator, researcher by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, Royal Society Medicine. Member American Association Study of Liver Disease (numerous committees, president 1984, Distinguished Achievement award 1997), Swedish Society for Gastroenterology (honorary), Society for Gastrointestinal Radiology (honorary), Gastroenterological Society Australia (honorary), Chilean Society Gastroenterology (honorary), British Society Gastroenterology (honorary), Royal Flemish Academy for Medicine (honorary, foreign corresponding member), German Society for Digestive and Metabolic Disease (honorary member, Siegfried Thannhauser medal 1996), Serbian Society Medicine (honorary), American Society Clinical Investigation, Association American Physicians, American Liver Foundation (chairman science advisory board 1986-1991), American Physiological Society (Horace Davenport medal 1996), American Gastroenterological Association (chairman biliary diseases county 1991-1992, Distinguished Achievement award 1970, co-winner Beaumont prize 1979, Friedenwald medal 1994), Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Alpha Omega Alpha, Omicron Delta Kappa.

Connections

Married Marta Gertrud Pettersson, August 15, 1969 (divorced 1976). Children: Anthea Karin, Cecilia Rae. Married Helga Katharina Aicher, November 3, 1978.

Father:

Joseph Enoch Hofmann

Mother:

Nelda Rosina (Durr) Hofmann

Spouse:

Helga Katharina Aicher

Spouse:

Marta Gertrud Pettersson

child:

Cecilia Rae Hofmann

child:

Anthea Karin Hofmann