Alan Ira Faden

Background

Faden, Alan Ira was born on January 11, 1945 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.

Education

Bachelor in Physics, University of Pennsylvania, 1966; postgraduate, Indiana U., 1966-1967; Doctor of Medicine, University of Chicago, 1971.

Career

Resident in neurology, University of California, San Francisco, 1972-1975; research neurologist, Walter Reed Army Institute Research, Washington, 1975-1980; associate professor neurology and medicine, Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland., 1978-1981; professor neurology and physiology, Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland., 1981-1984; vice chairman neurology, Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland., 1980-1982; chief neurobiological research unit, Uniformed Serviced University of Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland., 1982-1984; professor neurology, Uniformed Serviced University of Health Sciences, Bethesda, 1984-1991; vice department chairman, University of California, San Francisco, 1984-1990; chief neurology, VA Medical Center, San Francisco, 1984-1990; director, Center for Neural Injury, San Francisco, 1984-1991; dean research School of Medicine, Georgetown University, since 1991. Science director National Research Institute for Neural Injury, Washington, since 1983. Visiting professor Department Chemical and Bio-chemical James Cook U., Townsville, Australia, 1990-1991.

Achievements

• Alan Ira Faden has been listed as a noteworthy Neurology educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American College of Physicians, American Academy Neurology, Society for the Advancetment of Socio-economics, International Asss. for the Study of Common Property, Japan Studies Association of Canada. Member American Society Pharmacolgy and Experimental Therapeutics, American Society Clinical Investigation, American Physiological Society, American Neurological Association, Neurotrauma Society (president), Society Neural Spectroscopy (county), San Francisco Neurological Society (secretary, vice president, treasurer, president).

Interests

• Avocations: jogging, history, art collecting.