Background
Lefer, Allan Mark was born on February 1, 1936 in New York City. Son of I. Judah and Lillian G. (Gastwirth) Lefer.
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Allan Mark Lefer
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Bachelor, Adelphi College, 1957; Bachelor, Western Reserve U., 1959; Doctor of Philosophy (National Science Foundation fellow), University of Illinois, Urbana, 1962.
Career
Instructor physiology, United States Public Health Service-National Institutes of Health fellow, Western Reserve U., 1962-1964;
assistant professor physiology, University of Virginia, 1964-1969;
associate professor, University of Virginia, 1969-1971;
professor, University of Virginia, 1972-1974;
visiting professor, Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, 1971-1972;
professor, department chairman physiology, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson U., Philadelphia, since 1974;
director, Ischemia-Shock Research Institute, 1980-1995. Consultant Merck & Company, Upjohn Company, Genentech Inc., Syntex, Inc., Ciba-Geigy, National Institutes of Health, Nitromed, IBEX Technologies, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Cytel Corporation. Wellcome Foundation; visiting professor 1985-1986, Pfizer visiting professor cardiovascular medicine, 1995.
National Board of Medical Examiners, Step 1, 1993-1995. Visiting professor University of California San Diego, 1995-1996.
Achievements
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Membership
Active Academy Committee on Soviet Jewry, 1970-1995. Chairman United Jewish Appeal, 1973-1974. Coach basketball and baseball Huntingdon Valley Athletic Association, 1975-1978.
Fellow American College Cardiology. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Physiological Society, American Society Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, International Heart Research Society, American Heart Association (established investigator 1968-1973, fellow circulation county, national grant review committee 1993-1995), Pennsylvania Heart Association (research committee), Shock Society (chairman membership committee, president 1983-1984, chairman development committee 1985-1989, chairman international relations committee 1993), International Federal Shock Socs. (county since 1994, president 4th international shock congress 1996-1999), Society Experimental Biology and Medicine, Israel Society Physiology and Pharmacology, Philadelphia Physiological Society (president 1978-1979), Sierra Club, B'nai B'rith (Charlottesville chapter, vice president 1967-1968, chairman Virginia Hillel 1970-1971), Sigma Xi.
Connections
Married Mary E. Indoe, August 23,1959. Children— Debra Lynn, David Joseph, Barry Lee and Leslie Ann(twins).
