Background
Chobanian, Aram Van was born on August 10, 1929 in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, United States. Son of Van and Marina (Arsenian) Chobanian.
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Aram Van Chobanian
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Education
Bachelor, Brown U., 1951; Doctor of Medicine, Harvard University, 1955.
Career
Intern, resident, University Hospital, Boston, 1955-1959;
cardiovascular research fellow, University Hospital, Boston, 1959-1962;
assistant professor, Boston University School Medicine, 1964-1967;
associate professor, Boston University School Medicine, 1967-1970;
professor medicine, Boston University School Medicine, since 1970;
professor pharmacology, Boston University School Medicine, since 1975;
John Sandson distinguished professor health science, Boston University School Medicine, since 1992;
director U.A. Whitaker laboratories for Blood Vessel Research, Boston University School Medicine, 1973-1988;
director Hypertension Specialized Center Research, Boston University School Medicine, 1975-1995;
director Cardiovasc. Institute, Boston University School Medicine, 1975-1992;
dean, Boston University School Medicine, since 1988;
provost Medical Center, Boston University School Medicine, since 1996. Director National Research and Demonstration Center in Hypertension, 1985-1990.
Chairman Food and Drug Administration Cardiovasc. and Renal Advisory Committee, 1978-1980, National Institutes of Health Hypertension and Arteriosclerosis advising committee, 1977-1978. Chairman Cardiovasc. Study Section B.NIH, 1982-1984. Chairman 4th Joint National Committee on Hypertension National Institutes of Health, 1990-1991.
Sandoz lecturer Royal College Physicians and Surgeons Canada, 1989. Member National Institutes of Health National Heart, Lung and Blood Advisory Council, 1993-1996.
Achievements
Membership
President American Heart Association, Boston, 1974-1975. Member Executive Committee, trustee Boston Medical Center. Board directors Armenian Culture Society.
Trustee Roger WilliamsMed. Center, Wolfson Foundation. Fellow trustee Armenian Assembly of America Captain United States Air Force, 1956-1957.
Fellow American College of Physicians, American Heart Association (chairman county high blood pressure research 1984-1986, Corcoran lecturer 1989, award of merit 1990, Modern Medicine award 1990, Lifetime Achievement award in hypertension Bristol-Myers Squibb), National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (Freis award 1997), American Society Clinical Investigation, Association American Physicians, American Physiological Society, New England Cardiovasc. Society (president 1985-1986), Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, AlphaOmega Alpha.
Connections
Married Jasmine Goorigian, June 5, 1955. Children: Karin, Lisa, Aram.
