Background
Kappas, Attallah was born on November 4, 1926 in Union City, New Jersey, United States. Son of Attie and Sofia (Kozam) Kappas.
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Attallah Kappas
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AB, Columbia University, 1947; Doctor of Medicine with honors, University of Chicago, 1950; Doctor of Science, New York Medical College, 1978.
Career
Medical intern, University Service, Kings County Hospital, New York City, 1950-1951;
research fellow division steroid biochemistry and metabolism, Sloan Kettering Institute, New York City, 1951-1954;
assistant resident physician and senior assistant resident physician, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital Harvard Medical School, Boston, 1954-1956;
associate division steroid biochemistry and metabolism, Sloan Kettering Institute, 1956-1957;
from assistant professor to associate professor department medicine, head division metabolismand arthritis, University of Chicago Medical School, 1957-1967;
Guggenheim fellow, guest investigator, Rockefeller U., New York City, 1966-1967;
associate professor, physician, Rockefeller U., 1967-1971;
senior physician, Rockefeller U., 1971-1974;
professor, Rockefeller U., 1971-1981;
Sherman Fairchild professor, Rockefeller U., since 1981;
vice president, Rockefeller U., 1983-1991;
physician-in-chief, Rockefeller U., 1974-1991;
physician-in-chief emeritus, Rockefeller U., since 1991. Vincent Astor chair clinical science Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and Cornell Univercity Medical College, 1980-1982, professor medicine, since 1972, professor pharmacology, 1972-1987. Board directors Russell Sage Institute Pathology Cornell Univercity, 1977-1987.
Visiting committee division biological science Pritzker School Medicine, University of Chicago, 1977-1986. Attending physician New York Hospital, since 1972, Memorial Hospital Cancer and Allied Diseases, 1977-1991. Member selection committee John A. Hartford Found.Fellowship program in clinical science, New York City, 1979-1983.
Co-director Rockefeller U.-Cornell Univercity combined Doctor of Medicine-Doctor of Philosophy program, 1980-1985. Member committee pyrene and selected analogs National Research Council-National Academy Science, Washington, 1981-1983, consultant Merck Sharp & Dohme Research laboratories, 1974-1979, 82-84, Abbot-Ross laboratories, 1985-1990, Hoffman LaRoche laboratories, 1985-1987, Glaxo Research laboratories, 1988-1990. Member science advisory board Environmental Sciences Laboratory Mount Sinai Medical Center, 1983-1987.
Professor adjunct faculty department pediatrics Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, 1987-1990. Visiting professor department pediatrics U. Vermont College Medicine, Burlington, since 1993;member county State University of New York Health Science Center, Brooklyn, since 1998.
Achievements
Membership
Board of directors Visiting Nurse Service New York, 1982-1986. Member governor's commission on rev.sci. studies and development public policy on problems resulting from hazardous wastes New York State, 1980. Served with United States Army, 1945-1946.
Fellow American College of Physicians. Member Association American Physicians, American Society Clinical Investigation, American Clinical and Climatological Association, American Society Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (public affairs committee, award for experimental therapeutics 1978), Practitioners Society New York, Harvey Society, Endocrine Society, Interurban Clinical Club, Cosmos Club (Washington), University Club New York City, Lotos club, University Club, Lotos Club (New York City).
Connections
Married October 26, 1963. Children: Peter, Michael, Nicholas.
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American
Awards
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Commonwealth Fund fellow, 1961-1962, Guggenheim fellow, 1966-1967. Recipient Special award in clinical pharmacology Burroghs Wellcome Fund, 1973, Distinguished Svc. award in medical science University of Chicago School Medicine, 1975, Citation for professional achievement University of Chicago Alumni Association, 1995, 1st Annual award for excellence in clinical research National Institutes of Health, 1989. Named Senior Henry Hallet Dale Memorial lecturer and visiting professor Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1975, Pfizer lecturer clinical pharmacology Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 1977,Pfizer lecturer Pennsylvania State University, 1980, first Rolf Blomstrand lecturer Karolinska Institute, 1988, first Glaxo lecturer Cornell Univercity Medical School, 1984. Gunner and Lillian Nicholson Foundation exchange professor Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, 1985-1986. Barowsky Memorial lecturer, New York Medical College, 1986. Lang scholar in medicine New York Hospital Medical Center, Queens, New York, since 1998.Commonwealth Fund fellow, 1961-1962, Guggenheim fellow, 1966-1967. Recipient Special award in clinical pharmacology Burroghs Wellcome Fund, 1973, Distinguished Svc. award in medical science University of Chicago School Medicine, 1975, Citation for professional achievement University of Chicago Alumni Association, 1995, 1st Annual award for excellence in clinical research National Institutes of Health, 1989. Named Senior Henry Hallet Dale Memorial lecturer and visiting professor Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1975, Pfizer lecturer clinical pharmacology Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 1977,Pfizer lecturer Pennsylvania State University, 1980, first Rolf Blomstrand lecturer Karolinska Institute, 1988, first Glaxo lecturer Cornell Univercity Medical School, 1984.
Gunner and Lillian Nicholson Foundation exchange professor Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, 1985-1986. Barowsky Memorial lecturer, New York Medical College, 1986. Lang scholar in medicine New York Hospital Medical Center, Queens, New York, since 1998.