Barry B. Bercu

Background

Bercu, Barry B. was born on August 10, 1944 in Montreal.

Education

Bachelor of Science, U. Maryland., 1965; Doctor of Medicine, U. Maryland., 1969.

Career

Medical intern V and VI Medical Svc., Boston City Hospital, 1969-1970; assistant and senior resident pediatrics, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 1970-1972; clinical and research fellow pediatric endocrinology & metabolism, Harvard Medical School, Boston, 1974-1977; clinical and research fellow endocrinology department internal medicine, Tufts U. Medical School, New England Medical Center, Boston, 1974-1977; clinical associate, National Institute Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1977-1979; head pediatric endocrine unit neonatal & pediatric medical branch, National Institute Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1979-1982; head pediatric endocrine unit, pregnancy research branch, National Institute Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1982-1984; associate professor pediatrics, Uniformed Superior vena cava syndrome U., Bethesda Naval Center, 1980-1984; associate research professor child health and development, George Washington University School Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, 1983-1984; professor pediatrics, professor pharmacology and therapeutics, U. South Florida College Medicine, Tampa, since 1984; president faculty county, U. South Florida College Medicine, Tampa. Grant reviewer various organizations. Chairman, University Institutional Review Board Committee.

Member Director's Conference on Uses and Abuses of Growth Hormone in Children, National Institute ChildHealth and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, since 1983. Member medical advisory board Parent Coun.for Growth Normality, since 1985. Member pediatric clinical oncology group Community Clinical Oncology Program, since 1989.

Member of staff All Children's Hospital, St. Petersburg, since 1984, Shriners Hospital, Tampa, since 1985, Tampa General Hospital, since 1986, others. Chairman International Symposium on Growth Hormone, Tampa, 1985, Perinatal Thyroidology, Longboat Key, Florida, 1990, Growth Hormone, Tarpon Springs, Florida, 1992, International Symposium on Growth Hormone Releasing Secretagogues, 1994, Second International Symposium on GrowthHormone Secretagogues, 1997, Therapeutic Outcome of Endocrine Disorders: Efficacy, Innovation and Quality of Life, 1997, International Symposium on Endocrine and Molecular Interventions in Aging, 1998, Forum onDrug and Hormone Interventions in Aging, 1998, Endocrinology of Aging, 1999.

Achievements

• Barry B. Bercu has been listed as a noteworthy Pediatric endocrinologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board of directors Birth Defects Foundation, Florida Bay Area chapter, since 1991, chairman medical advising committee, 1991. Member expert division vaccine injury compensation andmem. board directors USF Division Sponsored Research, 1994-1995. Member American Medical Association, American Academy Pediatrics (endocrinology section), American Association Clin.Endocrinologists, American Federation Clinical Research, American Pediatric Society, American Pituitary Association, Endocrine Society, Florida Endocrine Society, Florida Medical Association, Hillsborough County Medical Association, Hillsborough County Pediatric Society, Lawson Wilkins Society Pediatric Endocrinology, Society Pediatric Research, Southern Society Pediatric Research, Tampa Bay Area Society Neurosci.

Connections

M. Sandra Minkin, 2 children.