Background
Davidson, Charles Sprecher was born on December 7, 1910 in Berkeley, California, United States. Son of Charles Sprecher and Mary (Blossom) Davidson.
Davidson, Charles Sprecher was born on December 7, 1910 in Berkeley, California, United States. Son of Charles Sprecher and Mary (Blossom) Davidson.
Bachelor of Arts, University of California at Berkeley, 1934; Doctor of Medicine C.M., McGill University, 1939; Master of Arts (honorary), Harvard, 1953.
Intern, house officer medicine, San Francisco Hospital, 1939-1941;
research fellow medicine Harvard Medical school and assistant resident physician, Thorndike Memorial Laboratory, Boston City Hospital, 1941-1942;
various appointments, 1942-1944;
associate director of II and IV Harvard Medical Services, Boston City Hospital and associate physician, (Thorndike Memorial Laboratory), 1948-1963;
associate director, (Thorndike Memorial Laboratory), 1964-1970;
acting director, (Thorndike Memorial Laboratory), 1970-1974;
visiting physician, (Boston City Hospital), 1965;
acting head department medicine, (Boston City Hospital), 1970-1974;
associate professor medicine, Harvard Medical School, 1953-1968;
professor, Harvard Medical School, 1969-1973;
William Bosworth Castle professor medicine, Harvard Medical School, 1974-1977;
professor emeritus, Harvard Medical School, since 1977. Visiting professor medicine Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1974-1977, senior lecturer health science and technical, since 1977, program director Clinical Research Center, 1974-1977. Associate director Harvard U.med. unit, Boston City Hospital, 1972-1973.
Consultant Mount Auburn Hospital, Cambridge, Cambridge Hospital. Honorary director Medical Foundation, Inc. Scholar-in-residence Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health, 1972-1973.
Board directors Theobald Smith Research Institute, 1984-1996. Chair Truro (Massachusetts) Conservation Commission, 1976-1993;trustee Truro Conservation Trust.
Master American College of Physicians. Member American Gastroenterological Society, American Academy Arts and Sciences, Association American Physicians.