Background
Partain, Clarence Leon was born on July 12, 1940 in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. Son of Archie Leon and Vergie (Young) Partain.
administrator educator physician radiologist
Partain, Clarence Leon was born on July 12, 1940 in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. Son of Archie Leon and Vergie (Young) Partain.
BSNE, University Tennessee, 1963. MSNE, Purdue University, 1965. Doctor of Philosophy in Nuclear Engineering, Purdue University, 1967.
Doctor of Medicine, Washington University, St. Louis, 1975.
Assistant professor nuclear engineering, U. Missouri-Columbia, 1968-1971; associate professor, U. Missouri-Columbia, 1971-1975; resident, North Carolina Memorial Hospital, Chapel Hill, 1975-1979; associate professor radiology, U. North Carolina-Chapel Hill, 1978-1979; associate professor, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, 1980-1985; professor radiology and biomedical engineering, Vanderbilt University, since 1985; vice chairman radiology, Vanderbilt University, 1989-1992; director nuclear medicine, Vanderbilt University, 1981-1985; director magnetic resonance imaging, Vanderbilt University, 1983-1992; chairman radiology, radiologist in chief, Vanderbilt University, since 1992; consultant, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., since 1980; Carol D. and Henry P. Pendegrass professor radiology and radiological, Vanderbilt University, since 1997.
Scientific advisory council Whitaker Foundation. Fellow American College Nuclear Physicians, American College Radiology, Society Magnetic Resonance Imaging (board directors), International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, Residency Review Committee Nuclear Medicine. Member American Medical Association, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Radiological Society North America (chair research development committee, trustees, R&E Foundation), Association University Radiologists (executive committee), Radiology Research Alliance (president), Society Nuclear Medicine (trustee, Benedict Casson lecturer 1981), American Roentgen Ray Society (executive council), Society Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (trustee), International Society Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (governance council, board directors), Society Chairman Academy Radiology Departments (board directors), American Board Radiology (examiner in nuclear medicine, Distinguished Service award), Sigma Phi Epsilon.
Married Judith Stafford, January, 1964. Children: David Blane, Teri Ellyn, Amy Leigh.