Background
Pittman, Constance Shen was born on January 2, 1929 in Nanking, China. Daughter of Leo F.-Z. and Pao Kong (Yang) Shen. came to the United States, 1946.
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Constance Shen Pittman
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Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry, Wellesley College, 1951; Doctor of Medicine, Harvard University, 1955.
Career
Intern, Baltimore City Hospital, 1955-1956;
resident, U. Alabama, Birmingham, 1956-1957;
instructor in medicine, U. Alabama Medical Center, Birmingham, 1956-1959;
fellow department pharmacology, U. Alabama Medical Center, Birmingham, 1957-1959;
from assistant professor to associate professor, U. Alabama Medical Center, Birmingham, 1959-1970;
professor, U. Alabama Medical Center, Birmingham, since 1970;
Constance & James Pittman lecturer, U. Alabama Medical Center, Birmingham, since 1993. Professor medicine Georgetown University, Washington, 1972-1973. Member diabetes and metabolism training committee National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1972-1976, member of national arthritis, metabolism and digestive disease county, 1975-1978, member general clinical research centers committee, 1979-1983, 87-90.
Director International Council for the Control of Iodine Deficiency Diseases, since 1994.
Achievements
Membership
Master American College of Physicians. Member Association American Physicians, American Society for Clinical Investigation, Endocrine Society (county, 1978-1979, president women's caucus 1978-1979), American Thyroid Association (president 1990-1991).
Connections
Married James Allen Pittman, Junior, February 19, 1955. Children: James Clinton, John Merrill.
