Background
Claes, Daniel John Son of John and Claribel Claes.
Claes, Daniel John Son of John and Claribel Claes.
AB magna cum laude, Harvard University, 1953. Doctor of Medicine cum laude, Harvard University, 1957.
Intern University of California at Los Angeles, 1957-1958. Bowyer Foundation fellow research in medicine, 1958-1961. Private practice specializing in diabetes, since 1962.
Vice president American Eye Bank Foundation, 1978—1983, director research, since 1980, president, since 1983, chairman, Chief Executive Officer, since 1995. President Heuristic Group of Organizations, since 1981, Cavendish Associates, since 2002, Chief Technology Officer, since 2007, Chief Executive Officer, since 2008. Biotechnology consultant SIRA Technologies, since 1995.
Member Los Angeles Museum Art, since 1960. Member of American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Medical Association, Cell Transplantation Society, Diabetes Technology Society, American Mathematics Society, International Pancreas and Islet Transplant Association, International Diabetes Fedn, American Diabetes Association (professional council on immunology, immunogenetics and transplantation), Los Angeles County Medical Association, California Medical Association, Royal Commonwealth Club (London), Harvard and Harvard Medical School Southern California Club.
Married Gayla Christine Claes, January 19, 1974.