David Alexander Drachman

Background

Drachman, David Alexander was born on July 18, 1932 in New York City. Son of Julian Moses and Emily Drachman.

Education

AB with highest honors, Columbia University, 1952; Doctor of Medicine, New York University, 1956.

Career

Intern, Duke U. Medical Center, 1956-1957; resident in neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 1957-1960; clinical associate, National Institutes of Health, 1960-1963; clinical instructor neurology, Georgetown University Medical School, 1961-1963; member of faculty, Northwestern University Medical School, 1963-1977; director neurology clinics, Northwestern University Medical School, 1963-1977; professor neurology, Northwestern University Medical School, 1971-1977; associate department chairman, Northwestern University Medical School, 1972-1975; attending physician, Passavant Memorial Hospital, Chicago, 1964-1972; attending physician, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, 1972-1977; professor neurology, department chairman, U. Massachusetts Medical Center, since 1977. Attending physician U. Massachusetts Medical Center, St. Vincent Hospital, Worcester. Member medical advisory board Chicago Multiple Sclerosis Society, 1971-1977, Massachusetts Multiple Sclerosis Society, 1979-1987.

Member Food and Drug Administration advisory panel on control and peripheral nerve system drugs, since 1996. Member working group on presidential disability, 1994-1996.

Achievements

• David Alexander Drachman has been listed as a noteworthy Neurologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American Academy Neurology. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Neurological Association (honorary member, president 1994-1995), Alzheimer's Disease Association (chairman science advisory board 1986-1990, trustee), American Neuro-otology Society, Association University professors Neurology, Association Research Nervous and Mental Diseases, Massachusetts Association Neurology, New York Academy Sciences, Boston Society Psychiatry and Neurology (president 1980-1981), Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Alpha Omega Alpha.

Connections

Married Eleanor Betsy Derby, November 26, 1959. Children: Laura Jeanne, Jessica Gail, Douglas Emmet.

Father:

Julian Moses

Mother:

Emily Drachman

Spouse:

Eleanor Betsy Derby

child:

Laura Jeanne Drachman

child:

Douglas Emmet Drachman

child:

Jessica Gail Drachman