Background
Merten, David Fischer was born on February 7, 1930 in Cincinnati. Son of Harold Adams and Adele (Fischer) Merten.
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David Fischer Merten
Edit Profileradiologist pediatrician and educator
Education
Bachelor of Science, U. Cincinnati, 1952; Doctor of Medicine, U. Cincinnati, 1956.
Career
Intern, Medical College Virginia, Richmond, 1956-1957;
resident in pediatrics, Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, 1957-1959;
resident in radiology, University of California, San Francisco, 1968-1971;
private practice, San Rafael (California) Medical Group, 1961-1968;
assistant professor pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco, 1962-1968;
assistant professor radiology, University of California, San Francisco, 1971;
assistant professor radiology, University of California, Davis, 1974-1977;
fellow pediatric radiology, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, 1971-1972;
attending pediatric radiologist, Wm. Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, Michigan, 1972-1974;
associate professor radiology and pediatrics, Duke U. Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, 1977-1987;
professor radiology and pediatrics, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1987-1996;
professor emeritus, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, since 1996. Consultant United States Air Force, Travis Air Force Base, California, 1974-1977, medical radiation advisory board Food and Drug Administration, Washington, 1985-1987, radiological devices panel, since 1987.
Member World Health Organization Expert Advisory Panel on Radiation, Geneva, since 1990.
Achievements
Membership
Captain United States Air Force, 1959-1961. Fellow American College Radiology (development award 1988). Member American Roentgen RaySoc., American Academy Pediatrics (chairman radiology 1979-1981), Southern Pediatric Radiology Society (president 1985-1987), Society for Pediatric Radiology.
Connections
Married Barbara Ann Bush, June 26,1954. Children: Melissa, John, Peter, Katherine, Elizabeth.
