Background
Skorton, David Jan was born on November 22, 1949 in Milwaukee. Son of Samuel and Pauline (Millstein) Skorton.
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Skorton, David Jan was born on November 22, 1949 in Milwaukee. Son of Samuel and Pauline (Millstein) Skorton.
Bachelor in Psychology, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1970. Doctor of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, 1974.
Intern, resident University of California at Los Angeles, 1974—1977, cardiology fellowship, 1977—1979, chief resident department medicine, 1978—1979, adjunct assistant professor, 1978—1980. Instructor department internal medicine University Iowa, Iowa City, 1980—1981, assistant professor, 1981—1984, assistant professor electrical and computer engineering, 1982—1984, director Cardiovasc. Image Processing Laboratory, Cardiovasc.
Research Center, College Medicine, 1982—1996, associate professor internal medicine, electrical and computer engineering, 1984—1988, director division general internal medicine, College Medicine, 1985—1989, professor internal medicine, electrical and computer engineering, 1988—2006, associate chair clinical programs, College Medicine, 1989—1992, vice president research, 1992—2003, professor biomedical engineering, 1999—2006, vice president external relations, 2000—2003, president, 2003—2006. Professor department biomedical engineering, president Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, since 2006, professor department medicine and pediatrics, Weill Cornell Medical College New York City, since 2006. Director echocardiology laboratory Veterans Administration Medical Center, Iowa City, 1980—1989.
Co-founder, co-director Adolescent & Adult Congenital Heart Disease Clinic, University Iowa Hospitals. Member international and cooperative projects Fogerty Center study section National Institutes of Health, 1988—1992, chairman, 1990—1992. Member national advisory council National Institute Biomedical Imaging & Bioengineering.
Co-chair advisory board Africa-United States Higher Education Initiative, Association Public & Land-Grant Universities. Past chair Business-Higher Education Forum.
Fellow American College of Physicians (governing county Iowa 1983-1985), American College Cardiology (chairman computer applications committee 1984-1990, governor Iowa section 1987-1990, trustee 1991-1996), American Heart Association, American Physiological Society. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Society Echocardiography (board directors 1983-1986), American Institute Ultrasound in Medicine(Board of Governors 1986-1989), American Federation for Clinical Research, Association University Cardiologists, International Society for Adult Congenital Cardiac Disease, Society Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Society Magnetic Resonance in Medicine.
1 child, Joshua Samuel.