Background
Johns, Dearing Ward was born on August 8, 1941 in Springfield, Missouri, United States. Daughter of Peter Otey and Annie Kate (Boyd) Ward.
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Dearing Ward Johns
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Education
Bachelor of Arts in Physics, Sweet Briar College, 1963; Doctor of Medicine, University of Virginia, 1977.
Career
Laboratory technician department molecular biology, Rockefeller Institute, New York City, 1963-1964; straight medical intern, George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, 1977-1978; research specialist department preventive medicine, University of Virginia School Medicine, Charlottesville, 1965-1967; research associate department neurology, University of Virginia School Medicine, Charlottesville, 1967-1974; clinical research fellow in hypertension, University of Virginia School Medicine, Charlottesville, 1978-1979; resident in internal medicine, University of Virginia School Medicine, Charlottesville, 1979-1981; postdoctoral fellow in pharmacology, University of Virginia School Medicine, Charlottesville, 1981-1982; clinical fellow in cardiology, University of Virginia School Medicine, Charlottesville, 1982-1983; research assistant professor medicine division cardiology, University of Virginia School Medicine, Charlottesville, 1983-1984; assistant professor, University of Virginia School Medicine, Charlottesville, 1984-1990; associate professor, University of Virginia School Medicine, Charlottesville, since 1990. Presenter in field; member of advisory board Virginia Association Pulmonary, Vascular and Cardiac Rehabilitation, since 1993.
Achievements
Membership
Fellow American College of Physicians, American Federation for Clinical Research, American College Cardiology. Member American Medical Association, American Heart Association (fellow county on high blood pressure), American Society Women in Physics, Medical Society Virginia, Albemarle County Medical Society, Biophysics Society, Sigma Xi (Executive Committee since 1993), Tau Phi.
Connections
Married Thomas Richards Johns II, July 1, 1978 (deceased February 1988). 1 child, Sarah Dearing. Married Harry Nelson Lewis, August 6, 1994.
