Donald MacLean Switz

Background

Switz, Donald MacLean was born in 1937 in Orange, New Jersey, United States. Son of Theodore and Edith Faye (Pedersen) Switz.

Education

Bachelor, Carleton College, 1958; Doctor of Medicine, University of Chicago, 1962.

Career

Intern, University of Chicago Hospital, 1962-1963; resident in medicine, University of Chicago Hospital, 1963-1964; resident in medicine, University Hospital Cleveland, Western Reserve U., 1964-1966; fellow in gastroenterology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, 1968-1970; assistant professor medicine, Medical College Virginia, Richmond, 1970-1973; associate professor medicine, Medical College Virginia, Richmond, 1974-1983; professor medicine, Medical College Virginia, Richmond, since 1984; associate dean for ambulatory affairs, Medical College Virginia, Richmond, since 1985. Visiting professor Harvard School Public Health, Boston, 1980-1981. Board directors StateBd.

Medical Assistance Superior vena cava syndrome (Medicaid) Virginia, 1988-1997, chair 1995-1996.

Achievements

• Donald MacLean Switz has been listed as a noteworthy Medical educator, internist, gastroenterologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Chairman Richmond Urban Institute, 1979-1980. Lieutenant commander United States Navy, 1966-1968. Fellow American College of Physicians (councilor Virginia county since 1975).

Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, Richmond Academy Medicine (president 1996), American Gastroenterological Association, American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, Medical Society Virginia.

Interests

• Avocations: tennis, sailing, golf.

Connections

Married Elise Hurd, May 22, 1965. Children: Neil, Geoffrey, Katherine.

Father:

Theodore Switz

Mother:

Edith Faye (Pedersen) Switz

Spouse:

Elise Hurd

child:

Neil Switz

child:

Geoffrey Switz

child:

Katherine Switz