Background
Bartuska, Doris Gorka was born on April 18, 1929 in Nanticoke, Pennsylvania, United States. Daughter of Edward Edmund and Sophie Constance (Wombal) Gorka.
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Doris Gorka Bartuska
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Doris Gorka Bartuska, American Physician. Diplomate American Board Internal Medicine, American Board Endocrinology and Metabolism. Recipient scholarships Wilkes-Barre (Pennsylvania) Chamber of Commerce, 1949, Bucknell U., Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, 1950, Kosciuszko Foundation, 1951; fellowships from Kate Hurt Mead, 1955, National Institutes of Health, 1957, 66-68.
Education
Bachelor of Science in Biology, Bucknell U., 1949; Doctor of Medicine, Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania, 1954; Doctor of Science (honorary), Wilkes U., 1997.
Career
Rotating internship, Hospital of the Woman's Medical College, 1954-1955; resident in medicine, Hospital of the Woman's Medical College, 1956-1957; fellow in medicine, Women's Medical College Pennsylvania, 1955-1956; traineeship in endocrinology, Jefferson Medical College, 1957-1958; National Institutes of Health special fellow in molecular medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 1966-1968; associate professor clinical pathology, Medical College Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, since 1971; director, division endocrinology and metabolism, Medical College Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1973-1995; professor medicine, Medical College Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1977-1996; professor emeritus medicine, endocrinology, diabetes & metabolism, Medical College Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, since 1996. Active numerous committees. Lecturer in field.
Achievements
Membership
Member East Falls Community Council, Key Contact for Pennsylvania Medical Society Polit.Action. Member Wilkes U. Advisory Council, 1990. Fellow American College of Physicians, American College Endocrinology.
Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Association Clinical Endocrinologists (board directors), Philadelphia Endocrine Society, Philadelphia County Medical Society (president Pfahler Foundation 1990-1993), Pennsylvania Medical Society (vice-chairman educational and science trust since 1986), American Medical Women's Association (Calcium Nutrition Education award 1990, past president), Distinguished Daughter of Pennsylvania, Association Women in Science, American Thyroid Association, Pennsylvania Society Internal Medicine, American Medical Association (delegate), Phi Sigma, Alpha Omega Alpha (past president), others.
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Married Anthony JohnBartuska, June 23, 1951. Children: Ann, Kathleen, Lisa, Karen, Christina, Mia.
