Eric Grant Neilson

Background

Neilson, Eric Grant was born on September 14, 1949 in Brooklyn. Son of Jack Drew and Lynette Elsie (Lundquist) Neilson.

Education

Bachelor of Science magna cum laude, Denison U., 1971; Doctor of Medicine magna cum laude, U. Alabama, 1975; Doctor of Medicine (honorary), University Pennsylvania, 1987.

Career

Assistant professor, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1980-1987; associate professor, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1987-1991; professor, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, since 1991; C. Mahlon Kline professor, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, since 1993; chief renal-electrolyte & hypertension division department medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, since 1988. Attending physician Hospital of University of Pennsylvania, since 1980. Consultant in field.

Achievements

• Eric Grant Neilson has been listed as a noteworthy administrator, physician, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Chairman medical advisory board Lupus Foundation of Philadelphia, 1985-1995. Chairman pathology A study section National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1990-1992. Chairman grant review committee National.Kidney Foundation of Delaware Valley.

Member of advisory county National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health. Fellow American College of Physicians. Member American Society Clinical Investigation, Association American Physicians, American Society Nephrology, American Association Immunologists, American Federation Clinical Research, Association Subsplty. professors (president 1994-1996).

Connections

Married Linda Rae Apolzon, May 27, 1972. Children: Tinsley, Sigrid.

Father:

Jack Drew Neilson

Mother:

Lynette Elsie (Lundquist) Neilson

Spouse:

Linda Rae Apolzon

child:

Tinsley Neilson

child:

Sigrid Neilson