Esam Zapher Dajani

Background

Dajani, Esam Zapher was born on May 30, 1940 in Jaffa, Palestine. Son of Zapher Rageb and Mamdouha (Dajani) Dajani. came to the United States, 1958.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy, U. Missouri, 1963; Master of Science in Pharmacology and Medical Chemistry, Auburn U., 1966; Doctor of Philosophy in Pharmacology, Purdue University, 1969.

Career

Senior pharmacologist, Rohm and Hass Company, 1968-1972; senior research investigator, G.D. Searle and Company, Chicago, 1972-1974; group leader, G.D. Searle and Company, Chicago, 1974-1980; chairman G.I. diseases, G.D. Searle and Company, Chicago, 1974-1980; section head, G.D. Searle and Company, Chicago, 1980; assistant director, G.D. Searle and Company, Chicago, 1980-1982; associate director, G.D. Searle and Company, Chicago, 1982-1985; director Cytotec science and medical affairs, G.D. Searle and Company, Chicago, 1985-1987; director clinical research, G.D. Searle and Company, Chicago, 1987-1993; president, International Drug Development Cons. Corporation-IDDC, Long Grove, Illinois, since 1993. Editorial advisory board Drug Development Research, Dallas, 1983-1993, Journal Association Academy.Minority Physicians, Brooklyn, since 1992, Journal Physiology and Pharmacology, Krakow, Poland, since 1993.

Adjunct Professor medicine University of California at Los Angeles, 1984-1995. Adjunct Professor medicine Loyola University, Chicago, since 1995, Adjunct Professor pharmacology Chicago Medical School, 1983-1990. Presenter in field.

Achievements

• Esam Zapher Dajani has been listed as a noteworthy Pharmacologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Arab-American Anti-discrimination Committee, Washington, 1972, Arab-American U.Grads., Washington, 1991. Fellow American College Gastroenterology. Member American Society Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, American Gastroenterological Association, Gastroenterology Research Group, Society Experimental Biology and Medicine, Drug Information Association, American Pharmaceutical Association, European Society Gastroenterology and Endoscopy, Association Academy Minority Physicians, New York Academy Science, Rho Chi, Phi Kappa Phi.

Connections

Married Najwa Said Beidas, July 16, 1964. Children: Mona, Zapher, Noura.

Father:

Zapher Rageb Dajani

Mother:

Mamdouha (Dajani) Dajani

Spouse:

Najwa Said Beidas

child:

Zapher Dajani

child:

Mona Dajani

child:

Noura Dajani