Gershon Yehuda Locker

Background

Locker, Gershon Yehuda was born on August 8, 1948 in New York City. Son of Joseph and Edith (Kurtzman) Locker.

Education

Bachelor summa cum laude, Columbia University, 1969; Doctor of Medicine, Harvard University, 1973.

Career

Resident in internal medicine, University of Chicago, 1973-1975; fellow in medical oncology, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland., 1975-1978; chief medical oncology, St. Joseph Hospital, Chicago, 1978-1981; director oncology education, Evanston (Illinois) Hospital, since 1982; chief medical oncology, section hematology-oncology, Evanston (Illinois) Hospital, since 1994; associate professor medicine, Northwestern University, Evanston, since 1993. Study section member National Institutes of Health Special Study Sects. Small Business Initiatives, Bethesda, 1994-1996.

Chief medical advisor Y-Me Breat Cancer Support Organisation, Chicago, 1995-1997.

Achievements

• Gershon Yehuda Locker has been listed as a noteworthy Oncologist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board trustees Y-Me National Breast Cancer Organisation, Chicago, 1987-1992, 95-97. Advisory board Cancer Wellness Center, Northbrook, Illinois, since 1989. Oncology advising committee Blue Cross Blue Shield Illinois, Chicago, 1994-1996.

Lieutenant commander United States Public Health Service, 1975-1978. Fellow American College Physicians, Institute Medicine Chicago. Member American Society Clinical Oncology (member breast and colon cancer marker guidelines committee 1994-1996), American Association Cancer Research, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group, Illinois Medical Oncology Society (board directors since 1990).

Connections

Married Louise Ann Chapman, November 9, 1980. Children: Rachel Z., Joshua D.

Father:

Joseph Locker

Mother:

Edith (Kurtzman) Locker

Spouse:

Louise Ann Chapman

child:

Joshua D. Locker

child:

Rachel Z. Locker