Herbert Lloyd Bonkovsky

Background

Bonkovsky, Herbert Lloyd was born on December 29, 1941 in Cleveland. Son of Otto Rudolph and Hanna (Ludwig) Bonkovsky.

Education

AB, Earlham College, 1963; Doctor of Medicine, Case Western Reserve U., 1967.

Career

Intern, Duke U. Medical Center, 1967-1968; research fellow, chief resident, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, N.H., 1971-1973; assistant professor, then associate professor, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, N.H., 1974-1983; professor, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, 1983-1985; research, clinical fellow, Yale University School Medicine, New Haven, 1973-1974; director digestive disease and liver research laboratory, VA Medical Center, White River Junction, Vermont, 1976-1985; professor medicine and biochemistry, director liver study unit, Emory University, Atlanta, 1985-1990; director hemochromatosis unit, director porphyria unit, Emory University, 1985-1990; director digestive disease laboratory, Emory Clinic, 1988-1990; director division digestive disease and nutrition, U. Massachusetts Medical Center, since 1990; professor medicine biochemistry and molecular biology, U. Massachusetts Medical Center, since 1990. Director Liver-Biliary-Pancreatic Center, Center for Study of Disorders of Iron and Porphyrin Metabolism, U. Massachusetts Medical Center.

Achievements

• Herbert Lloyd Bonkovsky has been listed as a noteworthy Gastroenterologist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board deacons Evangelical Congressional Church, Harvard, Massachusetts, since 1994. Member adminstrv.bd. Oak Grove Methodist Church, Decatur, Georgia, 1989-1990. Trustee, Chairman of the Board Norwich (Vermont) Congressional Church, 1975-1978, moderator, 1978-1985, deacon, 1978-1979.

Member Harvard Pro-Musica, 1990-1993. Lieutenant commander United States Public Health Service, since 1969. Fellow American College of Physicians, American College Gastroenterology, Alpha Omega Alpha.

Member American Federation Clinical Research, American Society Clinical Investigation, American Gastroenterol. Association, Iron Overload Diseases Association (science advisory board), American Porphyria Foundation (chair professional education committee), American Association for Study Liver Diseases (editorial board, nominating committee, associate editor Hepatology), American Medical Association, American Society Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, International Association Study Liver.

Interests

• Avocations: tennis, basketball, cycling, swimming, skiing.

Connections

Married Marilyn Louise Cahoon, June3, 1967. Children: Laura, Sarah, Erik.

Father:

Otto Rudolph Bonkovsky

Mother:

Hanna (Ludwig) Bonkovsky

Spouse:

Marilyn Louise Cahoon

child:

Erik Bonkovsky

child:

Laura Bonkovsky

child:

Sarah Bonkovsky