Irene Elizabeth Edwards

Background

Edwards, Irene Elizabeth was born on March 17, 1950 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States. Daughter of Robert Dixon Edwards and Irene Octavia Fisher.

Education

Bachelor of Science magna cum laude, Wake Forest U., 1972; Doctor of Medicine, Bowman Gray School Medicine, 1976; postgraduate, North Carolina Baptist Hospital, 1979; postgraduate, U. Arizona, 1981, 84.

Career

Intern, North Carolina Baptist Hospital, Winston-Salem, 1976-1978; resident in pediatrics, North Carolina Baptist Hospital, Winston-Salem, 1978-1979; resident in internal medicine, U. Arizona Health Sciences Center, Tucson, 1979-1981; resident in dermatology, U. Arizona Health Sciences Center, Tucson, 1982-1984; instructor dermatology, U. Arizona College Medicine, Tucson, 1984-1985; assistant professor dermatology, U. Arizona College Medicine, Tucson, 1985-1990; chief section dermatology, Tucson VA Medical Center, 1984-1990; chief dermatology, Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, North Carolina, since 1990; clinical associate professor dermatology, clinical rsearcher, Wake Forest U., Winston-Salem, since 1993; clinical associate professor dermatology, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, since 1993. National lecturer in field.

Achievements

• Irene Elizabeth Edwards has been listed as a noteworthy Dermatologist, educator, researcher by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American Academy Dermatology, American Academy Pediatrics. Member Society Pediatric Dermatology, International Society Tropical Dermatology, Society Investigative Dermatology, Women's Dermatologic Society, International Society for Study of Vulvovaginal Disease (secretary-general), Charlotte Dermatological Society, Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Epsilon Delta.

Connections

Married ClaytonSamuel Owens, April 19, 1985. 1 child, Sarah Tay.

Father:

Robert Dixon Edwards Fisher

Mother:

Irene Octavia Fisher

Spouse:

ClaytonSamuel Owens

child:

Sarah Tay Edwards