Background
CLIFTON, James was born on September 18, 1923 in Fayetteville, North Carolina, United States. Son of the lute James A. Clifton, Senior and Flora McNair Clifton.
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CLIFTON, James was born on September 18, 1923 in Fayetteville, North Carolina, United States. Son of the lute James A. Clifton, Senior and Flora McNair Clifton.
Bachelor, Vanderbilt University, 1944. Doctor of Medicine, Vanderbilt University, 1947.
Intern University Hospitals, Iowa City, 1947—1948, resident department medicine, 1948—1951. Staff department medicine Thayer Veterans Administration Hospital, Nashville, 1952—1953. Assistant clinical medicine Vanderbilt Hospital, 1952—1953.
Consultant physician Veterans Administration Hospital, Iowa City, 1965—1993. Associate medicine department internal medicine College Medicine, University Iowa, 1953—1954, chief division gastroenterology, 1953—1971, assistant professor medicine, 1954-1958, associate professor, 1958—1963, professor, 1963—1991, professor emeritus, since 1991, traveling fellow, 1964, visiting professor department physiology, 1964, vice chairman department medicine, 1967—1970, chairman department medicine College Medicine, 1970—1976, Roy J. Carver professor medicine, 1974—1991, Roy J. Carver professor emeritus, since 1991, director James A. Clifton Center Digestive Diseases, 1985—1990, interim dean, 1991—1993. Investigator Mount Desert Isle Biological Laboratory, Salisbury Cove, Maine, 1964.
Visiting faculty member Mayo Foundation and Mayo Clinic, 1966. Visiting professor department medicine University North Carolina Chapel Hill, 1970. Consultant gastroenterology and nutrition training grants committee National Institute Arthritis and Metabolic Diseases, National Institutes of Health, 1964—1968, chairman, 1965—1968.
Member National Advisory Arthritis and Metabolic Diseases Council, 1970—1973. Member gastroenterology training committee VA, Washington, 1967—1971, chairman training grants committee, 1971—1973. Member medical advisory board Digestive Disease Foundation, 1969—1973.
Visiting professor gastroenterology University London (St. Marks Hospital), 1984—1985. Member science advisory committee Ludwig Institute Cancer Research, Zurich, 1984—1995.
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International editorial board Italian Journal Gastroenterology, 1970-1990, Gastroenterology, 1964-1968.
Fellow: American College of Physicians (board regents 1972-1979, president 1977-1978, Alfred Stengel award 1984, Laureate award 1989). Member: American Association of University Professors, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Medical Association (liaison committee graduate medical education 1976-1977), International Society Internal Medicine (executive committee 1978-1980), Association Professors Medicine (councillor 1972-1973, secretary-treasurer 1973-1975), Association American Medical Colleges, American Physiological Society, Society Experimental Biology and Medicine, Association American Physicians, American Clinical and Climatological Association (vice president 1984), American Federation Clinical Research, American Society Internal Medicine (Internist of Year award Iowa chapter 1986), American Association Study Liver Disease, American Heart Association, American Gastroenterological Association (president 1970-1971), Institute Medicine National Academy of Sciences, University Iowa Association Emeritus Faculty 1999—2000, University Iowa Retirees Association 1999—2000.
Music, photography and travel.
Married Katherine Rathe, June 25, 1949. Children: Susan M.(deceased), Katherine Y., Caroline M.