Background
Field, James Bernard was born on May 28, 1926 in Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States. Son of Abraham and Clara (Ridner) Field.
Field, James Bernard was born on May 28, 1926 in Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States. Son of Abraham and Clara (Ridner) Field.
Student, Harvard College, 1946-1947; M.D. cum laude, Harvard Medical School, 1951.
Intern internal medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 1951-1952;
assistant resident internal medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, 1952-1953;
resident internal medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, 1953-1954;
practice medicine specializing in endocrinology, Pittsburgh, 1962-1978;
practice medicine specializing in endocrinology, Houston, 1978-1989. Medical officer United States Public Health Service, National Institute Arthritis and Metabolic Diseases, Bethesda, Maryland., 1954, senior assistant surgeon, 1954-1958, senior investigator, 1958-1960, surgeon, 1958-1960, senior surgeon, 1960-1961. Assistant in medicine diabeticdept.
Kings College Hospital, London, 1957-1958. Medical officer National Institute Metabolic Disease, Bethesda, Maryland., 1961-1962. Head division endocrinology and metabolism U. Pittsburgh School Medicine, 1962-1978, associate professor medicine, 1962-1966, professor medicine, 1966-1978, director clinical research unit, 1962-1978.
Rutherford professor medicine Baylor College Medicine, Houston, 1978-1989, head division endocrinology and metabolism, 1978-1987. Visiting professor department exptl.medicine University College Medical School, London, 1985-1986. Director Diabetes and Endocrinology Research Center, Baylor College Medicine, 1980-1989.
Medical advisory board National Pituitary Agency, 1967-1969. Research collaborator Brookhaven National Laboratory, 1972-1985. Member of national diabetes advisory board Department of Health, Education and Welfare, 1977-1985, chairman, 1982-1985.
Member endocrinology study section United States Public Health Service, 1965-1969, chairman, 1968-1969,endocrinology and metabolism training grant committee, 1970-1974, general clinical research center review committee, 1976-1979. Member panel clinical science committee study national needs biomedical and behavioral research personnel National Research Council, 1976-1980. Member VA merit review commission on endocrinology and metabolism, 1982-1985.
Lecturer medicine Harvard Medical School, since 1992.
Board of directors General Clinical Research Centers, 1977-1979. Served with United States Army, 1944-1945. Member Association American Physicians, Endocrine Society (member county 1972-1975, international liaison committee 1972-1975, member public affairs committee 1972-1975, member awardscom.
1972-1975, chairman 1974-1975, nominating committee 1982-1984, chairman 1984), American Diabetes Association (director) 1968-1974, vice Chairman of Commission on research 1972-1973, Chairman of Commission research 1975-1977, member established investigative review board 1975-1977, Eli Lilly award 1958), American Federation Clinical Research, American Clinical and Climatological Association, American Physiology Society, American Society Clinical Investigation, Massachusetts Medical Society (Chairman of Commission on ret, physicians since 1993, Prize 1951), Museley, Warren, Whitman, Richardson Committee, Harvard Medical School, Quechee Lakes Club, Belmont Hill Club, Harvard Medical Alumni Association, (treasurer 1997), Alpha Omega Alpha.
Married Dorothy Spivey, September 25, 1954. Children— Carolyn, Nancy, Douglas, Susan.