James Lawrence Michael Ferrara

Background

Ferrara, James Lawrence Michael was born on December 17, 1952 in New York City. Son of Lawrence Andrew and Mary Theresa Ferrara.

Education

Diploma d'etudes, La Sorbonne, Paris, 1973; AB summa cum laude with honors, Xavier U., 1974; Master of Arts, University of Oxford, 1976; Doctor of Medicine cum laude, Georgetown University, 1980.

Career

Intern in pediatrics, Children's Hospital, Boston, 1980; resident in pediatrics, Children's Hospital, Boston, 1981; clinical fellow pediatric hematology/oncology, Children's Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, 1982; research fellow pediatric hematology/oncology, Children's Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, 1983; research fellow pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, 1982; clinical instructor pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, 1980, 85; assistant professor pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, 1987; associate professor pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, since 1993; pediatrics oncologist, Dana Farber Cancer Institute. Assistant physician medicine, hematology/oncology, 1985. Assistant physician Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, 1985, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 1986.

Lecturer Sydney, 1992, Munich, 1993, Chustchuch, New Zealand, 1993, Keystone, Colorado, 1994, 95, Okayama, Japan, 1996, Innsbruck, Austria, 1997, Geneva, 1997.

Achievements

• James Lawrence Michael Ferrara has been listed as a notable Medical educator, physician, scientist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member National Institutes of Health (study section 1996), American Association Immunologists, American Society Hematology, American Society Clinical Investigation, Society Pediat. Research, Transplantation Society, Boston Blood Club, Massachusetts Medical Society.

Interests

• Avocations: opera, antique books and maps.

Connections

Married Flora Eleanor Viola Watson, June 27, 1981. Children: Andrew, David, Michael.

Father:

Lawrence Andrew Ferrara

Mother:

Mary Theresa Ferrara

Spouse:

Flora Eleanor Viola Watson

child:

Andrew Ferrara

child:

Michael Ferrara

child:

David Ferrara