Jay Donald Ostrow

Background

Ostrow, Jay Donald was born on January 1, 1930 in New York City. Son of Herman and Anne Sylvia (Epstein) Ostrow.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, Yale University, 1950; Doctor of Medicine Harvard University, 1954; Master of Science in Biochemistry, University College, London, 1970.

Career

Intern, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, 1954-1955; resident, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston, 1957-1958; National Institutes of Health trainee in gastroenterology, 1958-1959; National Institutes of Health trainee in liver disease Thorndike Member Laboratory, Boston City Hospital, 1959-1962; instructor in medicine, Harvard University, Boston, 1959-1962; assistant professor medicine, Case-Western Reserve U., Cleveland, 1962-1970; associate professor, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1970-1976; professor, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1977-1978; Sprague professor medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, 1978-1989; professor medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, 1989-1995; professor emeritus, Northwestern University, Chicago, since 1995; chief gastroenterology section, Northwestern University, Chicago, 1978-1987; visiting professor gastrointestinal and hepatology department, Academy Medical Center, U. Amsterdam, The Netherlands, since 1995. Medical investigator Veterans Administration Hospital., Philadelphia, 1973-1978, VA Medical Center Lakeside, Chicago, 1990-1995.

Achievements

• Jay Donald Ostrow has been listed as a noteworthy Gastroenterology educator, researcher by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Assistant scoutmaster Valley Forge council Boy Scouts American, Merion, Pennsylvania, 1972-1978. Assistant scoutmaster Northeast Illinois council Boy Scouts American, 1978-1981. Vestryman St. Matthew's Episcopal Church, Evanston, Illinois, 1979-1982.

Treasurer Classical Children's Chorale, Evanston, 1982. Served to lieutenant commander Medical Corps United States Navy, 1955-1957. Member American Association Study Liver Diseases (councillor 1983-1985, vice president 1985-1986, president 1987), American Gastroenterological Association (chairman exhibit committee 1969-1972, mem.undergrad. teaching project 1972-1988), American Society Clinical Investigation, Am.Physiol.

Society (assistant editor 1979-1984), International Association Study Liver, Peripatetic Club.

Connections

Married Judith Fargo, September 9, 1956. Children: George Herman, Bruce Donald, Margaret Anne.

Father:

Herman Ostrow

Mother:

Anne Sylvia (Epstein) Ostrow

Spouse:

Judith Fargo

child:

Bruce Donald Ostrow

child:

Margaret Anne Ostrow

child:

George Herman Ostrow