Background
Cortner, Jean Alexander was born on November 10, 1930 in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Son of Roy Alexander and Ruth Elizabeth (McGaw) Cortner.
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Jean Alexander Cortner
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Bachelor in Chemistry, Vanderbilt University, 1952; Doctor of Medicine, Vanderbilt University, 1955.
Career
Intern, Vanderbilt Hospital, Nashville, 1955-1956; resident in pediatrics, Babies Hospital, Columbia University, New York City, 1956-1958; chief resident, instructor, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, 1958-1959; National Institutes of Health visiting fellow departments pediatrics and biochemistry, Babies Hospital, Columbia University, New York City, 1961-1963; guest investigator, assistant physician department human genetics, Rockefeller Institute, New York City, 1962-1963; chief department pediatrics, Roswell Pk. Memorial Institute, Buffalo, 1963-1967; assistant research professor pediatrics, State University of New York, Buffalo, 1963-1967; professor, department chairman pediatrics, State University of New York, Buffalo, 1967-1974; physician-in-chief, Children's Hospital of Buffalo, 1967-1974; professor, department chairman pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania School Medicine, Philadelphia, 1974-1986; physician-in-chief, Children's Hospital of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1974-1986; professor pediatrics in human genetics, University of Pennsylvania School Medicine, Philadelphia, 1975-1989; director lipid-heart research center, Children's Hospital Philadelphia, since 1980; director nutrition center, Children's Hospital Philadelphia, since 1985.
Achievements
Membership
Fellow American Academy Pediatrics, College Physicians Philadelphia. Member American Society Human Genetics, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Federation for Clinical Research, Society for Pediatric Research, John Morgan Society, Association Medical School Pediatric Department Chairman, American Pediatric Society.
Connections
Married Jean Gibson Morgan, March 24, 1956. Children: John Alexander, Ruth Morgan, Stephen Lee.
