Background
Comroe, Jerome Hiram was born on March 13, 1911 in York, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Julius Hiram and Mollie (Levy) Comroe.
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Comroe, Jerome Hiram was born on March 13, 1911 in York, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Julius Hiram and Mollie (Levy) Comroe.
AB, University of Pennsylvania, 1931; Doctor of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 1934; Doctor of Science (honorary), University Pennsylvania, 1978; Doctor of Medicine (honorary), Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, 1968; Doctor of Science (honorary), University Chicago, 1968.
Intern, Hospital of University of Pennsylvania, 1934-1936;
instructor in pharmacology, University of Pennsylvania Medical School, 1936-1940;
associate, University of Pennsylvania Medical School, 1940-1942;
assistant professor, 1942-1946;
professor physiology and pharmacology, University of Pennsylvania Graduate School Medicine, 1946-1957;
professor physiology, director Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California Medical Center, San Francisco, 1957-1973;
Herzstein professor biology, University of California Medical Center, San Francisco, 1973-1978. Chairman teaching institute Association American Medical Colls., 1953, 61. Chairman Physiology Study section, 1955-1958.
Member board science counselors National Heart Institute, 1957-1961. Member National Advisory Mental Health Council, 1958-1962, National Advisory HeartCouncil, 1963-1967, National Advisory Heart & Lung Council, 1970-1974, President's Panel Heart Disease, 1972. Member of advisory commission to director National Institutes of Health, 1976-1978.
Consultant medical research division Chemical Warfare Service, 1944-1946.
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Fellow American College Cardiology (honorary), Royal College Physicians (London), Royal Society Medicine (London). Member Association American Physicians, American Physiol.Soc. (president 1960-1961), American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (Councilor 1953-1956), National Academy Sciences (member board medicine 1967-1970), Institute Medicine (Executive Committee 1970), American academic Arts and Sciences, Harvey Society (honorary), American Society for Clinical Investigation, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Alpha Omega Alpha. M C.
Married Jeanette Wolfson, June 30, 1936. 1 daughter, Joan Von Gehr.