Background
Blondin, Joan was born on November 28, 1936 in Beaumont, Texas, United States. Daughter of Joseph Albert and Ona Mae (Williamson) Blondin.
Blondin, Joan was born on November 28, 1936 in Beaumont, Texas, United States. Daughter of Joseph Albert and Ona Mae (Williamson) Blondin.
Bachelor of Science, Louisiana Tech U., 1959; MNS, Cornell Univercity, 1961; Doctor of Medicine, Louisiana State University, 1969.
Instructor, U. Alabama, Tuscaloosa, 1961-1962;
research associate, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1962-1963;
assistant specialist, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, 1963-1965;
intern, Barnes Hospital, St. Louis, 1969-1970;
resident, Barnes Hospital, St. Louis, 1970-1972;
postdoctoral fellow, Washington University, St. Louis, 1972-1974;
assistant professor, Washington University, St. Louis, 1974-1978;
partner, Nephrology Cons., Monroe, Louisiana, since 1978. Associate professor Louisiana State University, Shreveport, 1978-1998. Adjunct Professor human ecology Louisiana Technology U., 1988.
Active staff St. Francis Medical Center, since 1978, North Monroe Community Hospital, since 1984. Adjunct Professor College Pharmacy, Northeast Louisiana U., 1996.
Board of directors Central Bank. Board of trustees National Kidney Foundation of Louisiana, 1988-1997. Member Louisiana Board Regents, 1989-1994, chairman, 1992.
Medical director North Louisiana Dialysis Center, since 1992, Ruston Kidney Center. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American College of Physicians, End Stage Renal Disease (chairman quality consensus com.1994-1996), International Society Nephrology, American Society Internal Medicine, Am.Soc. Nephrology, American Society Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, American Society Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, American Heart Association (county on hypertension), Renal Physicians Association (board directors, finance committee 1991-1994, chairman quality care committee), New York Academy Sciences, Louisiana Medical Society (delegate since 1988), OuachitaMed.
Society (president-elect 1998), Sigma Xi, Alpha Omega Alpha, Phi KappaPhi, Omicron Nu.