Background
III, John Alexander Oates, was born on April 23, 1932 in Fayetteville, North Carolina, United States. Son of John Alexander and Isabelle (Crowder) O.
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John Alexander Oates, III
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Education
Bachelor of Science magna cum laude, Wake Forest College, 1953. Doctor of Medicine, Bowman Gray School Medicine, 1956.
Career
Intern, assistant resident medicine, New York Hospital-Cornell Univercity Medical Center, New York City, 1956-1958, 61-62;
clinical associate, then senior investigator, National Heart Institute, 1958-1963;
faculty, Vanderbilt University School Medicine, Nashville, since 1963;
professor medicine and pharmacology, Vanderbilt University School Medicine, Nashville, since 1969;
Werthan professor investigative medicine, Vanderbilt University School Medicine, Nashville, 1974-1984;
department chairman medicine, Vanderbilt University School Medicine, Nashville, 1983-1997. Member drug research board National Academy Sciences-National Research Council, 1967-1971. Chairman pharmacology and toxicology training committee National Institute General Medical Sciences, 1969-1970.
Member of advisory county National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, 1985-1989.
Achievements
Membership
Master American College of Physicians. Fellow American Academy Arts and Sciences, American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Federation Clinical Research (president 1970-1971), American Society Clinical Investigation (vice president 1976-1977), Association American Physicians (president 1981-1982), American Society Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (chairman executive committee division clinical pharmacology 1967-1969), Institute of Medicine.
Connections
Married Meredith Stringfield, June 12, 1956. Children: David Alexander, Christine Larkin, James Caldwell.
