Background
Falletta, John Matthew was born on September 3, 1940 in Arma, Kansas, United States. Son of Matthew John and Norma (Luke) Falletta.
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John Matthew Falletta
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AB, U. Kansas, 1962; Doctor of Medicine, U. Kansas, 1966.
Career
Intern in mixed medicine, Kansas U. Medical Center, Kansas City, 1966-1967;
surgeon Epidemic Intelligence Svc., Texas Children's Hospital, United States Public Health Service, Houston, 1967-1969;
assistant instructor pediatrics, Baylor College Medicine, Houston, 1967-1969;
resident, Baylor College Medicine, Houston, 1969-1971;
chief resident Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College Medicine, Houston, 1971;
postdoctoral fellow hematology-oncology, Baylor College Medicine, Houston, 1971-1973;
assistant professor pediatrics, Baylor College Medicine, Houston, 1973-1976;
associate professor, Duke U., Durham, North Carolina, 1976-1983;
professor, Duke U., Durham, North Carolina, since 1984;
chief division hematology-oncology, Duke U., Durham, North Carolina, 1976-1994;
director Clinical Pediat. Laboratory, Duke U., Durham, North Carolina, 1976-1995. Chairman transfusion committee Duke U. Medical Center, since 1978, member Executive Committee medical.staff, since 1978, institutional review board human research, since 1979, chairman, since 1994.
Mem.instl. review board human research Baylor College Medicine, 1974-1976. Member academic county Duke U., 1982-1986, 87-96, 98-, Executive Committee, 1988, faculty compensation committee, since 1988, faculty commission on university governance, 1988, trustee-faculty commission to review president, 1989, search committee for president, 1992. Cons.pediat. hematologist-oncologist Charlotte (North Carolina) Memorial Hospital, since 1978.
Achievements
Membership
Cons. pediatrics hematologist-oncologist Project Hope, Pediatric Institute, Krakow, Poland, since 1979. Principal investigator Pediat. Oncology Group, 1981-1995, chairman epidemiology committee, member principal investigator's Executive Committee, new agents and pharmacology committee.
Chairman prophylactic penicillin study I National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, 1982-1986, chairman study II, 1987-1995. Active Cancer Center Support Review Committee National Cancer Institute National Institutes of Health, 1986-1990, National Institutes of Health Reviewers Reserve, since 1990, Cancer Clinical Investigation Review Committee, 1991-1996, chairman, 1995-1996. Trustee Ronald McDonald Children's Charities, since 1986.
Member American Association Cancer Research, American Academy Pediat., American Pediat. Society, Am.Soc. Clinical Oncology, Southern Society Pediat. Research (president 1981-1982), Society Pediat.
Research, North Carolina Pediat. Society, North Carolina Medical Society, Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Omega Alpha.
Connections
Married Carolyn Ontjes, June 22, 1963. Children: Elizabeth, Matthew.
