Background
Potts, John Thomas was born on January 19, 1932 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
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John Thomas Potts
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Bachelor of Arts, LaSalle College, Philadelphia, 1953; Doctor of Medicine, University Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1957.
Career
From intern to assistant resident in medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 1957-1959; resident, National Heart Institute, 1959-1960; research fellow in medicine, National Heart Institute, 1960-1963; senior research staff, National Heart Institute, 1963-1966; head section polypeptide hormones, National Heart Institute, 1966-1968; chief endocrine unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 1968-1981; director research, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, since 1981; from assistant to associate professor medicine, Harvard University Medical School, Boston, 1968-1975; professor, Harvard University Medical School, Boston, 1975-1981; Jackson professor clinical medicine, Harvard University Medical School, Boston, since 1981. Chief endocrine unit Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 1968-1981, chief general medical, 1981-1996, director research, since 1996.
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Membership
Fellow American Automobile Association. Member American Society Biological Chemistry, Endocrine Society (president 1987), Association American Physicians, American Federation Clinical Research, American Society Clinical Investigation, Institute Medicine.
Connections
Married; 3 children.
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American
Awards
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Recipient Ernest Oppenheimer award, Andre Lichwitz prize Endocrine Society, 1968, Fred Conrad Koch award Endocrine Society, 1991, William F. Neumann award American Society Bone and Mineral Research.Recipient Ernest Oppenheimer award, Andre Lichwitz prize Endocrine Society, 1968, Fred Conrad Koch award Endocrine Society, 1991, William F. Neumann award American Society Bone and Mineral Research.