Background
Suzuki, Jon Byron Son of George K. and Ruby Suzuki.
microbiologist periodontist medical educator
Suzuki, Jon Byron Son of George K. and Ruby Suzuki.
Bachelor in Biology, Illinois Wesleyan University, 1968. Doctor of Philosophy in Microbiology magna cum laude, Illinois Institute of Technology, 1971. Doctor of Dental Surgery magna cum laude, Loyola University, 1978.
Medical technologist Illinois Masonic Hospital and Medical Center, Chicago, 1966—1967. Instructor laboratory in histology and parasitology Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, 1967—1968. Medical technologist Augustana Hospital, Chicago, 1968—1969.
Research associate, instructor microbiology Illinois Institute of Technology, 1968—1971. Clinical research associate University Chicago Hospitals, 1970—1971. Clinical microbiologist St. Luke's Hospital, Columbia College, Physicians and Surgeons, New York City, 1971—1973.
Associate medical director Paramed Training and Registry, Vancouver, Canada, 1973—1974. Director clinical laboratories Registry of Hawaii, 1973—1974. Chairman clinical laboratories education Kapiolany Community College, University Hawaii, Honolulu, 1974.
Lecturer periodontics, oral pathology Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Illinois, 1974—1990. Lecturer stomatology Northwestern University Dental School, Chicago, 1982—1990. National Institutes of Health research fellow departments pathology and periodontics Center for Research in Oral Biology, University Washington, Seattle, 1978—1980.
Professor department periodontics and microbiology University Maryland College Dental Surgery, Baltimore, 1980—1990. Attending faculty division dentistry and oral and maxillofacial surgery Johns Hopkins Medical Institute, 1985—1996. Practice specializing in periodontics Baltimore and Pittsburgh.
Professor, dean School Dental Medicine University Pittsburgh, 1989—2000, professor, director periodontics residency program, 2002—2004. Consultant Dentsply International, York, Pennsylvania, United States Army, Walter Reed Medical Center, Washington, United States Army, Fort Gordon, Georgia, United States Navy, National Naval Medical Command, Bethesda, The NutraSweet Col, Chicago, Food and Drug Administration, Rockville, Maryland, since 1995, Phillips Oral Health Care, Snoqualmie, Washington. Oral biology/medicine study section National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, 1985-1990.
National advisory dental research council National Institutes of Health/NIDCR, Bethesda, 1994-1998. Visiting scientist Moscow State University, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, 1972, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Houston, 1976-1992. Lecturer International Congress allergology, Tokyo, 1973.
Instructor water safety American Red Cross, Honolulu, 1973—1990. Fellow Academy Dentistry International, American College Dentists, International College Dentists, American College Stomatognathic Surgeons. Member American Dental Association (chair council science affairs 1998), American Association of University Professors, American Academy Periodontology (diplomate), American Dental Education Association, American Institute Biological Sciences, International Society Biophysics, International Society Endocrinologists, Illinois Academy of Sciences, American International Association Dental Research (president Maryland chapter), American College Microbiology (diplomate, examiner), American Society Clinical Pathology (specialist microbiology), New York Academy of Sciences, Sigma Xi, Omicron Kappa Upsilon (past national president, executive secretary since 1989, treasurer since 2006), Beta Beta Beta.