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Pickering, Larry Kenneth was born on April 27, 1944 in Pittsburgh. Son of Kenneth Orban and Mildred Elizabeth (Sieber) Pickering.
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Pickering, Larry Kenneth was born on April 27, 1944 in Pittsburgh. Son of Kenneth Orban and Mildred Elizabeth (Sieber) Pickering.
Bachelor of Science, West Virginia University, 1966; Doctor of Medicine, West Virginia University, 1970.
Intern pediatrics service, St. Louis Children's Hospital, 1970-1971;
resident pediatrics service, St. Louis Children's Hospital, 1971-1972;
fellow pediatrics infectious diseases, St. Louis Children's Hospital and Washington University School Medicine, 1972-1974;
assistant professor pediatrics, University Texas Medical School, Houston, 1974-1977;
associate professor pediatrics, University Texas Medical School, Houston, 1977-1982;
professor pediatrics department pediatrics division infectious diseases, University Texas Medical School, Houston, 1982-1992;
professor program in immunology, University Texas Medical School, Houston, 1982-1992;
David R. Park professor pediatrics, University Texas Medical School, Houston, 1989-1992;
director division infectious diseases department pediatrics, University Texas Medical School, Houston, 1975-1989;
professor, vice chairman for research, director Center for Pediat. Research, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Children's Hospital of the King's Daus., Norfolk, since 1992. Consultant M.D. Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute, Houston, 1974-1978, St. Joseph Hospital, Houston, 1975-1989, Memorial Hospital Sys., Houston, 1977-1992, American Medical Association, 1992-1994.
Associate professor pediatrics M.D. Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute, U.Tex. Cancer Center, 1978-1983, professor pediatrics, 1983-1992. Infection controlmed. advisor Speech and Hearing Institute, University Texas Health Science Center, Houston, 1978-1987, professor Graduate School biomedical Sciences, 1982-1989.
Adjunct Professor pharmaceutics department pharmaceutics College Pharmacy, U. Houston, 1983-1992. Ray A. Kroc visiting professor Michigan State University, East Lansing, 1993. First Infectious Diseases visiting professor Children's Hospital Los Angeles, University of Southern California, 1993.
Ben Kagan lecturer Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, 1994. Pfizer visiting professor in infectious diseases State University of New York, Stony Brook, 1996. Katherine White, M.D. Seventh Annual guest lecturer Miller Children's Hospital, Long Beach, California, 1996.
External examiner and reviewer department pediatrics U. Jordan, Amman, 1984. Member subboard pediatrics infectious diseases American Board Pediat., 1991-1996. Member planning committee First International Pediat.
Infectious Diseases Conference, Monterey, California, 1995. Member science committee First World Congress of Pediat. Infectious Diseases, 1995.
Member steering committee E. Mead Johnson Award for Research in Pediat., since 1996. Presenter in field.
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Medical advising committee Metropolitan Houston chapter March of Dimes, 1974-1976, board directors,1975-1980, chairman professional advising committee, 1977-1979. Fellow Infectious Diseases Society American (Executive Committee Emerging Infections Network since 1997). Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, International Society for Research in Human Milk and Lactation, American Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, American Society.for Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, American Pediat.
Society, American Society Microbiology, American Academy Pediat. (commission on infectious diseases 1990-1996, associate editor RedBook 1990-1997, editor since 1997), American Federation for Clinical Research, National Foundation of Infectious Diseases (board directors since 1997), Virginia Pediat. Society, Texas Pediat.
Society, Texas Medical Association, Texas Infectious Diseases Society (county member 1982-1984), Harris County Pediat. Society (education committee 1975-1979), Harris County Medical Society, Houston Academy Medicine, Houston Pediat. Society(constitution and by-laws committee 1978-1982), Southern Society for Pediat.
Research (county member 1981-1983, Founder's award 1994), Society for Pediat. Research (chair infectious diseases subspecialty section 1995, co-chair seminar Epidemiology 1995), Pediat. Infectious Diseases Society (editor 1987-1996, president elect 1993-1995, president 1995-1997), The Milk Club (Executive Committee since 1995).
Married Margaret Jane Thompson, July 8, 1967. Children: Margaret Anne, Andrew Michael.