Background
Raisz, Lawrence Gideon was born on November 13, 1925 in New York City.
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Lawrence Gideon Raisz
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Student, Harvard University, 1943; Doctor of Medicine, Harvard University, 1947; DOdontology (honorary), University Umea, Sweden, 1990.
Career
Intern, Harvard Medical Svc., Boston City Hospital, 1947-1948;
resident in medicine, Cushing Veterans Administration Hospital., 1950;
resident in medicine, Boston Veterans Administration Hospital., 1952-1954;
assistant and instructor in physiology, New York University-Bellevue Medical Center, 1948-1950;
assistant and instructor in medicine school medicine, Boston University, 1953-1956;
chief renal section, Boston Veterans Administration Hospital., 1954-1956;
assistant chief radioisotope service, Syracuse Veterans Administration Hospital., 1956-1957;
assistant professor medicine College Medicine, State University of New York, Syracuse, 1956-1961;
associate professor pharmacology and medicine School Medicine, U. Rochester, 1961-1966;
associate professor medicine School Medicine, U. Rochester, 1966-1968;
professor pharmacology, toxicology, and medicine School Medicine, U. Rochester, 1966-1974;
chief division of clinical pharmacology School Medicine, U. Rochester, 1961-1974;
from professor medicine, head of endocrine department to program director, U. Connecticut, Farmington, 1974-1997;
program director General Clinical Research Center, U. Conn Health Center, Farmington, since 1993;
senior associate physician, Strong Memorial Hospital, Rochester, 1961-1968;
physician, Strong Memorial Hospital, Rochester, 1968-1974. Acting department chairman pharmacology School Medicine, U. Rochester, 1962-1963,visiting professor pharmacology, toxicology and medicine School Medicine and Dentistry, 1974-1976. Visiting associate professor pharmacology School Medicine Stanford University, 1966.
Visiting professor College Medicine U. Lagos, Nigeria, 1973. Mem.gen. B study section National Institutes of Health, 1986-1988. Member subspecialty board on endocrinology and metabolism American Board Internal Medicine, since 1990.
Member United States-Japan Malnutrition Panel, 1985-1991. Clinical investigator Syracuse Veterans Administration Hospital., 1957-1960. William N. Creasy Visiting Professor Clinical Pharmacology Medical School Dartmouth College, 1977.
Chairman Gordon Conference on Bones and Teeth, 1980. EdwinB. Astwood lecturer Endocrine Society, 1983.
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Membership
With United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1945. Captain Army of the United States, 1950-1952. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Federation for Clinical Research, American Society for Clinical Investigation, American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Endocrine Society, Association American Physicians, Connecticut Endocrine Society (president 1976), American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (president 1980-1981, William F. Neuman award 1986), Connecticut Academy Science and Engineering, Sigma Xi.
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Son of Erwin Joseph and Marie Georgette (Patai) R. Son of Helen Martin, June5, 1948. Children: Stephen, Matthew, Jonathan, Katherine, Nicholas.
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American
Awards
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Special Research fellow National Institute Arthritis and Metabolic Disease, Strangeways Research Laboratory, 1960-1961, National Institute Dental Research National Institutes of Health, 1971-1972. Burroughs-Wellcome scholar in Clinical Pharmacology, 1963-1968. Recipient Prix Andre Lichtwitz, 1980, Class of 1947 Distinguished Professor award Medical School University of Wisconsin, 1988.Special Research fellow National Institute Arthritis and Metabolic Disease, Strangeways Research Laboratory, 1960-1961, National Institute Dental Research National Institutes of Health, 1971-1972. Burroughs-Wellcome scholar in Clinical Pharmacology, 1963-1968. Recipient Prix Andre Lichtwitz, 1980, Class of 1947 Distinguished Professor award Medical School University of Wisconsin, 1988.