Background
Jarett, Leonard was born on August 25, 1936 in Lubbock, Texas, United States.
educator pathologist researcher
Jarett, Leonard was born on August 25, 1936 in Lubbock, Texas, United States.
Bachelor, Rice Institute, 1958; Doctor of Medicine, Washington University, St. Louis, 1962; Master of Arts, University of Pennsylvania, 1982.
Intern, Barnes Hospital, St. Louis, 1962-1963;
resident, Barnes Hospital, St. Louis, 1963-1964;
associate professor pathology, head division laboratory medicine, Washington University, 1969-1973;
professor, Washington University, 1973-1980;
department chairman pathology and laboratory medicine, Hospital U. Pa, Philadelphia, since 1980;
Simon Flexner professor, Hospital U. Pa, Philadelphia, since 1983. Director Center Diagnosis Laboratory, Barnes Hospital, 1969-1979. Member steering committee National Diabetes Research Interchange, 1980-1982.
Member sci.adv. board St. Jude'sChildrens Research Hospital, 1980-1983, member medical science advising committee Juvenile Diabetes Foundation, 1981-1985. External advising committee diabetes and endocrinologyrsch. Baylor College Medicine, since 1982.
Member metabolism study section National.Inst. Arthritis, Diabetes and Digestive Diseases, 1983-1986. Reginald Mason Memorial lecturer U. Utah, 1988.
Plenary speaker 5th Congress Association of Southeast Asian Nations Federation of Endocrine Socs., Singapore, 1989. George Hoyt Whipple lectr.U. Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, 1993.
With United States Public Health Service, 1964-1966.
Son of Hyman Jerome and Nellie M (Bloomberg) J. Married Arlene Kramer, June 10, 1962. Children: Stacy, Douglas, Jennifer.