Background
Makowka, Leonard was born on November 25, 1953 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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Leonard Makowka
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Doctor of Medicine, U. Toronto, Canada, 1977; Master of Science in Pathology, U. Toronto, Canada, 1979; Doctor of Philosophy in Pathology, U. Toronto, Canada, 1982.
Career
Intern in surgery, The Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1977-1978; with general surgery course, U. Toronto, Canada, 1978; Canada fellow medical research county, department surgery and pathology, Toronto General Hospital, U. Toronto, Canada, 1978-1982; research associate, department surgery and pathology, U. Toronto, Canada, 1982; assistant resident general surgery, Toronto General Hospital, Canada, 1982; senior resident general surgery, Women's College Hospital, 1983; chief resident surgery, Toronto Western Hospital, Canada, 1983-1984; fellow in hepatobiliary surgery, Toronto General Hospital, Canada, 1984-1985; research associate department surgery and pathology, U. Toronto, Canada, 1984-1985; assistant professor department surgery and pathology, U. Toronto, Canada, 1985; assistant professor surgery, department surgery, U. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1986-1987; associate professor surgery, department surgery, U. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1987-1989; director surgery and transplantation services, department surgery, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, 1989-1992; professor surgery, University of California at Los Angeles Medical School, 1989-1997; department chairman surgery, director transplantation services, Cedars Sinai Med Center, 1992-1997; executive director comprehensive liver disease & treatment center, St. Vincent Medical Center, Los Angeles, 1995-1997. Visiting assistant professor of University Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1985. Lecturer in the field.
Achievements
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Member Alpha Omega Alpha.
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Nationality
Canadian
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Recipient Charles E. Frost Bronze medal, 1979, Royal College Physiciansand Surgeons of Canada Surgery medal, 1980, 85, First Place award Second Annual Assembly of General Surgeons, 1979, Gallie Bateman Essay award, 1980, Davis and Geck Surgical Essay award, 1981-1982, Canada Foundation of Ileitis and Colitis Research award, 1981, U. Toronto Research Papers award,1981. Charles E. Frost scholar, 1979, Schering scholar American College Surgeons, 1981. Graham Campbell fellow Faculty of Medicine U. Toronto, 1982, Centennial fellow Medical Research Council of Canada, 1985-1987. Named Humanitarian of the Year World Children's Transplant Fund, 1992.Recipient Charles E. Frost Bronze medal, 1979, Royal College Physiciansand Surgeons of Canada Surgery medal, 1980, 85, First Place award Second Annual Assembly of General Surgeons, 1979, Gallie Bateman Essay award, 1980, Davis and Geck Surgical Essay award, 1981-1982, Canada Foundation of Ileitis and Colitis Research award, 1981, U. Toronto Research Papers award,1981. Charles E. Frost scholar, 1979, Schering scholar American College Surgeons, 1981. Graham Campbell fellow Faculty of Medicine U. Toronto, 1982, Centennial fellow Medical Research Council of Canada, 1985-1987.
Named Humanitarian of the Year World Children's Transplant Fund, 1992.