Background
Deftos, Leonard John was born in 1937 in Brockton, Massachusetts, AMERICA0.
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Leonard John Deftos
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Education
Bachelor of Arts cum honoribus, Brown U., 1959; M.D. cum laude, U. Vermont, 1964; Juris Doctor, We. State University College Law, 1994; postgraduate, U. San Diego, since 1995.
Career
Intern in medicine, Columbia University Medical Center, New York City, 1964-1965;
resident in medicine, Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, New York City, 1965-1966;
staff associate, attending physician, Clinical Center National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1966-1968;
instructor medicine, Harvard Medical School, 1968-1970;
assistant professor, Harvard Medical School, 1970-1971;
clinical and research fellow, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 1968-1970;
associate professor medicine, University of California, San Diego, 1972-1976;
professor, University of California, since 1976. Chief endocrine research laboratory VA Medical Center, San Diego, since 1972. Consultant United States Naval Hospital, San Diego, since 1973, Naval Regional Medical Center, Camp Pendleton, California, since 1975.
Clinical investigator VA, 1974-1977. Member study sect.NIH, 1975-1979, 85-89. Member science advisory board Osteoporosis Foundation, since 1986.
Achievements
Membership
Served to lieutenant commander United States Public Health Service, 1966-1968. Member American Federation Clinical Research, American Society Clinical Investigation, Endocrine Society, American Society Bone and Mineral Research, Western Association Physicians, Association American Physicians, Alpha Omega Alpha.
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Nationality
American