Lester Charles Mark

Background

Mark, Lester Charles was born on July 16, 1918 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Harry and Jean (Akabas) Mark.

Education

Doctor of Medicine, University Toronto, 1941. Postgraduate anesthesiology, New York University.

Career

Practice medicine specializing in anesthesiology, New York City. Staff Presbyterian Hospital. Research fellow New York University Research Service, Goldwater Memorial Hospital, 1948-1951.

American Heart Association research fellow, 1949-1951. Clinical instructor State University of New York-Brooklyn, 1952-1953. With Columbia College Physicians and Surgeons, from 1953, professor anesthesiology, 1965-1984, emeritus professor, from 1984.

Consultant anesthesiologist Presbyterian Hospital, New York City, from 1984. Fulbright professor, Denmark, 1960-1961. China Medical Board professor Sapporo Medical College, Japan, 1967.

Visiting scientist Sandoz Laboratories, Basel, Switzerland, 1974. Fulbright Senior scholar School Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Victoria (Australia) College Pharmacy, 1981. Consultant Anaesthesiology Centre, Copenhagen, 1960-1961, American Medical Association Council on Drugs, since 1963.

Guest scientist medical department and visiting attending physician medical research center Brookhaven National Laboratory, 1968-1971. Counselor Cancer International Research Co-operation, New York City, since 1968. Member advisory committee respiratory and anesthetic drugs Food and Drug Administration, 1966-1970.

Member pharmacology-toxicology review committee National Institute General Medical Sciences, 1968-1970, member pharmacology-toxicology program committee, 1970-1972, chairman, 1971-1972, consultant, 1972-1974. Member professional advisory board Foundation of Thanatology, since 1968, member executive committee, since 1973. Member over-the-counter sedatives, tranquilizers, sleep aids and stimulants review panel Food and Drug Administration, 1972-1978.

Member reference panel American Hospital Formulary Service, American Society Hospital Pharmacists, since 1974.

Achievements

• Lester Charles Mark has been listed as a noteworthy anesthesiologist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Highlights of clinical anesthesiology
  • Pain Control: Practical Aspects of Patient Care.

Membership

Fellow American College Anesthesiologists, New York Academy Medicine, American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Society Anesthesiologists, New York Society Anesthesiologists, Pan American Medical Association (Medical Ambassador of Good Will bronze plaque 1962, past president), American Society Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (executive committee clinical pharmacology division 1967-1972), New York Academy of Sciences, New York Society Acupuncture for Physicians and Dentists (founding member, president 1978-1980), American Academy Acupuncture, American College Acupuncture (founding member, president 1975-1981), American Society Clinical Hypnosis, American Pain Society (founding member), American Federation Clinical Research, Association University Anesthetists (senior member), Union Scientifique Mondiale des Medecins Acupuncteurs et des Sociétés d'Acupuncture (honorary), Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Muriel Harriet Widman, November 17, 1946. Children: Dana F., Laurence Peter.

Father:

Harry Mark

Mother:

Jean (Akabas) Mark

Spouse:

Muriel Harriet Widman

child:

Laurence Peter Mark

child:

Dana F. Mark