Background
Rorke, Lucy Balian was born on June 22, 1929 in St. Paul. Daughter of Aram Haji and Karzouhy (Ousdigian) Balian.
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Lucy Balian Rorke
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Bachelor of Arts, Univercity Minnesota, 1951; Master of Arts, University Minnesota, 1952; Bachelor of Science, University Minnesota, 1955; Doctor of Medicine, University Minnesota, 1957.
Career
Intern, Philadelphia General Hospital, 1957-1958;
resident anatomical pathology and neuropathology, Philadelphia General Hospital, 1958-1962;
assistant neuropathologist, Philadelphia General Hospital, 1963-1967;
chief pediatrics pathologist, Philadelphia General Hospital, 1967-1968;
chief neuropathologist, Philadelphia General Hospital, 1968-1969;
department chairman anatomical pathology and chief neuropathologist, Philadelphia General Hospital, 1969-1973;
department chairman pathology, Philadelphia General Hospital, 1973-1977;
president medical staff, Philadelphia General Hospital, 1973-1975;
practice medicine specializing in neuropathology, Philadelphia, since 1962;
neuropathologist, Children's Hospital, Philadelphia, since 1965;
president medical staff, Children's Hospital, Philadelphia, 1986-1988;
acting pathologist-in-chief, Children's Hospital, Philadelphia, since 1995. Consultant neuropathologist Wyeth Research laboratories, Radnor, Pennsylvania, 1961-1987, Wistar Institute Anatomy and Biology, Philadelphia, 1967-1993. Associate professor pathology University of Pennsylvania School Medicine, Philadelphia, 1970-1973, professor, since 1973, clinical professor neurology, since 1979.
Forensic neuropathologist Office of Medical Examiner, Philadelphia, since 1977.
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Membership
Fellow College American Pathologists. Member Philadelphia General Hospital Medical Staff (president 1973-1975), Philadelphia Neurological Society (vice president 1971-1972, editor Transactions 1973, president 1975-1976), American Association Neuropathologists (executive council 1976-1985, vice president 1979-1980, president 1981-1982), American Neurological Association, American Medical Association, Burlington County Medical Society, Philadelphia College Physicians.
Connections
Married Robert Radcliffe Rorke, June 4, 1960.
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American