Background
Purkerson, Mabel Louise was born on April 3, 1931 in Goldville, South Carolina, United States. Daughter of James Clifton and Louise (Smith) P. Bachelor of Arts, Erskine College, 1951.
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Mabel Louise Purkerson
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Mabel Louise Purkerson, American physician, physiologist, educator. Member American Heart Association (Executive Committee 1973-1981), Council on the Kidney, American Physiological Society, American Society Nephrology, International Society Nephrology, Central Society Clinical Research, American Society Renal Biochemistry and Metabolism, Sigma Xi (chapter secretary 1974-1976).
Education
Doctor of Medicine, University of Southern California, Charleston, 1956. Diplomate American Board Pediat.
Career
Instructor pediatrics Washington University School Medical, Saint Louis, 1961-1967, instructor medicine, 1966-1967, assistant professor pediatrics, 1967, assistant professor medicine, 1967-1976, associate professor medicine, 1976-1989, professor, 1989-1998, professor emerita, 1998, associate dean curriculum, 1976-1994. Associate dean academic projects, 1994. Consultant in field Editl. board American Journal Kidney Diseases, 1981-1987.
Contributor articles to professional journals United States Public Health Service special fellow, 1971-1972.
Board counselors ErksineColl., 1971.
Achievements
Membership
Member American Heart Association (Executive Committee 1973-1981), Council on the Kidney, American Physiological Society, American Society Nephrology, International Society Nephrology, Central Society Clinical Research, American Society Renal Biochemistry and Metabolism, Sigma Xi (chapter secretary 1974-1976).
