Background
Rayport, Mark was born on September 6, 1922 in Kharkov, Ukraine. Came to the United States, 1940. Son of Gregory Abraham and Zinaida Moiseievna (Berman) Rayport.
Rayport, Mark was born on September 6, 1922 in Kharkov, Ukraine. Came to the United States, 1940. Son of Gregory Abraham and Zinaida Moiseievna (Berman) Rayport.
Bachelor, Earlham College, 1943. Doctor of Medicine CM, McGill University, Montreal, Province of Quebec, Canada, 1948. Doctor of Philosophy, McGill University, Montreal, Province of Quebec, Canada, 1958.
Diploma in Neurosurgery, McGill University, Montreal, Province of Quebec, Canada, 1958.
Postdoctoral research fellow, United States Public Health Svc., 1955-1958;
special senior post doctoral fellow interdisciplinary program, National Institute of Mental Health, 1958-1961;
career scientist, Health Research Council, City of New York, New York City, 1962-1968;
assistant professor neurological surgery, Albert Einstein College Medicine, New York City, 1958-1961;
associate professor neurological surgery, assistant professor physiology, Albert Einstein College Medicine, New York City, 1961-1968;
from assistant visiting to visiting neurosurgeon, Bronx Municipal Hospital Center, New York City, 1958-1968;
assistant chief of neurological surgery, Mount Zion Hospital and Medical Center, San Francisco, 1968-1969;
professor neurological surgery, Medical College Ohio, Toledo, 1969-1993;
professor emeritus, Medical College Ohio, Toledo, since 1993;
founding chairman neurological surgery, Medical College Ohio, Toledo, 1969-1989;
director neurosurgery, Medical College Ohio Hospitals, Toledo, 1969-1989;
director neurosurgery service, Mercy Hospital, Toledo, 1975-1980. Member planning and advisory county Ohio Development Disabilities, 1971-1974. Member medical advising committee Bureau Children with Medical Handicaps, State of Ohio Dept.Health, since 1977, chairman epilepsy standards subcommittee.
Founding director, neurosurgery epileptologist Epilepsy Comprehensive Program, Medical College Ohio, 1970-1993, deputy director, since 1993.
Senior assistant surgeon, United States Public Health Service, 1951-1953. Fellow American College of Surgeons, American Electroencephalographic/Clinical Neurophysiology Society. Member American Association Neurological Surgeons, American Epilepsy Society, Society for Nrosci., Applied Neurophysiology (editorial board 1975-1986), New York Academy of Sciences, American Neuropsychiat.
Association, Sigma Xi, Alpha Omega Alpha (founding president Delta chapter Ohio 1974-1980, 94-95).
Married Shirley Martha Ferguson, January 28, 1951. Children: Stephen Gregory, Jeffrey Ferguson, Jennifer Susan.