Background
Polan, Mary Lake was born on July 17, 1943 in Las Vegas, New Mexico, United States.
Obstetrics and gynecology educator
Polan, Mary Lake was born on July 17, 1943 in Las Vegas, New Mexico, United States.
Student, Smith College, Paris, 1963-1964; Bachelor cum laude, Connecticut College, 1965; Doctor of Philosophy in Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, 1970; Doctor of Medicine, Yale University, 1975.
Postdoctoral fellow department biology, National Institutes of Health postdoctoral fellow, Yale University, New Haven, 1970-1972;
resident department obstetrics-gynecology. School Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, 1975-1978;
fellow in oncology, then fellow in endocrinology-infertility, Yale University, New Haven, 1978-1980;
assistant instructor, then lecturer molecular biophysics-biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, 1970-1972;
instructor, then assistant professor obstetrics-gynecology., Yale University, New Haven, 1978-1979, 80-85;
associate professor, Yale University, New Haven, 1985-1990;
clinical clerk in obstetrics-gynecology. and pediatrics Radcliffe Infirmary,, Oxford (England) University Medical School, 1974;
instructor, Pahlavi U., Shiraz, Iran, 1978;
Katharine Dexter McCormick and Stanley McCormick Memorial professor, Stanford (California) School Medicine, since 1990;
department chairman gynecology and obstetrics, Stanford (California) School Medicine, since 1990. Visiting professor Hunan Medical College, Changsha, China, 1986.
Member medical board Yale-China Association, 1987-1990. Liaison commission on ethics in modern world Connecticut College, New London, 1988-1990. Member medical advisory board Ova-Med Corporation, Palo Alto, California, 1992-1995, Vivus, Menlo Park, California, since 1993.
Board directors Metra Biosystem, Mountain View, Quidel, San Diego, Stanford Health Superior vena cava syndrome, 1994-1996, American Home Products, Madison, New Jersey, since 1994. Member reproductive endocrinology study section National Institutes of Health, 1989-1990, co-chairman task force on opportunities for research on woman's health, 1991.
Fellow ACOG (PROLOG task force for reproductive endocrinology and infertility 1988-1989, representative to CREOG county 1994-1997). Member American Fertility Society, Society for Gynecologic Investigation, Society for Reproductive Endocrinologists, American Gynecologic and Obstetric Society, Institute Medicine (commission on research capabilities of academic departments obstetrics-gynecology. 1990-1991, board on health science policy 1992-1996), San Francisco Gynecologic Society, Bay Area Reproductive Endocrine Society, Phi Beta Kappa.