Marylou Behnke

Background

Behnke, Marylou was born on September 1, 1950 in Orlando, Florida, United States. Daughter of Ernest Edmund and Elizabeth Behnke.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, U. Florida, 1972; Doctor of Medicine, U. Florida, 1976.

Career

Intern department pediatrics, College Medicine, U. Florida, Gainesville, 1976-1977; resident, College Medicine, U. Florida, Gainesville, 1977-1979; chief resident, College Medicine, U. Florida, Gainesville, 1979-1980; fellow in neonatology, College Medicine, U. Florida, Gainesville, 1981-1983; assistant professor, College Medicine, U. Florida, Gainesville, 1979-1981, 83-89; associate professor, College Medicine, U. Florida, Gainesville, since 1989; adjunct assistant professor, College Nursing, Gainesville, 1988-1989; adjunct associate professor, College Nursing, Gainesville, since 1989; member senate-at-large, College Nursing, Gainesville, 1984-1989; member graduate studies faculty, College Nursing, Gainesville, since 1988. Medical director neonatology Intensive Care Unit Shands Hospital, Gainesville, 1983-1989, neonatal developmental follow-up program, since 1989. Presenter at national and international meetings, since 1981.

Ad hoc member special review commission on human development research National Institutes of Health, 1991-1996, chair, 1993, 94, chair human development research subcommittee, 1996-1998, member human development and aging-3 study section, since 1998.

Achievements

• Marylou Behnke has been listed as a noteworthy Neonatologist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American Academy Pediatrics. Member Florida Medical Association, Alachua County Medical Society, Society Pediat. Research, National Perinatal Association, Southern Society for Pediatric Research, Florida Interagy.

Coord. Council for Infants and Toddlers, Fla.Soc. Neonatal Perinatologists.

Interests

• Avocation: reading.

Connections

Father:

Ernest Edmund Behnke

Mother:

Elizabeth Behnke