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Gershon, Michael David was born on March 3, 1938 in New York City.
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Michael David Gershon
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Michael David Gershon, American Anatomist, educator. Recipient Borden Undergraduate research prize, 1963, New York City Health Research Council Career Scientist award, 1970, Jacob Javits award National Institutes of Health, 1985, Camilio Golgi medal Fidia Research Foundation 1986, medal of Francis I College de France, 1990; Markle Foundation scholar academic medicine, 1968; grantee National Institutes of Health.
Education
AB with distinction, Cornell Univercity, 1958; Doctor of Medicine, Cornell Univercity, 1963.
Career
Predoctoral fellow, United States Public Health Service for research and teaching, 1960-1961; research fellow, United States Public Health Service, New York City, 1963-1964; fellow, instructor, Cornell Univercity Medical College, 1963-1965; assistant professor anatomy, Cornell Univercity Medical College, New York City, 1966-1969; associate professor, Cornell Univercity Medical College, New York City, 1969-1975; professor, Cornell Univercity Medical College, New York City, July 1975-September 1975; research associate and research fellow United States Public Health Service, Oxford (England) University Department Pharmacology, 1965-1966; professor, department chairman anatomy and cell biology, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York City, since 1975. Member neurological disorders program project review committee National Institutes of Health, 1973-1975, Neurology A study section, 1980-1984. Grass Foundation visiting professor, 1981.
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Membership
Member American Association Anatomists (president 1995-1996), Association Anatomy Chairman (pres.1985-1986, Tousimis prize for outstanding research and contributions to field of anatomy), American Gastroenterol. Association (State of the Art Lecture award1986, 96), American Society for Cell Biology, American Physiological Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Endocrine Society, Society Neurosci., New York Society Electron Microscopists (president 1977-1978), New York Academy Science, International Society Development Neurosci., American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Harvey Society, Society for Developmental Biology, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Alpha Epsilon Delta, Phi Kappa Phi, Alpha Omega Alpha.
