Background
Civan, Mortimer M. was born on November 13, 1934 in New York City.
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Mortimer M. Civan
Edit Profileeducator Physiology investigator
Education
AB, Columbia College, 1955; Doctor of Medicine, Columbia University, 1959.
Career
Medical intern, then resident in internal medicine, Presbyterian Hospital, New York City, 1959-1962;
staff associate, National Institute Arthritis and Metabolic Diseases/National Institutes of Health, 1962-1964;
clinical and research fellow in medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard University Medical School, 1964-1965;
instructor in medicine Medical School, Harvard University, 1965-1968;
assistant professor physiology Medical School, Harvard University, 1969-1972;
associate professor physiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1972-1977;
professor physiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, since 1977;
associate professor medicine, University of Pennsylvania School Medicine, Philadelphia, 1972-1988;
professor of medicine, U Pennsylvania School Medicine, Philadelphia, since 1988. Visiting scientist department polymer research Weizmann Institute of Science, 1970-1971, Imperial Cancer Research Fund laboratories, London, 1984-1985, 91-92. Visiting professor zoology U. Cambridge, England, 1978-1979.
Established investigator American Heart Association. Faculty scholar Josiah Macy Junior Foundation, 1978-1979. Consultant National Institutes of Health/National Science Foundation, since 1972.
Harold Chaffer Memorial lecturer faculty medicine U. Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, 1990.
Achievements
Membership
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Physiological Society (steering committee cell and general physiology section 1981-1983, chairman steering committee cell and general physiology section 1982-1983), American Society Clinical Investigation, American Society Nephrology, Association for Research in Vision & Ophthalmology, International Society Nephrology, Society General Physiologists (secretary 1981 1981-1984), Biophysics Society, National Kidney Foundation, Salt and Water Club, Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Omega Alpha.
