Background
Christy, Nicholas Pierson was born on June 18, 1923 in Morristown, New Jersey, United States. Son of Leroy and Elizabeth (Baker) Christy.
Christy, Nicholas Pierson was born on June 18, 1923 in Morristown, New Jersey, United States. Son of Leroy and Elizabeth (Baker) Christy.
Bachelor of Arts, Yale, 1945; Doctor of Medicine Columbia, 1951.
Intern, assistant resident medicine, 1951—1954. Assistant visiting physician Delafield Hospital, New York City, 1955-1966, visiting physician, 1966-1975. Assistant visiting physician 1st medical division Bellevue Hospital, New York City, 1958-1966.
Associate attending physician Presbyterian Hospital, 1962-1978, attending physician, 1978-1993. Director medical service Roosevelt Hospital, New York City, 1965-1979. Faculty Columbia College Physical and Surgical, New York City, since 1956, associate professor medicine, 1962-1965, associate clinical professor, 1965-1967, clinical professor medicine, 1967-1971, professor medicine, 1971-1979, lecturer in medicine, 1979-1988, senior lecturer medicine, 1988-1993, special lecturer in medicine, since 1993.
Member Columbia University of Health Sciences advisory council, since 1993. Professor medicine, associate dean veterans affairs Health Science Center at Brooklyn, State University of New York, 1979-1988, professor emeritus, since 1988. Chief staff Brooklyn Veterans Administration Medical Center, 1979-1988.
Writer-in-residence, alumni writer College Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, since 1988. Associate National Humanities Center, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, 1979. Consultant Food and Drug Administration, 1966, Board of Health, New York City, since 1965, National Institutes of Health National Institute Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases training grants division, 1969-1972, endocrinology study section, 1975-1979.
Consultant, board directors Royal Society Medicine Foundation, 1984-1993.
Served to lieutenant (junior grade) United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1946, PTO. Fellow American Medical Writers Association (honorary, Swanberg award 1989). Member Harvey Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Society Experimental Biology and Medicine, American Society Clinical Investigation, Association American Physicians, American Federation Clinical Research, American College of Physicians, New York Academy Medicine, Laurentian Hormone Conference, American Physiological Society, New York State Medical Society, New York County Medical Society, American Clinical and Climatological Association (recorder 1977-1988, president 1990), American Association Study Liver Diseases, Endocrine Society (secretary-treasurer 1978-1989, Ayerst award 1986), New York Clinical Society, New York Medical and Surgical Society, Association American Physicians, Interurban Clinical Club, Hospital Graduates Club, Peripatetic Society, Practitioners Society, Elizabethan (Yale), Colony (Yale), Century Association (president 1987-1990, honorary since 1995).
Married Beverly Vairin Morris, June 21, 1947 (deceased March 1997). Children: Nicholas Pierson, Martha Vairin. Married Caroline P. Adams, June 26, 1999.