Background
Snyderman, Ralph was born on March 13, 1940 in Brooklyn.
Snyderman, Ralph was born on March 13, 1940 in Brooklyn.
Bachelor of Science, Washington College, Chestertown, Maryland, 1961. Doctor of Medicine magna cum laude, State University of New York, Brooklyn, 1965. Doctor of Science (honorary) Health Science Center, State University of New York, Brooklyn, 1996.
Intern Duke University Hospital, Durham, 1965-1966, medical resident North Carolina, 1966-1967. Public health officer National Institutes of Health, 1967-1972. Howard Hughes medical investigator, assistant professor medicine and immunology Duke University Hospital, Durham, North Carolina, 1972-1974, associate professor North Carolina, 1974-1977, chief division rheumatology and immunology, 1975-1987, professor medicine and immunology, 1980-1987, Frederic M. Hanes professor medicine and immunology, 1984-1987, adjunct professor medicine, 1987-1989.
Surgeon United States Public Health Service, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, 1967-1969. Senior staff fellow National Institute Dental Research, National Institutes of Health, 1969-1970, senior investigator immunology section laboratory microbiology and immunology, 1970-1972. Chief division rheumatology Durham Veterans Administration Hospital, 1972-1975.
Vice president medical research and development Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, California, 1987-1988, senior vice president medical research and development, 1988-1989. Chancellor for health affairs, dean School Medicine Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, 1989—2004, James B. Duke professor medicine, 1989—2004. President, Chief Executive Officer Duke University Health Systems, 1998—2004.
Howard Hughes medical investigator, Durham, 1972-1977. Director Lab Immune Effector Function, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Durham, 1977-1987. Adjunct professor medicine University California, San Francisco, 1987-1989.
Board directors The Procter & Gamble Company, since 1995.
Member of National Academy of Sciences, American Academy Arts and Sciences, Society for Medical Administrators, Association American Medical Colleges (chair task force on clinical research 1998, chairman council deans 1999—2000, chairman 2001-2002), American College Rheumatology, Association Academy Health Centers, American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Association American Physicians, American Federation Clinical Research, Society for Leukocyte Biology, American Association Cancer Research, American Academy Allergy, American Society Clinical Investigation, American Association Immunologists, Association American Physicians (president 2003-2004), Institute Medicine, Sigma Xi.
1 child, Theodore Benjamin.