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Dixon, Richard Erwin was born on September 15, 1942 in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Son of Erwin and Lucile (Grimsley) Dixon.
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Richard Erwin Dixon, American Physician, medical director. Diplomate National Board Medical Examiners, American Board Internal Medicine (subspecialty infectious disease). Recipient 1st place award John Muir Medical Film Festival, 1984, Silver medal International Film and television Festival of New York, 1984.
Education
Bachelor of Arts in History, Princeton University, 1964; Doctor of Medicine, Vanderbilt University, 1969.
Career
Intern, U. Washington Affiliated Hospitals, Seattle, 1969-1970;
junior resident in internal medicine, U. Washington Affiliated Hospitals, Seattle, 1970-1971;
senior resident in internal medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 1974-1975;
fellow in infectious diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 1975-1976;
epidemic intelligence service officer, medical epidemiologist, Center Disease Control, Atlanta, 1971-1973;
chief hospital infections branch, Center Disease Control, Atlanta, 1973-1974, 76-80;
co-director medical residency training program, Trenton (New Jersey) Affiliated Hospitals, 1980-1990;
director department medicine, Helene Fuld Medical Center, Trenton, 1980-1989;
hospital epidemiologist, director department clinical epidemiology, Helene Fuld Medical Center, Trenton, 1986-1993;
medical director, Helene Fuld Medical Center, Trenton, 1989-1993;
medical director, Alta Bates Medical Resources, Berkeley, California, since 1993. Clinical assistant professor medicine Emory University School Medicine, Atlanta, 1976-1980. Clinical associate professor medicine Hahnemann U., Philadelphia, 1980-1982, associate professor medicine, 1982-1991, associate clinical professor medicine, 1992.
Lecturer Grad.Sch. Education, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1983-1984. Consultant National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1978-1980, World Health Organization, 1977-1980. Attending physician Grady Memorial Hospital, Atlanta, 1976-1980, Helene Fuld Medical Center, Trenton, 1980-1993, St. Francis Medical Center, Trenton, 1980-1989, Mercer Medical Center, Trenton, 1982-1993.
Member working group Centers for Disease Control, 1982-1983, infectious diseases advisory com.U.S. VA, 1976-1980. Lecturer various hospitals, medical schools and other orgns.in 23 states and 9 foreign countries.
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Medical director United States Public Health Service, 1971-1980, research, since 1980. Fellow Infectious Diseases Society American, American College of Physicians (New Jersey chapter county member 1984-1987). Member American Society Microbiology, Association Practitioners in Infection Control, Association Program Dirs. in Internal Medicine, New Jersey Academy Medicine (Chairman of Commission education 1989-1992, director medical education, board directors 1989-1992, secretary 1991-1992, 2d vice president 1992-1993), Society Hospital Epidemiologists American (vice president 1982, president-elect 1983, president 1984).
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Married Sarah Lee Dawson, August 26, 1967. Children: Rebecca Reilly, Ashley Elizabeth.
