Background

Ames, Richard Pollard was born on August 4, 1932 in Northampton, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Harold Leslie and Effie Melissa (Crowley) Ames.

Education

Bachelor cum laude, Williams College, 1954; Doctor of Medicine, Columbia University, 1958.

Career

Intern, Boston City Hospital, 1958-1959; resident, Boston City Hospital, 1959-1961; fellow New York Heart Association, Presbyterian Hospital, New York City, 1961-1963; clinical associate, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland., 1963-1965; investigator, National Institute Arthritis Metab., Paris, 1965-1966; investigator, Whitehall Foundation, New York City, 1967-1970; nephrologist, St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital, New York City, since 1970; chief hypertension clinic, St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital, New York City, 1973-1994; director physical diagnosis, St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital, New York City, 1981-1994; associate director nephrology, St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital, New York City, 1990-1993. Director hypertension American Health Foundation, New York City, 1972-1982. Clinical professor Columbia University, New York City, since 1988.

Achievements

• Richard Pollard Ames has been listed as a noteworthy Physician, educator, lecturer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Assistant surgeon United States Public Health Service, 1963-1965. Fellow American College of Physicians, American Heart Association (member Council For High Blood Pressure Research). Member Phi Beta Kappa.

Connections

Married Janet Ann Shaw, October 7, 1961. Children: Patricia Jean, Brian Shaw.

Father:

Harold Leslie Ames

Mother:

Effie Melissa (Crowley) Ames

Spouse:

Janet Ann Shaw

child:

Patricia Jean Ames

child:

Brian Shaw Ames