Rima L. McLeod

Background

McLeod, Rima L. was born on September 14, 1945 in Berkeley, California, United States. Daughter of Ralph Waldo and Rose Weilerstein.

Education

Bachelor of Arts in Zoology, University of California, Berkeley, 1967; Doctor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, 1971.

Career

Resident in medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1972-1973; resident in medicine, University of California, San Francisco, 1973-1974; fellow in infectious diseases, Stanford (California) U., 1975-1978; attending physician, Michael Reese Hospital, Chicago, since 1978; from assistant to associate professor medicine, University of Chicago, 1978-1990; lecturer medicine and immunology, University of Chicago, since 1990; professor medicine, microbiology, immunology, and genetics, University of Illinois, Chicago, 1990-1996; professor medicine, visual science and pathology, University of Illinois, since 1996. Consultant Food and Drug Administration, since 1988. Member tropical medicine parasitol study section National Institutes of Health-National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases, since 1989.

Achievements

• Rima L. McLeod has been listed as a notable Physician, scientist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American College Physicians, Infectious Diseases Society American. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Association immunologists, Center Society Clinical Research, American Society Microbiology, Chicago Association Immunologists, Phi Beta Kappa.

Connections

Married Evan George McLeod, September 9, 1967. Children: Allegra Marie, Derin Bennet.

Father:

Ralph Waldo Weilerstein

Mother:

Rose Weilerstein

Spouse:

Evan George McLeod

child:

Allegra Marie McLeod

child:

Derin Bennet McLeod