Background
Leyton, Robert Alan was born on February 7, 1934 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of William Myer and Leah (Kaplan) Leyton.
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Robert Alan Leyton
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Education
Bachelor of Arts in Biology, Boston University, 1955; Master of Arts in Biology, Boston University, 1956; Doctor of Philosophy in Medical Sciences, Boston University, 1968.
Career
Research fellow in physiology, Boston University School Medicine, 1966-1967;
teaching fellow in physiology, Boston University School Medicine, 1967-1968;
associate in medicine, Harvard Medical School, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston, 1968-1970;
Paul Dudley White fellow, Massachusetts Heart Association, 1968;
grantee, Massachusetts Heart Association, 1969;
Muscular Dystrophy Association fellow, 1969;
grants associate division research grants, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1970-1971;
assistant for planning to associate director for clinical applications and prevention, National Heart and Lung Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, 1971-1972;
assistant to director office of program planning and evaluation, National Heart and Lung Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, 1972-1976;
interagency programs officer, officer of director, National Heart and Lung Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, 1972-1976;
chief field operations division medical research service, VA, Washington, 1976-1978;
director development and management service Office of Geriatrics and Extended Care, VA, Washington, 1978-1980;
special assistant to chief medical director administration, VA, Washington, since 1980. Director federal interagency committee International Year of Disabled Persons, 1979-1980. Special assistant to chief medical director administration, 1980-1983.
Deputy dis. VCS Office of Administration, 1983-1986. Health science officer, office of associate deputy chief medical director, Virginia, 1989-1990. Special assistant to director of administration, VHA, VA, 1990-1993.
Assistant to associate chief medical director adminstrsn. VHA VA, 1993-1995; assistant to assistant secretary for policy and planning, VA, 1994-1996. Executive assistant to chief finance officer Veterans Health Adminstrsn., VA., since 1996.
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Membership
Member Electron Microscopy Society American, American Society Cell Biology, Royal Microscopy Society, American European Microcirculatory Socs., New England Electron Microscopic Society, Aeropspace Medical Association, Air Force Association, Boston University Alumni Club of Washington (president since 1987), Boston University National Alumni Council, Senior Executives Association, Interagy. Institute for Federal Health Care Executives, Sigma Xi.
