Robert Ashley Gatter

Background

Gatter, Robert Ashley was born on August 4, 1931 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States.

Education

Bachelor, Johns Hopkins University, 1953. Doctor of Medicine, University Pittsburgh, 1957.

Career

Intern, Western Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, 1957-1960; resident internal medicine, Philadelphia General Hospital, 1960-1962; trainee in rheumatology, Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital, Philadelphia, 1962-1963; instructor medicine, Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital, Philadelphia, 1963-1964; senior instructor, Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital, Philadelphia, 1964-1967; assistant professor, Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital, Philadelphia, 1967; clinical assistant professor, Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital, Philadelphia, 1967-1971; clinical assistant professor medicine, University of Pennsylvania School Medicine, Philadelphia, 1971-1975; clinical associate professor, University of Pennsylvania School Medicine, Philadelphia, 1975-1992; chief rheumatology, Lovelace Medical Center, Albuquerque, 1992-1995; medical director rehabilitation services, Lovelace Medical Center, Albuquerque, 1992-1995; coordinator chronic musculoskeletal pain management, Lovelace Medical Center, Albuquerque, 1992-1995; independent healthcare consultant, Livingston, Texas, since 1995. Junior attending in medicine Hahnemann Hospital, Philadelphia, 1963-1971. Director X-ray Diffraction Laboratory Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital, Philadelphia, 1963-1967, director General Arthritis Clinic, 1964-1967, director Collagen Vascular Clinic, 1967-1968.

Junior attending department medicine Philadelphia General Hospital, 1963-1967. Attending in rheumatology Veterans Administration Hospital., Philadelphia, 1964-1966. Consultant in rheumatologyLandis Eastern State Hospital, Philadelphia, 1967-1968.

College physician Beaver College, Glenside, Pennsylvania, 1967-1968. Director medical residency department medicine Abington (Pennsylvania) Memorial Hospital, 1967-1970, physician-in-chief section rheumatology, 1967-1992, director Rheumatology Laboratory, 1967-1985, director Arthritis Clinic, 1967-1977,founder, director Arthritis Cmty. Outreach Program, division rheumatology,1975-1992, director rheumatology fellowship program, 1982-1983, chairman rheumatic disease unit committee, 1984-1992, chairman Osteoporosis Center committee, 1985-1986.

Consultant rheumatology Doylestown (Pennsylvania) Hospital, 1970-1992, Chestnut Hill Hospital, Philadelphia, 1971-1991. Assistant physician rheumatology Holy Redeemer Hospital, Meadowbrook, Pennsylvania, 1971-1985, associate physician, 1985-1992. Attending physician department medicine Penn division Philadelphia General Hospital, 1971-1975, senior attending physician, 1975-1977.

Director Center Arthritis and Back Pain, Willow Grove, Pennsylvania, 1982-1992. President, founder Arthritis Centers American, 1987-1992. Member review panel Arthritis Center Grants NIAMDD, National Institutes of Health, Washington, 1977.

Reviewer rheumatology Education Materials Panel, Association American Medical Colleges National Library. Medicine, 1977.

Achievements

• Robert Ashley Gatter has been listed as a noteworthy Healthcare consultant, rheumatologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

With United States Navy, 1958-1960. Fellow American College of Physicians, American College Rheumatology (marketing committee 1986-1988, administration and evaluation group 1987-1988, chairman ad hoc commission on accreditation for joint fluid analysis 1988, representative American College of Physicians 1989-1992, chairman ad hoc commission on office guidelines for joint fluid analysis 1991-1993, Executive Committee rehabilitation section since 1994), College Physicians Philadelphia. Member American Medical Association, Arthritis Foundation (member in charge film evaluation group visual aids subcommittee professional education committee 1969-1974, member subcommittee 1969-1981, Russell Cecil national award 1965, patient services committee New Mexico-Western Tex chapter 1994-1995, award of appreciation Eastern Pennsylvania chapter 1983, Professional Volunteer of Year 1985), National Society Clinical Rheumatologists (Executive Committee 1981-1982, future sites committee 1981-1989, arrangements chairman 1984, 86, historian 1984-1991, chairman future sites committee 1989-1995, vice president 1995-1997). M C.

Connections

Married Marilyn J. Craig, 1957. Children: Anne, Robert Junior.

Spouse:

Marilyn J. Craig

child:

Robert Junior Gatter

child:

Anne Gatter