Robert Emmett Burch

Background

Burch, Robert Emmett was born on October 9, 1933 in St. Louis. Son of Robert A. and Virginia J. (Gresham) Burch.

Education

Bachelor of Science, St. Saint Louis University, 1955; Doctor of Medicine, St. Saint Louis University, 1959.

Career

Intern, Jewish Hospital St. Louis, 1959-1960; resident, Firmin Desloge Hospital of St. Saint Louis University, 1960-1962; postdoctoral fellow, Case Western Reserve U., Cleveland, 1962-1965; associate in medicine to assistant professor, Columbia University, New York City, 1965-1971; associate professor to professor medicine, Creighton U., Omaha, 1971-1977; professor and associate department chairman medicine, Marshall U., Huntington, West Virginia, 1977-1980; Price Goldsmith professor medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, 1980-1998.

Achievements

• Robert Emmett Burch has been listed as a noteworthy physician, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Chairman Mayor's Task Force on Nutrition, New Orleans, 1983-1985. Member Governor's Task Force on Science and Technology, Baton Rouge, 1985. Member Office of Technology Transfer, U. New Orleans, 1988-1994.

Member research committee Louisiana branch American Heart Association, 1991-1995. Fellow American College of Physicians. Member Center Society for Clinical Research, American Society for Clinical Nutrition, American Institute Nutrition, American Physiological Society M C.

Connections

Married Christina P. Efthim, September 1, 1956. Children: Robert M., Paula L.

Father:

Robert A. Burch

Mother:

Virginia J. (Gresham) Burch

Spouse:

Christina P. Efthim

child:

Robert M. Burch

child:

Paula L. Burch