Roger John Porter

Background

Porter, Roger John was born on April 4, 1942 in Pittsburgh. Son of John Keaggy and Margaret (Parker) Porter.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Eckerd College, 1964; Doctor of Medicine, Duke U., 1968.

Career

Intern, University of California, San Diego, 1968-1969; resident in neurology, University of California, San Francisco, 1971-1974; fellow research training program, Duke U., Durham, North Carolina, 1966-1967; staff associate section epilepsy, National Institute Neurological Diseases and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1969-1971; deputy director, National Institute Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, 1987-1992; investigator, University of California, San Francisco, 1972-1973; senior research associate epilepsy branch neurological disorders program, National Institute Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, 1974-1978; assistant chief epilepsy branch, National Institute Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, 1977-1979; acting chief, National Institute Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, 1979-1980; acting chief clinical epilepsy section, IRP, National Institute Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, 1979-1984; chief epilepsy branch neurological disorders program, National Institute Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, 1980-1984; chief medical neurology branch and clinical epilepsy section IRP, National Institute Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, 1984-1987; deputy director, National Institute Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, 1987-1992; vice president, clinical pharmacology, Wyeth-Ayerst Research, Radnor, Pennsylvania, 1992-1997; vice president, clinical research, Wyeth-Ayerst Research, Radnor, Pennsylvania, since 1997. Adjunct Professor neurology University of Pennsylvania, since 1993. Professor neurology Uniformed Superior vena cava syndrome U. Health Sciences, Bethesda, 1980-1993, Adjunct Professor pharmacology, since 1982.

Consultant-lecturer neurology National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, 1978-1993. Chairman White House Subcommittee on Brain and Behavioral Sciences, 1990-1992. Scholar-in-residence Association American Medical Colls., Washington, 1989-1990.

Member National Institute of Mental Health/National.Inst. Neurological Disorders and Stroke Council of Assembly of Scientists, 1983-1986, president, 1985-1986. Member pharmacy and therapeutics committee National Institutes of Health, 1977-1986, chairman, 1978.

Member institutional review board human subjects National Institute Neurological Disorders and Stroke, 1984-1987, chairman, 1986-1987.

Achievements

• Roger John Porter has been listed as a noteworthy research administrator, pharmacologist, neurologist, medical by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board trustees Eckerd College, 1994-1997. With United States Public Health Service, 1969-1992. Fellow American Academy Neurology, American Neurological Association.

Member American Electroencephalographic Society, American Epilepsy Society (president 1989-1990), Society Neurosci., American Society Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, American Society Neurologic Investigation (honorary), International League Against Epilepsy (secretary-general 1989-1993).

Connections

Married Candace Marie Leland, February 17, 1968. Children: David, Stacey.

Father:

John Keaggy Porter

Mother:

Margaret (Parker) Porter

Spouse:

Candace Marie Leland

child:

David Porter

child:

Stacey Porter