Background
Hamdy, Ronald Charles was born on July 31, 1946 in Alexandria, Egypt. Son of Charles and Mary Hamdy. came to the United States, 1985.
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Ronald Charles Hamdy
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Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery with honours, U. Alexandria, 1968; DM, U. Alexandria, 1971.
Career
Rotating intern, U. Alexandria, 1968-1969;
resident in internal medicine, Al-Gomhouriya General Hospital, Alexandria, 1969-1970;
resident registrar internal medicine, U. Alexandria Main Teaching Hospital, 1970-1972;
senior house officer geriatric and internal medicine, Farnborough (England) Hospital, Kent., 1972-1973;
registrar in geriatric medicine, Bromley (England) Group of Hospitals, Kent., 1974;
senior registrar in geriatric medicine, King's College Group Hospitals, London, 1975-1977;
consulting physician St. John's Hospital, Richmond (England), Twickenham & Roehampton Health Authority, 1977-1985;
department chairman clinical gerontology, ethics research committee, Richmond (England), Twickenham & Roehampton Health Authority, England, 1981-1985;
professor internal medicine, Cecile Cox Quillen professor geriatric medicine, head division gerontology, East Tennessee State University, Mountain Home, since 1985;
Cecile Cox Quillen professor geriatric medicine, head division gerontology, East Tennessee State University, Mountain Home, since 1990;
chief geriatrics, VA Medical Center, Mountain Home, 1985-1988;
associate chief of staff geriatric and extended care, VA Medical Center, Mountain Home, since 1988;
director osteoporosis center, East Tennessee State University, since 1997. Honorary senior lecturer geriatric medicine St. George's Hospital Medical School, U. London, 1981-1985. Planning team for elderly Wandsworth Health Care, 1982-1985.
Medical district initiated peer review organization VA Hospitals, District 8, 1986-1989. Visiting professor Health Care for Elderly, U. London, 1991-1993. Burroughs Wellcome visiting professor geriatric medicine Royal Society Medicine, 1994-1995.
Co-chairman pharmacy and therapeutics committee VA Medical Center, Johnson City, Tennessee, chairman adverse drug reaction committee. Chairman program committee College Medicine Continuing Medical Education, East Tennessee State University. Member Governor's task force on Alzheimer's Disease, Tennessee, task force on education, prevention and detection of osteoporosis.
Member advisor to public guardian 1st Tennessee Development District. Advisory board Colonial Hill Health Care Center, Johnson City, Golden J-55, Johnson City Medical Center Hospital, Inc. Senior health advising committee 1st Tennessee Regional Health Office.
Adjunct clinical professor division clinical nutrition and psychiatry East Tennessee State University.
Achievements
Membership
Fellow American College of Physicians (committee geriatrics 1987-1990, Chairman of Commission geriatrics MKSAP IX 1991-1994), Royal College Physicians, Royal Society Medicine. Member International Society Clinical Densitometry, American Geriatrics Society (membership committee, reviewer journal, annual meeting planning committee 1993), Gerontological Society American, RoyalColl. Surgeons, Southern Medical Association (vice-chairman county 1995-1996, chairman county 1996-1997, vice president 1997-1998, president-elect 1998-1999, president since 1999, editor geriatric medicine section Dial-Access program, from associate councilor to councilor state Tennessee, chairman advising committee science activities, reviewer journal, associate editor Southern Medical Journal), Southern Association Geriatric Medicine (president 1990-1992), Southern Association for Primary Care (editor clinical reviews), Tennessee Med.Assn.
(reviewer journal), Tennessee Geriatrics Society (founding), British Med.Assn., British Geriatrics Society, Bone and Mineral Society, Alzheimer's Association (president of the board directors N.E. Tennessee chapter 1990-1991).
Connections
Married Eleanor Gertrude Hamdy, August 19, 1977. Children: Conrad, Gerard, Ronan.
