Background
Jimenez, Sergio A. was born on February 21, 1942 in Cuzco, Peru. Son of Julio Alexandre and Bertha Margarite (Astete) Jimenez.
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Sergio A. Jimenez
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Bachelor of Science, National U. San Marcos, Lima, Peru, 1959; Doctor of Medicine, National U. San Marcos, Lima, Peru, 1964; Master of Science, University of Pennsylvania, 1984.
Career
Assistant professor department medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1974-1980;
assistant professor, department orthopedic surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1978-1980;
associate professor, medicine/orthopedic surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1980-1986;
professor medicine/orthopedic surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1986-1987;
professor medicine, director rheumatology research, Thomas Jefferson U., Philadelphia, 1987-1992;
professor biochemistry/molecular biology, Thomas Jefferson U., Philadelphia, since 1987;
director Division Rheumatology, Thomas Jefferson U., Philadelphia, since 1992;
Dorrance H. Hamilton Professor Medicine, Thomas Jefferson U., Philadelphia, since 1992. Honorary adjunct fellow Benjamin Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, since 1981. Chairman medical advisory board Scleroderma Research Foundation, Mid-Atlantic Chapter, since 1979.
Member research scholarships committee, Eastern Pennsylvania chapter Arthritis Foundation, 1981-1984. Member medical/science board Scleroderma Federation, since 1994. Member National Institute Health General Medicine A Study Section, 1990-1994, member special review committee, since 1995.
National Institute.Health Peer Review Oversight Group, since 1998.
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Membership
Board of directors Washington Square West Civic Association, Philadelphia, 1978-1982, vice president, 1981-1982, trustee, since 1988. Member Philadelphia Hispanic Chamber of C., since 1990. Capt.Peruvian Army Reserve, 1964-1965.
Fellow Society for Molecular Medicine. Member American College Rheumatology, American Society Biological Chemistry and Molecular Biology, Osteoarthritis Research Society(Executive Board since 1994, president-elect since 1997), International Society for Matrix Biology (founding member).
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American -
Religion
Roman Catholic -
Political Party
Republican
Awards
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Recipient Gerald P. Rodnan award for excellence in scleroderma research, U. Pittsburgh, 1986. Program project for research on osteoarthritis, National Institutes of Health, since 1992.Recipient Gerald P. Rodnan award for excellence in scleroderma research, U. Pittsburgh, 1986. Program project for research on osteoarthritis, National Institutes of Health, since 1992.