Stephen Alexander Lerner

Background

Lerner, Stephen Alexander was born on October 4, 1938 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of David G. and Florence (Trace) Lerner.

Education

AB magna cum laude, Harvard University, 1959. Doctor of Medicine magna cum laude, Harvard University, 1963.

Career

Intern, then resident Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, 1963-1965. Research associate National Institutes of Health, 1965-1968. Postdoctoral fellow Stanford (California) University, 1968-1971.

Assistant professor then associate professor University Chicago, 1971-1986. Professor medicine and infectious diseases Wayne State University, Detroit, since 1986, associate dean faculty affairs, 2002—2008, associate vice chair medicine faculty development, since 2009. Convenor Soviet-American Symposium Antibiotics and Chemotherapy, Moscow, 1988.

Member merit review subcommittee on infectious disease VA, 1998-2001. Executive council Michigan Antibiotic Resistance Reduction Coalition, since 1999.

Achievements

• Stephen Alexander Lerner has been listed as a noteworthy Microbiologist, physician, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• book

  • Aminoglycoside Ototoxicity

Membership

With United States Public Health Service, 1965-1967. Fellow Infectious Disease Society of America, American Academy Microbiology (committee on awards 1993-1996). Member American Society Microbiology (chairman antimicrobial chemotherapy 1987-1988, division group representative 1990-1992, councillor 1990-1992, chairman conferences committee 1993-1996, international committee 1993-2005, chairman 1996-2003, professor development committee 2005-2007), Inter-American Society for Chemotherapy (president 1986-1988, board directors, chairman 1988-1993), International Union Microbiol.

Societies (executive board member since 2008, United States national committee 2001-2006, chairman 2005-2006), International Society Chemotherapy (executive committee 1987-1993), Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Alpha Omega Alpha.

Interests

• Avocations: travel photography, Russian language, collecting antique maps.

Connections

Married June 6, 1963 (divorced 1990). Children: Deborah, Daniel, Susan. Married August 18, 1991.

Children: Helena, Thomas.

Father:

David G. Lerner

Mother:

Florence (Trace) Lerner

Spouse:

June 6

Spouse:

August 18

child:

Susan Lerner

child:

Helena Lerner

child:

Daniel Lerner

child:

Deborah Lerner

child:

Thomas Lerner