Sumner Jason Yaffe

Background

Yaffe, Sumner Jason was born on May 9, 1923 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Henry H. and Ida E. (Fisher) Yaffe.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Harvard University, 1945; Master of Arts, Harvard University, 1950; Doctor of Medicine, University Vermont, 1954.

Career

Intern, Children's Hospital, Boston, 1954-1955; resident, Children's Hospital, Boston, 1955-1956; resident in pediatrics, St. Mary's Hospital, London, 1956-1957; instructor pediatrics, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, 1959-1960; assistant professor, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, 1960-1963; associate professor pediatrics, State University of New York-Buffalo, 1963-1966; professor, State University of New York-Buffalo, 1966-1975; Adjunct Professor biochemistry pharmacology, State University of New York-Buffalo, 1968-1975; acting department chairman pediatrics, State University of New York-Buffalo, 1974-1975; professor pediatrics and pharmacology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1975-1981; director, Center for Research for Mothers and Children, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., since 1981; clinical professor pediatrics, Georgetown University Medical Center, 1986; clinical professor pediatrics, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1986; attending physician, Palo Alto-Stanford Hospital, 1959-1963; attending physician, Children's Hospital, Buffalo, 1963-1975; attending physician, Children's Hospital, Philadelphia, 1975-1981. Visiting professor pharmacology Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, 1969-1970. Director Pediatric Renal Clinic, Stanford Medical Center, 1960-1963.

Director newborn nursery service Palo Alto-Stanford Hospital, 1960-1963, program director Clinical Research Center for Premature Infants, 1962-1963. Director Clinical Research Center for Children Children's Hospital, Buffalo, 1963-1970, director Poison Control Center, 1967-1975, director division clinical pharmacology, Philadelphia, 1975-1981. Program consultant National Institute Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, 1963-1971, member training grant committee, 1963-1965, member reproductive biology committee, 1965-1967.

Member of advisory panel on maternal and child health World Health Organization, Geneva, since 1970. Liaison representative drug research board National Research Council, 1971-1975, commission on drug dependence, 1972-1975, member commission on problems of drug safety, 1972-1975. Member of advisory panel inpediatrics United States Pharmacopeia, since 1970, in toxicology, 1974-1975.

Consultant American Foundation for Maternal and Child Health, Inc., since 1973. President Maternal and Child Health Research Foundation, Children's Hospital, since 1974. Wall Memorial lecturer Children's Hospital, Washington, since 1968.

Doctor W.E. Upjohn lecturer Canada Medical Association, 1974. Louisville pediatric lecturer School Medicine U. Louisville, 1974. William N. Creasy visiting professor clinical pharmacology State University of New York, 1976.

Advisor International Childbirth Association Greater Philadelphia,1979-1983. Guest lecturer Department Pediatrics Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, since 1988. Lecturer in pediatrics Johns Hopkins School Medicine, Baltimore, since 1988.

Achievements

• Sumner Jason Yaffe has been listed as a noteworthy pediatrician, educator, science administrator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Drugs in Pregnancy and Lactation

    ( The thoroughly updated Sixth Edition of this popular re...)

  • Drugs in Pregnancy and Lactation: A Reference Guide to Fetal and Neonatal Risk (Solution (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins))

    ( Thoroughly updated, with 127 new drug entries, the Eigh...)

  • Drugs in Pregnancy and Lactation: A Reference Guide to Fetal and Neonatal Risk, 5th Edition (CD-ROM for Windows, Individual Version)

    ( Now you can get all the information in Drugs in Pregnan...)

  • Drugs in Pregnancy & Lactation: A Reference Guide to Fetal & Neonatal Risk

    (This volume provides practical and up-to-date information...)

  • Drugs in Pregnancy and Lactation for PDA: A Reference Guide to Fetal and Neonatal Risk: Powered by Skyscape, Inc.

    ( The newly updated Seventh Edition of Drugs in Pregnancy...)

  • Drugs in Pregnancy and Lactation: A Reference Guide to Fetal and Neonatal Risk

    (This text provides up-to-date information on the reported...)

  • Pediatric Pharmacology: Therapeutic Principles In Practice, 2e

    (Covers the general principles of pediatric pharmacology f...)

  • Drugs in Pregnancy and Lactation: A Reference Guide to Fetal and Neonatal Risk

    ( An A-Z listing of drugs by generic name. Each monograph...)

  • Drugs in Pregnancy & Lactation: A Reference Guide to Fetal & Neonatal Risk
  • Drugs in Pregnancy and Lactation: A Reference Guide to Fetal and Neonatal Risk (Solution (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins)) by Gerald G. Briggs BPharm FCCP (2008-04-14)
  • (Neonatal and Pediatric Pharmacology: Therapeutic Principles in Practice) Author: Sumner J. Yaffe published on (October, 2010)

Membership

Served with United States Army, 1943-1944. Fellow Academy Pharmaceutical Sciences. Member American Medical Association (commission on drugs 1963-1968), American Academy Pediatrics (Chairman of Commission on drugs 1967-1976), American Association of University Professors, American College Clinical Pharmacology and Chemotherapy, American Federation for Clinical Research, American Pediatric Society, American Pharmaceutics Association, American Public.

Health Association, American Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics (chairman of the section on pediatric pharmacology 1977-1983), American Society Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Federation American Socs. for Experimental Biology, Perinatal Research Society, Society for PediatricResearch, Sigma Xi, Alpha Omega Alpha.

Connections

Married Susanne Hecht Goldstein, 2005. Children: Steven, Kristine, Jason, Noah, Ian, Zachary.

Father:

Henry H. Yaffe

Mother:

Ida E. (Fisher) Yaffe

Spouse:

Susanne Hecht Goldstein

child:

Steven Yaffe

child:

Ian Yaffe

child:

Zachary Yaffe

child:

Kristine Yaffe

child:

Noah Yaffe

child:

Jason Yaffe