Suzanne Oparil

Background

Oparil, Suzanne was born on April 10, 1941 in Elmira, New York, United States. Daughter of Stanley and Anna Oparil.

Education

AB, Cornell Univercity, 1961; Doctor of Medicine, Columbia University, 1965.

Career

Intern in medicine, Presbyterian Hospital, New York City, 1965-1966; senior assistant resident in medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 1967-1968; clinical and research fellow in medicine, cardiac unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 1968-1971; assistant professor medicine, Medical School, University of Chicago, 1971-1975; associate professor, Medical School, University of Chicago, 1975-1977; associate professor department medicine, U. Alabama, Birmingham, 1977-1981; assistant professor physiology and biophysics, U. Alabama, Birmingham, 1980-1981; associate professor, U. Alabama, Birmingham, since 1981; professor medicine, U. Alabama, Birmingham, since 1981; director vascular biology and hypertension program, U. Alabama, Birmingham, since 1985; professor physiology and biophysics, U. Alabama, Birmingham, since 1993. Member visiting faculty National High Blood Pressure Education Program, since 1974, JointNat. Committee on Detection, Evaluation and Treatment High Blood Pressure, 1991.

Member board science advisors Sterling Drug, Inc., 1988-1991. Lecturer in field; Selkurt lecturer Indiana U. School Medicine, 1994. Honorary professor Peking Union Medical College, 1994.

Louis Gross-Harold Segall lecturer Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, 1995. Joy Goodwin Distinguished lecturer Auburn U.,1996. A Ross McIntyre award University Nebraska, 1996.

Achievements

• Suzanne Oparil has been listed as a noteworthy Cardiologist, educator, researcher by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American College Cardiology. Member Institute Medicine of NAS (correspondent commission on human rights 1992, Chairman of Commission advise Department Defense 1993 Breast Cancer Research Program), American Association for the Advancement of Science, Endocrine Society, Inter-American Society Hypertension, American Society Hypertension (public policy committee since 1990, science program committee 1990-1992), Association for Women in Science, American Heart Association (county for high blood pressure research, since 1973, Executive Committee 1985-1990, vice chairman 1986, county on basic science since 1978, member-at-large, Executive Committee 1979-1981, member-at-large board of directors 1992, chairman Louis B. Katz Prize committee 1984-1986, chairman, 1988-1990, chairman budget committee 1990-1991, vice president Alabama affiliate 1986-1987, president-elect Alabama affiliate 1987-1988, 93-94, president Alabama affiliate 1988-1989, national president-elect 1993-1994, national president since 1994, Lewis K. Dahl Memorial lecturer 1993, Arthur C. Corcoran Memorial lecturer 1998), American Physiological Society (clinical physiology advising committee since 1992), American Society for Clinical Investigation (secretary-treasurer 1983-1986), Society Experimental Biology and Medicine (councillor since 1993), Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (Founder's award 1995), Association American Physicians, American Federation for Clinical Research (midwest councillor 1974-1975, national councillor 1975-1978, secretary-treasurer 1978-1980, president 1981-1982), Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Alpha Omega Alpha (member of national board directors, director-at-large 1991, treasurer 1993).

Interests

• Avocations: horseback riding, tennis, hiking, traveling.

Connections

Father:

Stanley Oparil

Mother:

Anna Oparil