Background
James, Thomas Naum was born on October 24, 1925 in Amory, Mississippi, United States. Son of Naum and Kata James.
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Thomas Naum James
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Bachelor of Science, Tulane University, 1946; Doctor of Medicine, Tulane University, 1949.
Career
Intern, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, 1949-1950;
resident in internal medicine and cardiology, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, 1950-1953;
staff, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, 1959-1968;
private practice, since 1953;
staff, U. Alabama Hospitals, 1968-1987;
instructor medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, 1955-1958;
assistant professor, Tulane University, New Orleans, 1959;
professor medicine, U. Alabama Medical Center, Birmingham, 1968-1987;
professor pathology, U. Alabama Medical Center, Birmingham, 1968-1973;
associate professor physiology and biophysics, U. Alabama Medical Center, Birmingham, 1969-1973;
director Cardiovasc. Research and Training Center, U. Alabama Medical Center, Birmingham, 1970-1977;
department chairman medicine, director division cardiovascular disease, U. Alabama Medical Center, Birmingham, 1973-1981;
Mary Gertrude Waters professor cardiology, U. Alabama Medical Center, Birmingham, 1976-1987;
Distinguished professor, U. Alabama Medical Center, Birmingham, 1981-1987;
professor medicine, professor pathology, University Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, since 1987;
president, University Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, 1987-1997;
director World Health Organization Cardiovasc. Center, University Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, 1988-1998.
University Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, since 1997. Member of advisory county National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, 1975-1979. President 10th World Congress Cardiology, 1986.
Member cardiology delegate invited by Chinese Medical Association to China, 1978. Campbell orator Queens U., Belfast, Northern Ireland, 1982. Mikamo lecturer Japan Circulation Society, 1982.
Sir Thomas Lewis lecturer British Cardiac Society, 1983, Einthoven lecturer U. Leiden, The Netherlands, 1993, Bailey K.Ashford lecturer U. P.R., 1995. Honorary lecturer U. Padua, 1998.
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Membership
Captain Medical Corps United States Army, 1953-1955. Fellow American College of Physicians (governor Alabama 1975-1979, master 1983). Member American Medical Association, American Clinical and Climatological Association (Vice-President 1992-1993, councillor 1992-1993), Association American Physicians, American Society Clinical Investigation, Association University Cardiologists (president 1978-1979), American Heart Association (president 1979-1980), American College Cardiology (vice president 1970-1971, trustee 1970-1971, 76-81, First Distinguished Scientist award 1982, chairman publications committee 1994-1997), American Society Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Society Experimental Biology of Medicine, American College Chest Physicians, Control Society Clinical Research, International Society and Federation Cardiology (president 1983-1984), World Health Organization (expert advisory panel on cardiovascular diseases 1988-1997), Southern Society Clinical Investigation, American Federation Clinical Research, Alabama Academy Honor.
Philosophical Society Texas, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Omicron Delta Kappa, Alpha Omega Alpha, Alpha Tau Omega, Phi Chi.
Connections
Married Gleaves Elizabeth Tynes, June 22, 1948. Children: Thomas Mark, Terrence Fenner, Peter Naum.
