Background
Chase, Thomas Newell was born on May 23, 1932 in Westfield, New Jersey, United States. Son of Newell Adams and Gudrun Margarethe (Eskesen) Chase.
educator neurologist researcher
Chase, Thomas Newell was born on May 23, 1932 in Westfield, New Jersey, United States. Son of Newell Adams and Gudrun Margarethe (Eskesen) Chase.
Bachelor of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1954; postgraduate, Columbia University, 1957-1958; Doctor of Medicine, Yale University, 1962; postgraduate, Harvard University, 1963-1966.
Engineer, Singer Manufacturing Company, Bridgeport, Connecticut, 1954-1955;
technician, Columbia University College Physicians and Surgs., 1957-1958;
intern in internal medicine, Yale-New Haven Medical Center, 1962-1963;
assistant resident in neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 1963-1964;
resident, Massachusetts General Hospital, 1965-1966;
fellow in neuropathology, Harvard University Medical School, 1964-1965;
guest worker, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1966-1968;
chief unit on neurology, National Institute of Mental Health, 1968-1970;
chief section experimental therapeutics, National Institute of Mental Health, 1970-1974;
chief laboratory of neuropharmacology, National Institute Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke, Bethesda, 1974-1976;
director intramural research, National Institute Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke, 1974-1983;
chief pharmacology section, National Institute Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke, since 1976;
chief experimental therapeutics branch, National Institute Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke, since 1983. Clinical associate professor department neurology Georgetown University School Medicine. Member science advisory board National Parkinson Foundation.
Member of advisory board Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Association, National Ataxia Foundation, Interneuron Pharmaceuticals, Polykinetix Inc., Discovery Therapeutics Inc., Athena Neuroscis. Astra-Merck.
Served with Signal Corps United States Army, 1955-1957. Fellow American College Neuro-Psychopharmacology. Member American Neurological Association, American Academy Neurology, American Society Experimental Neurotherapeutics (president since 1997), Society Neurosci., International Society Neurochemistry, American Society Neurochemistry, Association for Research in Nervous and Mental Disease, International Brain Research Organisation, International Basal Ganglia Society, World Federation Neurology, Movement Disorder Society.
1 child, Thomas Newell.
