Walter David Watkins

Background

Watkins, Walter David was born on December 9, 1943 in New York City. Son of Walter Charles Watkins and Alfa Mae (Stone) Gamblin.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy, University Texas, 1966; Master of Science in Biochemistry and Pharmacology, University Texas, 1968; Doctor of Philosophy in Toxicology, University of Michigan, 1971; Doctor of Medicine, U. Colorado, 1975.

Career

Assistant professor pharamcology, U. Colorado, Denver, 1971-1973; intern, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1976; resident in anesthesia, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 1976-1979; chief resident in anesthesia, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 1979; assistant professor anesthesia, Harvard Medical School, 1979-1982; associate professor anesthesia, Harvard Medical School, 1982-1983; professor and chairman anesthesia, professor pharmacology, Duke U., Durham, North Carolina, since 1983. General staff, thoracic anesthesia Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 1979-1983, director, principal investigator prostaglandin research and clinical pharmacology labs, 1979-1983, committee research, 1982-1983, subcommittee review research proposals, 1980-1982, anesthesia committee, 1981. Hospital advising committee, medical society academic chairman, Executive Committee, various others, Duke U. Medical Center, since 1983.

Founder, chairman Greater Boston Eicosanoid Forum, 1981-1982. Assistant director Specialized Center for Research, 1981-1982. Instructor anesthesia Harvard Medical School, 1982.

Consultant in field; lecturer in field. Researcher in field.

Achievements

• Walter David Watkins has been listed as a noteworthy Anesthesiology and pharmacology educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow Royal Society Medicine. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Medical Association, American Academy Sciences, North Carolina Society Anesthesiologists (education committee 1986), American Society Anesthesiologists ( commission on metabolism and regulation since 1986), American Academy Clinical Anesthesiologists (board educators 1986), Southern Medical Association, American Thoracic Society, Eastern Section American Thoracic Society, North Carolina Medical Society (political education action committee), American Academy Clinical Toxicology, American Chemical Society, American Heart Association (council on cardiopulmonary disease), American Industrial Hygiene Association, American Society Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, American Society Hypertension, Association University Anesthetists, Harvard Medical Alumni Association, International Anesthesia Research Society, Massachusetts Medical Society, New York Academy Sciences, Shock Society, Society Cardiovascular Anesthesiologist, Society Toxicology, International Anesthesia Research Society, Rho Chi Society, Phi Kappa Phi, Sigma Xi.

Interests

• Avocations: racquetball, hiking.

Connections

Married Sharon Louise Cline, June 4, 1966. 1 child, Walter Daryn.

Father:

Walter Charles Watkins Gamblin

Mother:

Alfa Mae (Stone) Gamblin

Spouse:

Sharon Louise Cline

child:

Walter Daryn Watkins