Werner Kalow

Background

Kalow, Werner was born on February 15, 1917 in Cottbus, Germany. Son of Johannes Bernhard and Maria Elisabeth (Heyde) Kalow. emigrated to Canada, 1951, naturalized, 1957.

Education

Student in medicine, U. Greifswald, Germany, 1935-1936; student in medicine, U. Graz, Austria, 1936-1937; student in medicine, U. Gottingen, Germany, 1939-1940; Doctor of Medicine, University Konigsberg, Germany, 1941.

Career

Research assistant, Berlin U., 1947-1949; research fellow, instructor, University of Pennsylvania, 1949-1951; lecturer, U. Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1951-1953; assistant professor pharmacology, U. Toronto, 1953-1955; associate professor, U. Toronto, 1955-1962; professor, U. Toronto, since 1962; department chairman pharmacology, U. Toronto, 1966-1977. Director biological research C.H. Boehringer Sohn, Ingelheim, Germany, 1965-1966.

Achievements

• Werner Kalow has been listed as a noteworthy Pharmacologist, toxicologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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• book

  • Pharmacogenetics of Drug Metabolism

    (This volume features thorough reviews by active clinician...)

  • Pharmacogenetics; heredity and the response to drugs

Membership

Fellow Royal Society Canada. Member Pharmaceutical Society Canada (president 1963-1964, Upjohn award 1982), Canada Physiological Society, American Society Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (Oscar B. Hunter Memorial award 1993), Canada Anaesthetist Society (honorary, Research Recognition award 1993), Deutsche Pharmakologische Gesellschaft.

Connections

Married Patricia M. Arnold, May 3, 1991. Children from earlier marriage: Peter Bernard, Barbara Irene.

Father:

Johannes Bernhard Kalow

Mother:

Maria Elisabeth (Heyde) Kalow

Spouse:

Patricia M. Arnold