William Francis Crowley

Background

Crowley, William Francis was born on December 28, 1943 in Meriden, Connecticut, United States. Son of William Francis and Kathryn Crowley.

Education

Bachelor (honors curriculum), Holy Cross College, Worcester, Massachusetts, 1965; Doctor of Medicine, Tufts U., 1969.

Career

Intern, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 1969-1970; assistant resident in medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 1970-1971; senior resident in medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 1973-1974; clinical and research fellow in endocrinology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 1974-1976; instructor medicine, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, 1976-1980; assistant professor medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, 1980-1984; associate professor, Harvard Medical School, Boston, 1984-1992; professor medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, since 1992. Chief reproductive endocrine unit Massachusetts General Hospital, since 1984, attending physician, since 1988, director clinical research, since 1996. Director Vincent Research laboratories, 1987-1990, director reproductive endocrine science center and national center for infertility research, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard University, National Institutes of Health, since 1991.

Advisory boards National Institutes of Health, Food and Drug Administration, since 1979. Lecturer in science writing, Harvard University, 1974-1976. Visiting professor Yale University, 1982, Duke U., 1983, New York Obstetrical Society, 1983, George Washington University, 1985, U. Miami, 1989.

Goldfarb lecturer, Vanderbilt University, 1989;Leathem lecturer, Rutgers University, 1981. Israel Mackler lecturer Albert Einstein College Medicine, 1982. Lecturer Mayo Clinic, 1990, University of Chicago, 1990, University of Virginia, 1994, Northwestern University, 1995.

Invited speaker Laurentian Hormone Conference, 1984, 90. Winkler Memorial lecturer U. Buffalo, 1989. Consultant StudySect., Center for Population, 1979-1980, Contract Advisory Board ContraceptiveDevel.

Branch, National Institute Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, since 1979. Director Massachusetts General Hospital Reproductive Endocrine Sciences Center-National Institutes of Health Centers of Reproductive Excellences, 1991, National Center Infertility Research, Massachusetts Gen Hospital, since 1991, National Institutes of Health Training Grant in Reproductive and Development Biology, 1991. Member Partners Research Council, since 1994.

Director clinical research GMGH, since 1995. Member science advisory board PRACIS Pharmaceutical Company, since 1996, Ligand Pharmaceutical Company, since 1997.

Achievements

• William Francis Crowley has been listed as a noteworthy Medical educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Neuroendocrinology II - Vol. 22, No. 1, March '93Endocrinology & Metabolism Clinics of North America

Membership

Member Union of Concerned Scientists, Planned Parenthood, RESOLVE (physicians' board). Lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1971-1973. Member American College of Physicians, American Federation Medical Research, Society for Study Reproduction, American Society Clinical Investigation, Association American Physicians, Endocrine Society (Presidential lecturer 1996), Peripatetic Society, Interurban Club, Massachusetts Medical Society, American Fertility Society, American Federation Clinical Research, New York Academy Sciences, Hyannisport Country Club (Massachusetts).

Interests

• Avocations: tennis, skiing, walking, reading, golf.

Connections

Married Nancy Marie Colwell. Children: William Francis III, Sean Timothy, Regan Elizabeth, Colin Colwell.

Father:

William Francis Crowley

Mother:

Kathryn Crowley

Spouse:

Nancy Marie Colwell

child:

Colin Colwell Crowley

child:

William Francis III Crowley

child:

Regan Elizabeth Crowley

child:

Sean Timothy Crowley