HOSPITAL APPOINTMENTS:
1948-1949 Intern, Medical Service, Presbyterian Hospital, New York City
1949-1950 Assistant Resident, Presbyterian Hospital
1950-1954 Assistant Physician, Presbyterian Hospital
1954-1955 Assistant Visiting Physician, Francis Delafield Hospital
1954-1961 Assistant Attending Physician, Presbyterian Hospital
1961-1969 Associate Attending Physician, Presbyterian Hospital
1963-1975 Director, Hypertension-Nephritis Clinic, Presbyterian Hospital
1969-1975 Attending Physician, Presbyterian Hospital
1972-1974 Vice-President and President-Elect, Medical Board, Presbyterian Hospital
1974-1975 Vice-Chairman, Board of Trustees for Prof. and Scientific Affairs, Presbyterian Hospital
1975- Director, The Cardiovascular Center, New York Presbyterian Hospital-Cornell Medical College
1975- Attending Physician, The New York Presbyterian Hospital
FACULTY APPOINTMENTS:
1950-1955 Assistant in Medicine, Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons
1950-1951 Clinical Trainee in Cardiology of the Nat. Heart Inst. at Columbia-Presbyterian
1951-1952 Research Fellow of the New York Heart Association
1954-1955 Director, Cardiology Division, Francis Delafield Hospital
1955-1957 Instructor in Medicine, Columbia University
1957-1958 Associate in Medicine, Columbia University
1958-1961 Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, Columbia University
1961-1967 Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine, Columbia University
1967-1975 Professor of Clinical Medicine, Columbia University
1968-1975 Chief, Nephrology Division, Department of Medicine, Columbia University
1970-1975 Director, Hypertension Center, Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center
1970-1995 PI, Specialized Center of Research (SCOR) of National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
1976-1995 Chief, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Cornell University Medical College
1975-1996 Master Professor of Medicine, Cornell University Medical College
1975- Director, Cardiovascular Center, New York Presbyterian Hospital-Weill Cornell Medical College
1997- Professor of Medicine in Cardiothoracic Surgery, Weill Medical College of Cornell University
HONORS AND MEMBERSHIPS:
1947 Alpha Omega Alpha
1949 Diplomate, National Board of Medical Examiners
1955 Diplomate, American Board of Internal Medicine
1958 Member, American Society for Clinical Investigation
1961 Member, Council for High Blood Pressure Research, American Heart Association
1962 Fellow, American College of Physicians
1964-68 Consultant, United States Public Health Service - Cardiovascular Study Section
1966 Member, Association of American Physicians
1967-71 Consultant, United States Public Health Service - Heart Program Project A, National Heart and Lung Institute
1968-72 Chairman, Medical Advisory Board, Council for High Blood Pressure Research, American Heart Association
1968 Member, American Society of Nephrology
1969 Recipient of the Stouffer Prize for Hypertension Research, American Heart Association
1971 Policy Advisory Board of NHLI Hypertension Detection and Follow-up Program
1971-73 Executive Committee, Faculty Council, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University
1974 Member, Advisory Board, The American Society of Contemporary Medicine and Surgery
1974-79 Member, Board of Scientific Counselors of NHLBI
1975 Fellow, American College of Cardiology
1975 TIME Magazine, Cover Story, January 13, 1975
1975-77 Chairman, Ciba Award Prize Committee
1976-77 Consultant to the Task Force on Hypertension, NHLBI
1976 Order of Merit Medal, Republic of Santo Domingo
1976 Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement
1976 Member, Directors Council of the New York Heart Association
1977-85 Chairman, U.S. Delegation, USSR-USA Joint Program in Hypertension
1980 Honorary Fellowship Award, American College of Clinical Pharmacology
1980 A. N. Richards Memorial Lecture
1980 Distinguished Scientific Achievement Award, Korean Medical Association of America
1981 Outstanding Achievement Award, American Society of Contemporary Medicine and Surgery
1981 Advisory Board, Year Book of Health & Medicine, Macmillan Educational Corporation
1981 Hypertension-Kidney Diseases Task Group, NHLBI
1982-86 Council of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine
1982- Scientific Council of the International Society of Hypertension
1982- Association of University Cardiologists
1982- Forty-Fifth Annual Louis Gross Memorial Lecture of the Montreal Clinical Society
1982 Austin Flint Lecture, Buffalo, New York
1983- Board of Visitors, Ronald W. Reagan Eureka College Scholarship Program
1985 Michael deBakey Lecture, Houston, Texas
1985 Herbert and Angela Bruce Lecture, Toronto, Canada
1986 Arvilla Berger Lecture, New York Cardiologic Society
1986-88 President, International Society of Hypertension
1986-88 Founder and President, American Society of Hypertension
1986 Founder and Editor in Chief, American Journal of Hypertension
1989 Senator John Connolly Lecture, International Symposium on Frontiers in Cardiovascular Research
1989 John K. Lattimer Lecture, American Urological Association
1990 Robert Tigerstedt Award, American Society of Hypertension
1990 John P. Peters Award, American Society of Nephrology
1990 Lewis K. Dahl Lecture, American Heart Association
1993 Distinguished Alumnus Award, Cornell University Medical College
1993 Lifetime Achievement in Medicine Award, The New York Academy of Medicine
1994 Distinguished Lectureship American Physiological Society: Water Electrolyte and Blood Pressure Homeostasis
1996 Bristol-Myers Squibb Distinguished Achievement Award in Cardiovascular/Metabolic Research
1999 Distinguished Achievement Award, Council for High Blood Pressure Research, American Heart Association
2002 Stevo Julius Award for Education in Hypertension, International Society of Hypertension
2005 Lewis and Jack Rudin New York Prize for Medicine and Health
SCIENTIFIC CITATIONS:
1977 Most frequently cited in "The Top Ten Clinical Advances in Cardiovascular - Pulmonary Medicine and Surgery between 1945 and 1975." J.H. Comroe and R.D. Dripps. Report, January 31, 1977
1981 "The 1000 Contemporary Scientists Most Cited, 1965-1978." Current Contents 41: 5-14, October 12, 1981.
EDITORSHIPS: BOOKS
1974 Hypertension Manual, Yorke Medical Books, New York
1980 Topics in Hypertension, Yorke Medical Books, New York
1981 Frontiers in Hypertension Research, Springer-Verlag, New York
1986-88 American Society of Hypertension Symposium Series, Biologically Active Atrial Peptides, Raven Press, New York
1987 Renovascular Hypertension: Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Treatment, Raven Press, New York
1987 Perspectives in Hypertension, Vol. I, II & III, Raven Press, New York
1990 Hypertension: Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Management, Vol. I & II, Raven Press, New York
1995 Hypertension: Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Management, 2nd Edition Vol. 1 & II, Raven Press, New York
EDITORSHIPS: JOURNALS
1976-1979 Cardiovascular Medicine (Editor-in-Chief)
1980- Cardiovascular Reviews & Reports (Editor-in-Chief)
1988-2006 American Journal of Hypertension (Editor-in-Chief)
1993- 2000 Congestive Heart Failure (Senior Editor)
1948-1949 Intern, Medical Service, Presbyterian Hospital, New York City
1949-1950 Assistant Resident, Presbyterian Hospital
1950-1954 Assistant Physician, Presbyterian Hospital
1954-1955 Assistant Visiting Physician, Francis Delafield Hospital
1954-1961 Assistant Attending Physician, Presbyterian Hospital
1961-1969 Associate Attending Physician, Presbyterian Hospital
1963-1975 Director, Hypertension-Nephritis Clinic, Presbyterian Hospital
1969-1975 Attending Physician, Presbyterian Hospital
1972-1974 Vice-President and President-Elect, Medical Board, Presbyterian Hospital
1974-1975 Vice-Chairman, Board of Trustees for Prof. and Scientific Affairs, Presbyterian Hospital
1975- Director, The Cardiovascular Center, New York Presbyterian Hospital-Cornell Medical College
1975- Attending Physician, The New York Presbyterian Hospital
FACULTY APPOINTMENTS:
1950-1955 Assistant in Medicine, Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons
1950-1951 Clinical Trainee in Cardiology of the Nat. Heart Inst. at Columbia-Presbyterian
1951-1952 Research Fellow of the New York Heart Association
1954-1955 Director, Cardiology Division, Francis Delafield Hospital
1955-1957 Instructor in Medicine, Columbia University
1957-1958 Associate in Medicine, Columbia University
1958-1961 Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, Columbia University
1961-1967 Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine, Columbia University
1967-1975 Professor of Clinical Medicine, Columbia University
1968-1975 Chief, Nephrology Division, Department of Medicine, Columbia University
1970-1975 Director, Hypertension Center, Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center
1970-1995 PI, Specialized Center of Research (SCOR) of National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
1976-1995 Chief, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Cornell University Medical College
1975-1996 Master Professor of Medicine, Cornell University Medical College
1975- Director, Cardiovascular Center, New York Presbyterian Hospital-Weill Cornell Medical College
1997- Professor of Medicine in Cardiothoracic Surgery, Weill Medical College of Cornell University
HONORS AND MEMBERSHIPS:
1947 Alpha Omega Alpha
1949 Diplomate, National Board of Medical Examiners
1955 Diplomate, American Board of Internal Medicine
1958 Member, American Society for Clinical Investigation
1961 Member, Council for High Blood Pressure Research, American Heart Association
1962 Fellow, American College of Physicians
1964-68 Consultant, United States Public Health Service - Cardiovascular Study Section
1966 Member, Association of American Physicians
1967-71 Consultant, United States Public Health Service - Heart Program Project A, National Heart and Lung Institute
1968-72 Chairman, Medical Advisory Board, Council for High Blood Pressure Research, American Heart Association
1968 Member, American Society of Nephrology
1969 Recipient of the Stouffer Prize for Hypertension Research, American Heart Association
1971 Policy Advisory Board of NHLI Hypertension Detection and Follow-up Program
1971-73 Executive Committee, Faculty Council, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University
1974 Member, Advisory Board, The American Society of Contemporary Medicine and Surgery
1974-79 Member, Board of Scientific Counselors of NHLBI
1975 Fellow, American College of Cardiology
1975 TIME Magazine, Cover Story, January 13, 1975
1975-77 Chairman, Ciba Award Prize Committee
1976-77 Consultant to the Task Force on Hypertension, NHLBI
1976 Order of Merit Medal, Republic of Santo Domingo
1976 Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement
1976 Member, Directors Council of the New York Heart Association
1977-85 Chairman, U.S. Delegation, USSR-USA Joint Program in Hypertension
1980 Honorary Fellowship Award, American College of Clinical Pharmacology
1980 A. N. Richards Memorial Lecture
1980 Distinguished Scientific Achievement Award, Korean Medical Association of America
1981 Outstanding Achievement Award, American Society of Contemporary Medicine and Surgery
1981 Advisory Board, Year Book of Health & Medicine, Macmillan Educational Corporation
1981 Hypertension-Kidney Diseases Task Group, NHLBI
1982-86 Council of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine
1982- Scientific Council of the International Society of Hypertension
1982- Association of University Cardiologists
1982- Forty-Fifth Annual Louis Gross Memorial Lecture of the Montreal Clinical Society
1982 Austin Flint Lecture, Buffalo, New York
1983- Board of Visitors, Ronald W. Reagan Eureka College Scholarship Program
1985 Michael deBakey Lecture, Houston, Texas
1985 Herbert and Angela Bruce Lecture, Toronto, Canada
1986 Arvilla Berger Lecture, New York Cardiologic Society
1986-88 President, International Society of Hypertension
1986-88 Founder and President, American Society of Hypertension
1986 Founder and Editor in Chief, American Journal of Hypertension
1989 Senator John Connolly Lecture, International Symposium on Frontiers in Cardiovascular Research
1989 John K. Lattimer Lecture, American Urological Association
1990 Robert Tigerstedt Award, American Society of Hypertension
1990 John P. Peters Award, American Society of Nephrology
1990 Lewis K. Dahl Lecture, American Heart Association
1993 Distinguished Alumnus Award, Cornell University Medical College
1993 Lifetime Achievement in Medicine Award, The New York Academy of Medicine
1994 Distinguished Lectureship American Physiological Society: Water Electrolyte and Blood Pressure Homeostasis
1996 Bristol-Myers Squibb Distinguished Achievement Award in Cardiovascular/Metabolic Research
1999 Distinguished Achievement Award, Council for High Blood Pressure Research, American Heart Association
2002 Stevo Julius Award for Education in Hypertension, International Society of Hypertension
2005 Lewis and Jack Rudin New York Prize for Medicine and Health
SCIENTIFIC CITATIONS:
1977 Most frequently cited in "The Top Ten Clinical Advances in Cardiovascular - Pulmonary Medicine and Surgery between 1945 and 1975." J.H. Comroe and R.D. Dripps. Report, January 31, 1977
1981 "The 1000 Contemporary Scientists Most Cited, 1965-1978." Current Contents 41: 5-14, October 12, 1981.
EDITORSHIPS: BOOKS
1974 Hypertension Manual, Yorke Medical Books, New York
1980 Topics in Hypertension, Yorke Medical Books, New York
1981 Frontiers in Hypertension Research, Springer-Verlag, New York
1986-88 American Society of Hypertension Symposium Series, Biologically Active Atrial Peptides, Raven Press, New York
1987 Renovascular Hypertension: Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Treatment, Raven Press, New York
1987 Perspectives in Hypertension, Vol. I, II & III, Raven Press, New York
1990 Hypertension: Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Management, Vol. I & II, Raven Press, New York
1995 Hypertension: Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Management, 2nd Edition Vol. 1 & II, Raven Press, New York
EDITORSHIPS: JOURNALS
1976-1979 Cardiovascular Medicine (Editor-in-Chief)
1980- Cardiovascular Reviews & Reports (Editor-in-Chief)
1988-2006 American Journal of Hypertension (Editor-in-Chief)
1993- 2000 Congestive Heart Failure (Senior Editor)