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      • Volume-vasoconstriction hypothesis of blood pressure controlage
      • The RAAS in health & CV disease
      • RAS Blockers: ACEIs and ARBs and renin blockers
      • Plasma renin guided treatment of hypertension
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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)

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    • John H. Laragh MD >
      • Curriculum Vitae
      • Aldosterone and hypertension
      • RAAS, hypertension and cardiovascular complications
      • Volume-vasoconstriction hypothesis of blood pressure controlage
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      • RAS Blockers: ACEIs and ARBs and renin blockers
      • Plasma renin guided treatment of hypertension
      • 1954-1960
      • 1966-1970
      • 1951-1965
      • 1971-1975
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      • 2001-2015
    • Jean E. Sealey D.Sc. >
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