Senior Fellow, Medical Research
John S. Marr, MD, MPH, FACP
22 Lia Fail Way, Cos Cob, CT 06807
Voice: (203) 661-2605 Fax: (203) 625-0887 E-mail: jsmarr@javanet.com
Education: BA: Yale MD: New York Medical College MPH: Harvard School of Public Health
Board Certifications: Internal Medicine; Preventive Medicine; Occupational Medicine
Medical Licensures: Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Virginia
Experience, Professional:
Medical Director, AmeriChoice, 7 Hanover Square, New York, NY 2000-01
Conduct >80/day on-site/telephonic reviews/discharge planning and pre-authorizations for Medicaid/Medicare products in NYC, NJ using M&R/ MCAP guidelines.
Evaluate/review >20 Level I Appeals, 10 Mortality Reviews/weekly.
Liaison daily with hospitals/physicians regarding institutional/professional/individual issues.
Medical Director, Oxford Health Plans, White Plains, NY and Trumbull, CT 1998-00
Conducted >60/day on-site/telephonic reviews/discharge planning for commercial/Medicare products in NYC, using M&R/ MCAP guidelines; reduced ALOS to acceptable levels.
Liaisoned with hospitals/physicians regarding institutional/professional and individual issues.
Managed Rare & Chronic disease management program; assisted with AIDS/Lyme programs.
Reviewed pre-authorization requests for procedures, pharmaceuticals and exceptions.
Participated in Grievances/Appeals, Consistency, and Policy Development processes.
Medical Director, MD Health Plan/Physicians Health Services, Shelton, CT 1995-98
Performed daily utilization reviews of in-patient status using accepted medical standards.
Evaluated requests for pre-authorized procedures/hospital stays with participating MDs.
Developed/reviewed/scoped new clinical policy materials/resources
Chaired/strategized/implemented plans for Wellness Committee; chaired Appeals Committee; represented MDHP/PHS at Technical Assessment Committee meetings.
Physician Epidemiologist, New York State Department of Health, New York, NY 1993-95
Provided analyses for NYSDOH of ongoing state and City communicable disease and
epidemiological programs/ investigations: India plague/ Ebola outbreak threats.
Led efforts to implement Direct Observational Therapy (DOT) for tuberculosis by developing a network of health providers resulting in a decrease of incidence in the City from ‘93 ‘- ‘95.
Improved liaison between NYSDOH and NYCDOH and/or major hospitals through personal knowledge of institutions/professional contacts, including implementation of a conference on Emerging Infections and NYCDOH Emergency Preparedness Plans.
Director, Greenwich Hospital Out-Patient Clinics, Greenwich, CT 1991-93
Managed Clinic providing quality care to a population of >3K Medicaid/Medicare patients
Acted as primary care physician to evaluate/treat/triage/refer >50/day for appropriate treatment
Implemented programs to ensure compliance accreditation with NCQA, HICFA, CLIO
Suggested/implemented programs for residency training/patient satisfaction (eg. house calls)
Assistant Medical Director, Exxon Corporation, New York, NY 1980-90
Acted as Medical Contact Director for overseas activities for Exxon Minerals Co. and Esso Inter-America to ensure highest quality of health care for expatriates in > 40 foreign affiliates.
Performed periodic health exams/clinical consultations for >2.5K employees and executives.
Director/Principal Epidemiologist, New York City Department of Health, NYC 1976-80
Supervised >2,000 employees in Bureaus of TB, Immunizations, STDs, Tropical Medicine, Epidemiology in City/state/federal programs; decreased infectious disease incidence, 74-80.
Director of Preventive Medicine residency program (1978-80)
Major, US Army Academy of Health Sciences, Fort Sam Houston, Texas 1972-74
Taught extensive course on infectious diseases for medical personnel; created new courses on occupational health disease, epidemiology, home health care, geographical medicine.
Experience, Teaching: 1972-80
: Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Community & Preventive Medicine, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY. 1974-95: Lecturer, New York State University Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY. 1993-01: Lecturer and Senior Lecturer, NYMC Graduate School of Health Sciences.Experience, Other: 1991-01: Advisory Board of Directors, The Medical Herald, NY, NY; 1995-01: Board of Directors, The Med Design Corporation, Ventura, CA. 1997-01: Peer reviewer, J Comm Hlth, & J Publc Hlth & Mgmt. Pract.
Fellowships: American Colleges of: Epidemiology; Internal Medicine; Occupational Medicine; Preventive Medicine; NY Academy of Medicine; Tulane University Tropical Medicine.
Publications: Three novels; three children’s books; >60 medical articles, abstracts, book reviews, magazine articles, op-eds, letters to the editor; co-founder of plaguescape.com. (see attached)
Memberships
: AOA, AMA, APHA, ASTM&H, NYAM, NYAS (see attached)Awards: Dean’s List 2-4, NYMC; AOA, Cor et Manus (NYMC Honor Society) (see attached)
Military: Active: US Army, 1972-74; Reserves: 1975-97, Honorable Discharge, Lt. Col., 1997.
Medical Journal Publications:
1. Marr JS and Pike EH. "The protection of mice by ‘Corpus Christi’ strain of Trypanosoma cruzi when challenged with ‘Brasil’ strain." Journal of Parasitology, 1967 (53): 6579-59.
2. Horwitz, MA, Marr JS, et al. "A continuing common source outbreak of botulism in a family." The Lancet, 1975 (11):861-863.
3. Maulitz, RM, Marr JS, Shookhoff HB. "Transfusion malaria as a consequence of the 1974 war between Turkey and Greece." American Journal of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene, 1976 (25):1:1-4.
4. Marr JS, Beck AM. "Rabies in New York City with new guidelines for prophylaxis." Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine, 1976 (52):5:605-616.
5. Imperato PJ, Shookhoff HB, Marr JS, Friedman S, Hwa CL. "Parasitic infections in New York City: Incidence and epidemiology." New York State Journal of Medicine, 1977, (77): 1:50-56.
6. Marr JS, Galaid EI. "Mortality from Pneumococcal Meningitis." Letter to the Editor, The Lancet, 1977, (1):147.
7. Imperato PJ, Drusin LM, Marr JS, Lambertson, EC, Topf-Olstein, B."The New York City nurse-epidemiology program." Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine, 1977, (53): 6:569-585.
8. William DC, Felman YM, Marr JS, Shookhoff, HB. "Sexually transmitted enteric pathogens in male homosexual population." New York State Journal of Medicine, 1977, (13): 2050-2052.
9. Rosenberg ML, Marr JS, Gangarosa EJ, et al. "Shigella surveillance in the United States, 1975." J Infectious Diseases, 1977 Sep; (13): 458-60.
10. Ortiz-Neu C, Marr JS, Cherubin CE, Neu HC. "Salmonella bone and joint infections." Journal of Infectious Diseases, 1978 (138) :6:820-828.
11. Shookhoff HB, Marr JS, Cherubin CE, Friedman S, Weinstock L "Malaria in New York City 1972-1977: A new population of patients." Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine, 1979, (55): 455-467.
12. Cherubin C, Sierra MF, Marr JS. "Recent trends in Salmonella and Shigella in New York City and at Kings County Hospital. Bull NY Academy of Medicine, 1979 (55): 303-312.
13. Marr JS and Cherubin C. "The rise and fall of medical indices of narcotic addiction in New York City, 1963-1977." New York State Journal of Medicine, 1979 (79) :5:727-730.
14. Welton JC, Marr JS, Friedman S. "Association between hepatobiliary cancer and the typhoid carrier state." The Lancet, 1979 (1):791-794.
15. Marr JS, Beck AM, Lugo JA. "The human bite: The descriptive epidemiology of 892 reports from New York City in 1977." Public Health Reports, 1979 (94):6,:514-521.
16. Welton JC, Marr JS, Friedman SM. "Hepatobiliary cancer and Salmonella." Letter to the Editor. The New England Journal of Medicine, 1980 (302):5:301.
17. Cherubin CE, Timoney JF, Sierra MF, Ma P, Marr JS "A sudden fall in Ampicillin resistance in S. typhimurium." Journal of the American Medical Association, 1980 (243): 5:.439-442.
18. Pomerantz BM, Marr JS, Goldman WD. "Amebiasis in New York City 1958-1978. Identification of the male homosexual high risk population." Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine, 1980, (56):2:232-244.
19. Coombe N, Marr JS. "Rat bites support need for in-home control. An epidemiologic study of rat bites in New York City, 1974-1978." Journal of Environmental Health, 1980 (42):6:321-326.
20. Cordes LG, Goldman WD, Marr JS, Friedman SM, et al. "Legionnaires’disease in New York City, August-September 1978." Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine, 1980 (5):56:467-482.
21. Goldman WD, Marr JS. "Are air-conditioning maintenance personnel at increased risk of Legionellosis?" Applied and Environmental Microbiology,1980, (40):1:114-116.
22. Bakal CW, Marr JS, Novick LF, Millner ES, Goldman WD, Pitkin OE. "Deinstitutionalized mentally retarded hepatitis-B surface antigen Carriers in public school classes: A descriptive study." American Journal of Public Health. 1980, (70):7:709-711.
23. Bakal CW, Novick LF, Marr JS, Millner ES, Goldman WD, Pitkin OE. "Mentally retarded hepatitis-B surface antigen carriers in NYC Public school classes: A public health dilemma." American Journal of Public Health, 1980 (70):7:712-716.
24. Marr JS, Friedman S, Welton J. "Clues concerning the etiology of carcinoma of the gallbladder." Selected summaries, authors respond to Gastroenterology, 1980, (79):2:.400.
25.
Galaid EI, Cherubin CE, Marr JS, et al. "Meningococcal disease in New York City, 973- 1978: The recognition of groups Y and W-135 as frequent pathogens." Journal of the American Medical Association .26. Felman YM, Marr,JS, 1980, (244):19:2167-2171. "Amoebiasis and giardiasis in New York City." British Journal of Venereal Diseases.1980, (56): 347-8.
27. Marr JS. "Amebiasis in New York City: A changing pattern of transmission." Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine, 1981, (57):3:188-200.
28. Lee W, Friedman SM, Marr JS, Welton JC. "More on carcinoma of the gallbladder." Gastroenterology,1981, (80):1:205-206.
29. Cherubin CE, Marr JS, Sierra MF, Becker S. "Listeria and Gram negative bacillary meningitis in New York City, 1972-1979: Frequent causes of meningitis in adults as well as children." American Journal of Medicine, 1981, (71):199-209.
30. Brettman LR, Lewin S, Holzman, RS, Goldman WD, Marr JS et al." Rickettsialpox: Report of an outbreak and contemporary review." Medicine, 1981, (60):5:363-372.
31. Marr JS. Epidemiologic Considerations and Public Health Resources. Clinical Manual of Infectious Diseases. Edited by Stephen Berger, MD. Addison, Wesley, Menlow Park, California, July,1981.
32. Henneberger PK, Galaid EI, Marr JS. "The descriptive epidemiology of pneumococcal meningitis in New York City." American Journal of Epidemiology, 1983, (117):4: 484-491.
33. Marr JS. "Hepatitis A: common and costly disease." Editorial, New York State Journal of Medicine, 1984 (84):3:356.
34. Malloy CD, Gallo RJ, Leib HB, Marr JS." Emerging pathogens: The White Horse of the Apocalypse?" Journal of Public Health Management and Practice,1995, (1):2:48-61.
35. Marr JS, Malloy CD. "A brief history and inventory of immunizations." Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, 1996, (2):1:79-84.
36. Adler JJ, Smirnof M, Klein SJ, Marr JS ,et al. "Hospital costs of tuberculosis patients referred for direct observed therapy in New York City: Identifying factors in prolonged stay." Journal of Public Health Management and Practices, 1995 (2):4:.22-27.
37. Marr JS. "A Tale of two trends -tuberculosis and typhoid fever." commentary, The Journal of Community Health, 1995. (20): 6:447-450.
38. Marr JS. "The natural nidality of transmissible diseases: searching for the Maguffin."Infections in Medicine, Medscape, August,1995.
39. Marr JS, Malloy CD. "An epidemiologic analysis of the ten plagues of Egypt." Caduceus, 1996, (12):1:16-24.
40. Marr JS. "Aperilisiasis: A little known re-emerging disease." Medscape, April, 1996.
41. Marr JS. "When the Saints go marching in." Infections in Medicine, 1996 (13):7:556-57.
42. Marr JS. "The Life that Lives on Man." Concrete Jungle, Dion, M, Rockman, A (Eds), REsearch, Juno Books, New York City, 1996.
43. Malloy CD, Marr JS. "Mycotoxins and Public Health, a review." Journal of Public Health Management and Practices, 1997, 3 (3):.61-69.
44. Malloy CD, Marr JS. "Sick building syndrome." (letter to editor), The Lancet, 1:349, June 28, 1997:1913.
45. Marr JS. Malloy CD. "Effects of mycotoxins in health and disease." (letter to the editor), Journal of the American Medical Association, October 1, 1997, (278):13:1062-1063.
46. Marr JS. "Overview: Surveillance and sentinel systems." Emerging Infectious Conference. Journal of Urban Health, 1998 (75):2:514-15.
47. Marr JS. "Misplaced flattery". Electronic response to SOUNDINGS, "One own’s petard." eBMJ 317 (7166): 1165; in The British Journal of Medicine, eBMJ, October 30, 1998.
48. Marr JS "Typhoid Mary." (letter to the editor), The Lancet, May 15,1999, (353):9165: 1714.
49. Marr JS. Guest editorial, "The Public Health Response ot Bioterrorism: A New Paradigm." Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, 2000 (6):4: vii-x.
50. Marr JS, Kiracofe BD. "Was the huey cocolitzli a hemorrhagic fever?" Medical History, 2000, (44):341-362.
51. Marr JS, Malloy CD. "Evolutionary of the Control of Communicable Diseases
Manual: 1917-2000." Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, 2001 (7):5:97- 104.
52. Novick, LF and Marr, JS (co-eds) Public Health Issues in Disaster Preparedness: Focus
on Bioterrorism. Aspen Publishers, Inc. Gaithersburg, Maryland, 2001.
Medical Notes, Reports, Contributions:
Editor, New York City (monthly) Communicable Disease Newsletter 1974-1980
Contributor to CDC’s Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, (MMWR) Reports:
Malaria - New York City, 23, (1974), 32: 278.
Influenza - Arizona, New York City, 24, (1975), 5: 40.
Changes in Rabies Control - New York City, Philadelphia, 24, (1975), 9: 82.
Typhoid - New York City, Haiti, 24 (1975), 15: 140.
Trichinosis Aboard a Cruise Ship - California, Florida, New York, 24, (1975), 37: 319.
Scombroid Poisoning - New York City, 24, (1975), 40: 342.
Fatal Mushroom Poisonings - New York City, 24, (1975) 51: 766.
An Interstate Outbreak of Typhoid Associated with a NYC Restaurant, 25, (1976), 2: 17.
Drug-Resistant Salmonella agona - New York, 26, (1977) 16: 129.
Influenza - Worldwide, 26, (1977) 16: 135.
Centers for Disease Control Annual Summary, Malaria, 1974:
Malaria - Case Report, Transfusion Induced Malaria - NYC.
Malaria - Case Report, Transfusion Induced Malaria - NYC.
Malaria - Case Report, Congenital Malaria - NYC.
Follow-up on Malaria Alert for Travelers Returning from Nigeria. 26, (1977) 12: 93.
Fatal Poliomyelitis - New York City, 26, (1977) 48: 410. Influenza - Hawaii, New Jersey, New York, Wisconsin 26, (1977): 48.
Primary Amebic Meningoencephalitis: California, Florida, New York, 27, (1978), 37:343.
Legionnaires’ Disease: New York, Tennessee, (1978), 37:352.
Follow-up on Legionnaires’ Disease: New York, Tennessee, 27, (1978), 38:365.
Carbon Monoxide Poisoning: New York City, 28, (1979), 8:78.
Typhoid Fever: New York City, 28, (1979), 17:145.
Centers for Disease Control Annual Summary: -- Malaria 1979: Malaria Deaths and Complications in the US Annual Summary, 1979: (1980).
Selected Abstracts and Presentations:
The rise and fall of medical indices of narcotic addiction in New York City, 1963-1977." Marr, JS, Cherubin, C. International Conference of Alcohol and Addiction, Warsaw Poland,1978.
"Hepatitis B carriers in public school classrooms." Bakal C, Novick, LF, Marr,JS, Pitkin, OE, Goldman, W. 106th Annual Meeting, American Public Health Association, October 1978.
"The patterns of death of 471 typhoid carriers: A matched study:" Welton,J, Marr, JS, Friedman, S. 106th Annual Meeting, American Public Health Association. October, 1978.
"Transmissions of Hepatitis B: aschool health issue." Bakal C, Novick LF, Marr,JS, Pitkin OF, Goldman W. 106th Meeting, American Public Health Association, October 1978.
"The prevalence of visceral larva migrans in New York City." Marr,JS, Amdurer L, Goldman, W. American Public Health Association, November 5-7, 1979.
"Amebiasis in New York City: A changing pattern of transmission." Marr,JS. New York Academy of Medicine Symposium on Amebiasis, New York City, Oct.29, 1980.
"Urban exposure and infection with a canine parasite."Amdurer, LA, Friedman, SM, Glickman, LT, Marr,JS. American Public Health Assoc. Los Angeles, California, November 1-5, 1981.
"A history of biological warfare: From Samuel I to Saddam Hussein."Marr,JS. Medical Defense against Biological Warfare Agents Conference, US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, Fort Detrick, Maryland, August 3-5,1992.
"A search for the Ten Plagues of Egypt." Marr,JS. The United States Department of Agriculture, Animal Research Service, Plum Island, LI, NY, May 13, 1995.
"History of Public Health - from Antiquity to the present day." Marr,JS. New York City Department of Health, New York City, February 27, 1995.
"A history of American medicine and public health." Marr, JS . International Business Development Council, New York, NY, March 15,1995.
"Preparing for biological terrorism." Marr,JS. National Association of Infection Control Practitioners, Marriott Hotel, Queens, NY, November 20, 1996.
"Mycotoxins and public health." Malloy, CD, Marr,JS. Poster session, American Public Health Association, Indianapolis, IN, November 10-15, 1997.
"Averting biowarfare through moral repugnance: fact or fiction?" Marr, JS. Association for Politics and the Life Sciences, Boston, MA. September 4, 1998.
Published Books:
The Good Drug and the Bad Drug, M. Evans & Company, NY, 1970.
A Breath of Air and a Breath of Smoke, M. Evans &Company, NY, 1971.
The Food You Eat, M. Evans & Company., NY, 1972.
The Black Death, EP Dutton & Company, NY, 1977, (with Gwyneth Cravens).
The Eleventh Plague, HarperCollins, NY, 1998, (with John Baldwin).
Wormwood, Baste Lübbe, Berlin, Germany, 2002
Popular Press Articles
:"
How You Can Join the Public Health Team", Real World, (1): 6,1977."Flu"—Op Ed page, The New York Times, April 22, 1976 (with Gwyneth Cravens).
"Tracking down the Epidemic", The New York Times Sunday Magazine, December 12, 1976 (with Gwyneth Cravens).
"The Rashomon Syndrome", SELF Magazine, Summer, 1998.
Movie/Television Experience:
Extra: "Operation Dames", Louis Clyde Stoumen, Director, Camera Eye Pictures, 1957.
Guest: "The Bill Cosby Show" Children’s Work Shop, NBC-TV, 1970.
Advisor: "The Hospital" United Artists, Howard Gottfried, Director, 1971.
Mystery Guest: "To Tell the Truth" ABC-TV, 1977.
Advisor: "The Silent Killers" CBS Movie of the Week, 1992.
Consultant: "Typhoid Mary" BBC documentary: Discovery Channel/History, 1993
Consultant: "The Ten Plagues of Egypt" (one hour documentary), UFA Non-fiction Productions Bertelsmann AG. The Learning Channel, 1998. Documentary to be shown seven times/ year from 1998-2005. Separate airings in UK began August 7, 1998.
Consultant: "The Eleventh Plague" Fox 2000 for 20th Century Fox, in development.
Internet Experience/Contributions:
Co-founder:
(with Cathey, J, Malloy, CM): plaguescape.com. (http//:www. plaguescape.com). (Reviewed in The Lancet, (352): 9137, October 24, 1998, p 1399)Co-founder: (with James B. Kiracofe): Was the huey coclitztli a haemorrhagic fever?
(http//:www.isr.umd.edu/~miw/coco/). (reviewed in The Lancet, (356), 9243, November 18, 2000, p 1777)
Co-founder: (with Cathey, J.): dekameron.com (http://www.dekameron.com). July, 2001
Interviewed: OUTBREAK: (
http://www.outbreak.org/egi-nreg/dynaserve.exe/eplague.htm).National Public Radio: Living on Earth: "Native Virus" Week of September 7, 2001
Contributions in ProMED-mail (Program to Monitor Emerging Diseases):Paralysis, epidemic - Nepal o The Eleventh Plague: a novel
Tularemia - USA (New York City) o Plague, human - USA (CO, NM)
Undiagnosed illness –UK, USA o Bioterrorism threat, responses - Israel & USA
Diarrheal disease -Afganistan o Borna virus & disease.(with Malloy, CD)
Ebola - Zaire: index case o Mycotoxins in barley or wheat
Meeting/Emerging Infections o CDC Hantavirus teleconference
Frog deformities o Review of Mycotoxins and Public Health
Reviews of Medical Books and Journal Articles
:
Uninvited Guests: The Life That Lives on Man
,1977, Michael LA. Andrews, Taplinger Press, NY, in Natural History, LXXXVI , (1977), 5: 88-90.The Coming Plague: Newly Emerging Diseases in a World Out of Balance, 1995, by Garrett L. Viking Penguin, in Infections. in Medicine, 12 (6): 1995.
The Coming Plague: Newly Emerging Diseases in a World Out of Balance, 1995, by Garrett L. Viking Penguin, in The Medical Herald, V:5, May, 1995.
Typhoid Mary, Captive to the Public Health, 1996, by Walzer Leavitt J, Beacon Press, in Infections in Medicine, June, 1996.
The Eleventh Plague, The Politics of Biological and Chemical Warfare,1996.by Cole LA. W. H. Freeman and Company, New York. In "Infections in Medicine, Spring, 1997.
Microbe Hunters Then and Now, Koproski H and Oldstone, MBA (Eds.), Bloomington, Illinois, MediPress, 1996, in Infections in Medicine, 4;11, November, 1997, pp. 586.
Scourge: The Once and Future threat of Smallpox, Tucker, JB. Atlantic Monthly Press, New York, 2001. in Medscape, November 13, 2001.
Timebomb: The Global Epidemic of Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis, Reichman, LB and Tanne, J. McGraw-Hill, New York, 2002. In MedScape, in press.
Newspaper Letters to the Editor:
"Rabies: Unlikely Epidemic" New York Times, September 17, 1974.
"About Health-Budget Cutbacks and TB" New York Times, September 18, 1975.
"Pennies for Oklahoma City" USA Today, June 19, 1995, p.10A.
"Ancient Scroll Carries Clue to Deadly Mold" New York Times, August 1, 1997 (with J.Baldwin).
"Town’s Residents should stand up for the Police Chief" Greenwich Time, May 10, 1998, A16.
Licenses and Certifications:
MD licenses: NY #102656; CT # 029844; NJ # MA48919; VA # 0101231583
Diplomate: American Board of Medical Examiners, 1968 # 96534.
Diplomate: American Board of Internal Medicine, 1973 # 39625.
Diplomate: American Board of General Preventive Medicine 1976 #
Diplomate: American Board of Occupational Medicine, 1984, # 21774.
Committees Experience- past and/or present:
Committee on Occupational Medicine, New York County Society, 1982.
Immunization Coordinating Committee, NYC Department of Health, Chairman, 1974-80.
Committee on Occupational Medicine, NY State Medical Society, 1983.
Commissioner’s Advisory Committee on Infectious Diseases: NYC Department of Health, 1974-80.
Commissioner’s Advisory Committee on Tuberculosis Control: NYC Department of Health, 1975-80.
Vice Chairman, Swine Flu Immunization Program, NYC Department of Health, 1975-76.
Committee on Use of Human Subjects in Research, NYC Department of Health, 1975; Chairman,
Committee on Trans-sexuals, NYC Department of Health, 1976-80.
Committee on Preventive Medicine, NYS Medical Society, 1983.
Committee on Public Health, New York Academy of Medicine, 1977-80; 1993-95.
Editorial Board, Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine, 1994-95.
New York Coalition Against Tuberculosis, New York, NY. 1993-95.
Planning Committee: Emerging Infectious Diseases, New York Academy of Medicine, June, 1995.
Bacterial Antibiotic Resistance Group, (BARG) New York, NY, 1994-95.
Editorial Board, Journal of Public Health Management and Practices, 1997-01.
Editorial Board, Chironian, The New York Medical College Alumni Magazine, 1998-01.
Planning Committee: Bioterrorism—a Suburban Threat. New York Medical College, June, 1999.
Fellowships - past and/or present:
American College of Epidemiology American College of Physicians
New York Academy of Medicine American College of Preventive Medicine
American College of Occupational Medicine
Memberships - past and/ or present:
Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society American Medical Association
American Public Health Association American Society Tropical Medicine & Hygiene
New York Academy of Sciences New York City Tropical Medicine Society
Awards:
Dean’s List, years 2,3,4, New York Medical College, 1965-67.
Pathology Essay Contest, first prize, "Some Provocative Aspects of Air Pollution", 1965.
Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, 1966. LSU Tropical Disease Fellowship, 1969.
Cor et Manus (New York Medical College Honor Society), 1967.
CAPRA Award, First Prize, Poster: Measles Immunizations. April, 1976.
AMA Physicians Recognition Awards in Continuing Education, 1973-76, 80, 80-83, 84-87, 87-91.
Encyclopedia Britannica Three Star Award for plaguescape, (One of 40 *** awards given in over 65,000 internet websites rated), October, 1997)