F. Curtis Dohan, Jr.

Disambiguation Note: This article is about the son of F. Curtis Dohan.

Francis Curtis Dohan, Jr. (b. November 10, 1935) is an American physician and neuropathologist.

F. Curtis Dohan, Jr., M.D. circa 2010 as Director of Neuropathology, University of Tennessee, College of Medicine, Memphis

Birth and education

Dohan, Jr. was born in Philadelphia, PA. His father, Francis Curtis Dohan, was a research physician and endocrinologist. His mother, Marie Postenrieder Dohan, was a sociologist (PhD, Bryn Marr).

In 1957 he graduated from Princeton University, where Carl Icahn was a classmate, and where he majored in physics. The physics department at that time was influenced by its relationship with Albert Einstein.

Dohan, Jr. graduated from Harvard Medical School in 1961. He went on to complete an internship and residency in internal medicine at Bellevue Hospital in New York City, before becoming a research associate at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland.

In 1968 he returned to Boston to work in the laboratory of Nobel laureate John F. Enders at Children's Hospital. In 1977 he began residency training in pathology at the Massachusetts General Hospital. He completed neuropathology training at Boston Children's Hospital in 1983.

Medical career

In 1984 Dohan, Jr. became Director of Neuropathology at the University of Tennessee, College of Medicine in Memphis, a position he held for a quarter of a century and through which he helped to train a generation of physicians specializing in neurosurgery, neurology, and pathology.

As a medical researcher Dohan, Jr. published many scientific articles, and he inspired his students and colleagues to undertake important research projects. His special interests included brain tumors, paraneoplastic disorders, and epilepsy.

Honors

• Princeton University, Physics Achievement Award (1954)
• Harvard Medical School National Scholarship (1957)
• University of Tennessee Neurosurgery Resident Teaching Award (1986)

References

External links

• Researchers - Alumni, Massachusetts General Hospital Neurosurgery
• Appointments in Massachusetts General Hospital Neurosurgery – Alumni (1972–1977)
• Fellows and Staff - Alumni MGH Neurosurgery (1972–1977)