Ernest Beutler M.D.

Brief Chronology of Employment:

1950-1951 Rotating Intern, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL.
1951-1953 Assistant Resident in Medicine, University of Chicago Clinics, Chicago, IL.
1953-1955 1st Lieutenant and Captain, U.S. Army Medical Corps.
1955-1956 Resident and Instructor in Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL.
1956-1959 Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL.
1959-1978 Chairman, Division of Medicine and Director, Department of Hematology, City of Hope Medical Center, Duarte, CA.
1978-1982 Chairman, Department of Clinical Research, Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation, La Jolla, CA.
1978-1987 Head, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation, La Jolla, CA.
1982-Present Chairman, Department of Molecular and Experimental Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA.

Other Academic Appointments:

1960-1964 Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA.
1964-1965 Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA.
1965-1967 Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of California (CCM), Los Angeles, CA.
1967-1978 Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA.
1980- Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, CA.

Honorary Societies:

Phi Beta Kappa, 1948.
Alpha Omega Alpha, 1950.
American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1975.
National Academy of Sciences, 1976.
National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry, 1991.
Institute of Medicine of the National Academies, 2004.

Societies:

American Federation for Clinical Research, 1955-1976.
International Society of Hematology, 1956-
Central Society for Clinical Research, 1956-
American Society of Hematology, 1959-
     Executive Committee 1970-1973.
     Vice-President 1977.
     President 1979.
American Society for Clinical Investigation, 1959-
American Institute of Nutrition, 1960-
American College of Physicians (Fellow), 1962-
Western Society for Clinical Research, 1962-
Corresponding Member, European Society of Hematology, 1964-
Western Association of Physicians, 1965-
     President 1989.
American Society of Human Genetics, 1965-
     Executive Committee 1968-1971.
Association of American Physicians, 1969-
American Institute of Nutrition (Fellow), 1994-

Awards:

Salute to Medical Progress Award, Chicago, 1966.
Distinguished Alumni Award, University of Chicago School of Medicine, 1973.
Gairdner Foundation Award, 1975.
James Blundell Prize, British Blood Transfusion Society, 1985.
National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute MERIT Award, 1987.
Mayo Soley Award of the Western Society for Clinical Investigation, 1992.
Medical Achievement Award, National Gaucher Foundation, 1992.
Fifth Annual Award for Excellence in Clinical Research, General Clinical Research Centers Program, National Institutes of Health, 1993.
Doctor Philosophiae Honoris Causa, Tel Aviv University, 1993.
City of Medicine Award, Durham, North Carolina, 1994.
Philip Levine Outstanding Research Award, American Society of Clinical Pathologists, 2000.
Distinguished Alumni Award, University of Chicago, 2003.
E. Donnall Thomas Lecture and Prize, American Society of Hematology, 2003.

Special Lectures and Visiting Professorships:

Alice Messinger Band Memorial Lecture, University of Maryland, School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, March 1966.
Bruce K. Wiseman Memorial Lecture, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, May 1969.
Cleve Ewell Memorial Lecture, 74th Convention and Scientific Assembly, National Medical Association, San Francisco, CA, August 1969.
Henry Stratton Lecture, American Society of Hematology, Atlanta, GA, December 1974.
Paul M. Aggeler Lecture, San Francisco, CA, October 1976.
Rufus Cole Lecture Rockefeller University, New York, NY, March 1977.
Unger Memorial Lecture, Mt. Sinai Hospital, Cleveland, OH, October 1977.
Mary H. Edens Medical Genetics Lectureship, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, December 1977.
John and Oral Sebelin Lecture, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, May 1978.
Gifford-Hill Visiting Professor, University of Texas, June 1979.
Austin S. Weisberger Visiting Professor of Medicine, Case Western University, November 1980.
Redlich Lectureship in Hematology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, January 1981.
13th Annual Alice Sneed Visiting Professor, St. Joseph's Hospital, Houston, TX, March 1982.
G. Izak Memorial Lecture, Hadassah University, Israel, March 1984.
Clement A. Finch, Visiting Professorship, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, March 1985.
James Blundell Award Lecture, Oxford, England, September 1985.
Greenwalt Lectureship, Cincinnati, OH, September 1989.
W.N. Valentine Lectureship in Hematology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, December 1989.
Eastman Kodak Lectureship in Clinical Biochemistry, San Francisco, CA, July 1990.
First Annual E. Donnall Thomas Lecture, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, July 1991.
Spinoza Chair, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands, November 1991.
William C. Moloney Lecture, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, November 1992.
Honorary President, International Non-Governmental Research Center for Molecular Blood Diseases, 1994.
Benjamin Highman Lectureship, University of California, Davis, CA, March 1997.
Robert Hettig Lecturer in Hematology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, January 1998.
First Annual Tanaka Hematology Lecture, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, March 2000.
Kent Kiekow Memorial Leukemia Lecture, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL, October 2002.
Distinguished Visitor, Biomedical Research Council, Singapore, November 2003.

Editorial Boards:

Blood, 1958-1964; 1967-1978; Associate Editor, 1978-1982.
Journal of Pediatric Ophthalmology, 1964-1967.
American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 1964-1969.
Excerpta Medica, 1966-1976.
Series Haematologica, 1966-1967.
Haematologia Hungarica, 1966-2003.
Annals of Internal Medicine, 1975-1978.
LAB, 1975-1977.
Blood Cells, 1977-1994. Blood Cells, Molecules, and Diseases, Editor-in-Chief, 1995-2000; Contributing Editor, 2000-
American Journal of Human Genetics, 1976-1979.
Clinical and Laboratory Haematology, 1979-1994.
Associate Editor, Annual Review of Nutrition, 1983-1989.
Hematologic Pathology, 1987-1995.
Acta Haematologica, 1988-
Molecular Aspects of Medicine, 1993-1995.
Molecular Medicine, Contributing Editor, 1995-
Journal of Clinical Investigation, Associate Editor, 1995-1997.
Turkish Journal of Haematology, International Editorial Board, 1996-

Consultantships:

Member, Scientific Advisory Council, Hyland Laboratories, 1964-1969.
Chairman, Scientific Advisory Panel to the Trattner Foundation, 1964-1966.
Member, Study Group on Blood Dyscrasias, American Medical Association, 1956-1965.
Consultant, Committee on Iron Deficiency Anemia, Council on Foods and Nutrition of the A.M.A., 1965.
Member, Ad Hoc Committee on Iron Metabolism, Department of Drugs, A.M.A., 1965-1967.
Member, World Health Organization Scientific Group on Haemoglobinopathies and Allied Disorders, Geneva, December 1965.
Member, World Health Organization Scientific Group on The Standardization of Procedures for the Study of Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase, Geneva, December 1966.
Member, Board and Hemopoietic System Research Evaluation Committee, Veterans Administration, 1970-1971.
Member, Hematology Study Section, National Institutes of Health, 1970-1974, 1989-1990.
Member, Committee of Revision U.S. Pharmacopeia, 1970-1974.
Consultant, Ad Hoc Committee on Adenine Specification, National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences, 1971.
Member, Board of Directors, International Committee for Standardization in Haematology, 1972. President, 1979-1980.
Member, Ad Hoc Committee on Sickle Cell Disease, National Research Council, 1972.
Member, Advisory Committee on Sickle Cell Anemia, Department of Public Health, State of California, 1972-1974.
Member, Medical Advisory Committee, Red Cross Blood Program, 1972-1978.
Member, Research Review Committee, American National Red Cross Blood Program, 1973-1977.
Member, Hemoglobinopathy Task Force, Center for Disease Control, Atlanta, GA, 1973-1974.
Consultant, Veterans Administration Cooperative Study on the Sickle Cell Trait, 1973-1975.
Member, Ad Hoc Committee on Current Status of Red Blood Cell Preservation, National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences, 1973.
Consultant, Fenwal Laboratories, Morton Grove, IL, 1973-1991.
Member, Special Committee on Hemoglobin Standards, National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences, 1973.
Chairman, Scientific Advisory Committee, Puget Sound Blood Center, Seattle, WA, 1975-1981.
Member, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Scientific Advisory Council, 1976-1978.
Member, International Scientific Advisory Committee, Israeli Magen David Adom Central Bank and Fractionation Center, Israel, 1976.
Broad-Based Genetic Disease Advisory Committee, State of California, 1977-1980.
Member, Blood Diseases and Resources Advisory Committee, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, 1977-1982.
Chairman, Task Force on Inborn Errors of Metabolism, Evaluation of Research Needs in Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases, National Institutes of Health,1978-1979.
Member, National Research Council, Committee on Space Biology and Medicine, 1979-1980.
Member, Scientific Board of Visitors, Oklahoma Research Foundation, 1980-1984.
Member, National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards, Subcommittee on Cellular Enzymology, 1983-1985.
Blood Products Advisory Committee, Food and Drug Administration, 1984-1987.
Member, Hematology Study Section, National Institutes of Health, 1989-1990.
Chairman, Sickle Cell Disease Task Force, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health,1990.
Consultant, PRP/Cypress Bioscience, San Diego, CA, 1990-1998.
Member, Scientific Advisory Board, Baxter Healthcare, 1991-
Member, Scientific Advisory Board, The Sam and Rose Stein Institute for Research on Aging, University of California, San Diego, 1993-2002.
Member, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Advisory Council, National Institutes of Health, 1994-1997.
Member, Scientific Advisory Board, The Burnham Institute, La Jolla, CA, 1996-; Chairman, 1998-; Member, Board of Trustees, 1998-
Member, Scientific Advisory Board, Prolifaron, San Diego, CA, 1997-2000.
Member, Scientific Advisory Board, Insert Therapeutics, Inc., Pasadena, CA, 1998-
Member, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute Intramural Program Review Committee, National Institutes of Health, 1998-1999.
Chairman, Medical Advisory Board, Myeloproliferative Disorders Foundation, Chicago, IL, 2001-
Member, Visiting Committee to the Division of the Biological Sciences and the Pritzker School of Medicine, The University of Chicago, 2003-2006.

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