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Gary S. Firestein

Professor of Medicine
EDUCATION
INSTITUTION AND LOCATION

DEGREE

YEAR(s)
CONFERRED
FIELD OF STUDY

Harvard College, Cambridge, Massachusetts


Johns Hopkins Univ. School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland

 

A.B.


M.D.

1976


1980

Chemistry


Medicine


PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
  • 1980 - 1983 Resident in Medicine, UCLA Medical Center
  • 1983 - 1986 Fellow, Rheumatology Division, University of California, San Diego
  • 1986 - 1988 Fellow, Molecular Biology, La Jolla Cancer Research Institute
  • 1988 - 1992 Assistant Professor of Medicine In Residence, University of Calif., San Diego
  • 1992 - 1996 Senior Director, Immunology, Gensia, Inc.
  • 1996 - 1997 Associate Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Diego
  • 1997 - present Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Diego
  • 1998 - present Director, Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, & Immunology, Univ of California, San Diego
  • 1999 - present Executive Director, UCSD Center for Innovative Therapy, La Jolla, CA
  • 2000 - present Deputy Editor, Arthritis and Rheumatism
  • 2000 - present Member, FDA Arthritis Advisory Committee, Washington, D.C.
  • 2001 - present Chairman, FDA Advisory Committee, Washington, D.C.
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