Naughton, John P. 1933-

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NAUGHTON, John P. 1933-

PERSONAL: Born May 20, 1933, in West Nanticoke, PA; son of John Patrick (a restaurant owner) and Anne Frances (McCormik) Naughton; married Margaret Louise Fox; children: Bruce, Marcia, Lisa, George, Michael, Thomas. Education: Cameron State College, A.A., 1952; St. Louis University, B.S., 1954; University of Oklahoma, M.D., 1958, postgraduate cardiovascular traineeship, 1961-64. Politics: Independent Democrat. Religion: Episcopalian.

ADDRESSES: Home—85 Hillipine Rd., Cheektowaga, NY 14227. Office—School of Medicine, Room 128 Farber Hall, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14214. E-mail—[email protected].

CAREER: George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, DC, intern, 1958-59; University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Medical Center, resident, 1959-61, chief resident, 1962-63, School of Medicine, instructor, 1964-66, assistant professor of medicine and physiology, 1966-68; University of Illinois at the Medical Center, Chicago, associate professor of medicine and director of Rehabilitation Center, 1968-70; George Washington University Medical Center, professor of medicine, 1970-75, director of division of rehabilitation medicine, 1970-75, director of regional Rehabilitation and Training Center, 1970-75, director of coordinating Center for National Study in Exercise and Heart Disease, beginning 1972, acting associate dean for academic affairs, 1972-73, dean for academic affairs, 1973-75; State University of New York at Buffalo, professor of physiology, biophysics, social and preventive medicine, 1975—, dean of School of Medicine, 1975. Member, Governing Board of D.C. General Hospital, beginning 1972, National Heart and Lung Institute Task Force on Cardiac Rehabilitation, beginning 1973, and Mayor's Task Force on Out-Patient Care in District of Columbia, beginning 1973. Professor of rehabilitation medicine, Erie County Medical Center. Member, Uniform Data Systems for Rehabilitation Research.

MEMBER: American Medical Association, American College of Cardiology (fellow), American College of Physicians (fellow), American Heart Association, American Congress of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, American Physiologic Society, American Psychosomatic Society, American Society of Internal Medicine, American College of Sports Physicians (vice-president, 1967-69; president, 1970-71; fellow), American Association of University Professors, New York Academy of Sciences, District of Columbia Medical Society, Washington Heart Association, American Cancer Society of DC (member of board of trustees, beginning 1973).

AWARDS, HONORS: Career Development Award, National Heart Institute, 1966; International Health Research Act fellowships, 1971-74.

WRITINGS:

(Editor with H. Hellerstein and I. Mohler) Exercise Testing and Exercise Training in Coronary Heart Disease, Academic Press (New York, NY), 1973.

(Contributor) E. Levine and J. Garrett, Rehabilitation Practices with the Physically Disabled, Columbia University Press (New York, NY), 1973.

Exercise Testing: Physiological, Biomechanical, and Clinical Principles, Futura (Mount Kisco, NY), 1988.

Contributor to periodicals, including American Journal of Cardiology, Comprehensive Therapy, Teaching and Learning in Medicine, and American Journal of Public Health.

SIDELIGHTS: John P. Naughton is a physician and research scientist whose work is dedicated to improving the prognosis of patients with coronary heart disease and congestive heart failure. Naughton's books and papers address the use of exercise as a diagnostic tool in heart disease. Longer term experiments are in progress to determine the benefits of regular exercise in improving lifespan and quality of life for heart attack survivors.