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Joseph P. Van Der Meulen, M.D.

JVanDerMuelenEducation/Training
Boston College     A.B.       1946-50      Mathematics
Boston University School of Medicine    M.D.       1950-54      Medicine

Professional Background

1955-56 Assistant Resident in Medicine Second (Cornell) Medical Division,
Bellevue Hospital, New York City
1959-60 Resident in Neurology, Harvard Neurological Unit, Boston City Hospital
1962-63 Fellow in Neurology, Neurological Unit,
Boston City Hospital and Harvard Medical School
1963-64 Research Fellow in Neurology, Neurological Unit,
Boston City Hospital and Harvard Medical School
1964-65 Instructor in Neurology, Harvard Medical School
1967-69 Assistant Professor of Neurology, Department of Medicine,
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
1969-71 Associate Professor of Neurology, Department of Medicine,
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
1971-79 Professor and Chairman, Department of Neurology, USC School of Medicine
1971-Present Professor of Neurology, USC School of Medicine
1977-2005 Vice President, Health Affairs, University of Southern California
1985-86 Dean, USC School of Medicine
1996-97 Interim Dean, USC School of Medicine
1991-2005 Director, Independent Health Professions, USC

Societies

  • American Academy of Neurology, 1967; Fellow, 1971-Present
  • Los Angeles Academy of Medicine, 1972-Present
  • American Neurological Association, 1976-Present
  • American Medical Association, 1985-Present
  • California Medical Association, 1985-Present
  • Los Angeles County Medical Association, 1983-Present
  • California Neurological Association 1999-Present

Editorial Board

  • AMA – Archives of Neurology, 1976-78
  • Continuing Education, 1975-77

Hospital Board Memberships

  • Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles, Board of Directors, 1977-2005
  • Kenneth Norris Jr. Cancer Hospital and Research Institute, Board of Directors, 1983-2005; President and Chief Executive Officer, 1983-98; Chairman of the Board of Directors, 1984-87
  • Doheny Eye Hospital, Board of Directors, 1985
  • USC University Hospital, Chairman, Governing Board, 1989-2005

Special Honors

  • Boston University – Begg Society (Honorary Medical Society), Alpha Omega Alpha
  • University of Southern California – Clinical Teaching Excellence – Graduating Class of 1976
  • Phi Kappa Phi, Honoris causa, 1982

References

  1. Van Der Meulen, J. P., Gilbert, G. J., Kane, C. A.: Familial Hyperkalemic Paralysis with Myotonia. New England Journal of Medicine 1:1-6, 1961.
  2. Van Der Meulen, J. P., Gilman, S.: Recovery of Muscle Spindle Activity in Cats after Cerebellar Ablation. Journal of Neurophysics 28:943-957, 1965.
  3. Van Der Meulen, J. P.: Cerebrospinal Fluid Xanthochromia. An objective index. Neurology 16: 170-178, 1966.
  4. Van Der Meulen, J. P., Gilman, S., Denny-Brown, D. E.: Muscle Spindle Activity in Animals with Chronic Lesions of the Central Nervous System.  In: R. Granit (ed) Nobel Symposium 1: Muscular Afferents and Motor Control, pp. 139-149, 1966.
  5. Romanul, F. C. A., Van Der Meulen, J. P.: Reversal of the Enzymatic Profiles of Muscle Fibers in Fast and Slow Muscles by Cross-Innervation.  Nature212: 1369-1370, 1966.
  6. Romanul, F. C. A., Van Der Meulen, J. P.: Enzymatic and Physiological Changes in Slow and Fast Muscles after Cross-Innervation. Arch Neuro 17: 387-402, 1967.
  7. Van Der Meulen, J. P.: Differentiation of Alpha and Gamma Motor Unit Discharge in Muscle Nerves.  In: S. Locke (ed) Recent Advances in Neurology, Boston: Little, Brown, & Company, pp. 121-134, 1969.
  8. Van Der Meulen, J. P., Peckham, P. H., Mortimer, J. T.: Use and Disuse of Muscle. Ann New York Academy of Science
  9. Eide, I., Kolloch, R., DeQuattro, V., Miano, L., Dugger, R., Van Der Meulen, J. P.: Raised Cerebrospinal Fluid Norodrenaline in Some Patients with Primary Hypertension. Hypertension 1:255-260, 1979.
  10. Van Der Meulen, J. P.: Contributions to Contemporary Neurology and Tribute to Joseph Michael Foley, Robert Daroff, and John P. Conomy (eds) Is the Brain Dead?, Butterworths Publishers, Boston, pp. 187-192, 1988.