Curriculum Vitae: David E Comings, M.D.
| 9/1951 - 6/1954 | University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois |
| 9/1954 - 6/1955 | Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL: Degree – B.S. |
| 9/1955 – 6/1958 | Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL: Degree – M.D. |
INTERNSHIP
| 7/1958 – 6/1959 | Cook County Hospital, Chicago, IL |
RESIDENCY
| 7/1959 – 6/1961 | Cook County Hospital, Chicago, IL |
| 8/1961 – 6/1962 | Hematology – Dr. Steven O. Schwartz, Cook County Hospital, Chicago, IL |
| 9/1964 – 9/1966 | Human Genetics – Dr. Arno G. Motulsky, University of Washington School of Medicine Seattle, WA |
| 8/1962 – 8/1964 | Madigan General Hospital, United States Army Fort Lewis, WA, Chief of Hematology |
| 1966 – 2003 | Director, Department of Medical Genetics City of Hope National Medical Center and Beckman Research Institute, Duarte, CA |
| 1993 – 2003 | Clinical Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, USC School of Medicine Los Angeles, CA |
| 2004 – present | Emeritus Professor, City of Hope National Medical Center Beckman Research Institute, Duarte, CA |
| 2004 – present | Director, Carlsbad Science Foundation, Chairman of the Board, Carlsbad Energy Institute |
American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Federation for Clinical Research
American Society for Cell Biology
American Society for Clinical Investigation (1968)
New York Academy of Sciences
Western Society for Clinical Research
Association of American Physicians
International Congress of Psychiatric Genetics
Illinois
Washington
California
American Board of Internal Medicine
American Board of Clinical Genetics
Editorial Board, Cytogenetics and Cell Genetics (1971-1974)
Board of Directors, American Society of Human Genetics (1974-1976)
Genetics Study Section, National Institutes of Health (1974-1978)
Co-Chairman, ICN-UCLA Winter Conference on Human Molecular Cytogenetics (1977)
Scientific Advisory Board, Hereditary Disease Foundation (1975-1983)
Chairman, Symposium on Molecular Cytogenetics, Montevideo, Uruguay (1977)
NASA Summer Workshop Advisory Committee on Biology and Space
Genetics and Developmental Biology Section (1977)
Scientific Advisory Board, National Foundation, March of Dimes (1977-1993)
Chairman, Work Group on Genetics, Immunology, Virology and Presymptomatic
Detection, for Huntington’s Disease Commission (1976-1977)
Editor, American Journal of Human Genetics (1978-1986)
President, Medical Staff, City of Hope Medical Center (1978-1979)
National Institutes of Health Task Force on Inborn Errors of Metabolism (1978-1979)
Visiting Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Winnipeg, Canada (1978)
President, City of Hope Medical Group, Inc. (1978-1979)
Member, Biomedical Research Support Grant Committee,
City of Hope Medical Center (1972-1984)
Program Director, Biomedical Research Support Grant Program,
City of Hope Medical Center (1981-1984)
Search Committee, Head of Division of Medicine (1979-1981)
Chairman, City of Hope Promotions Committee (1982-1984)
On list of 1,000 Most Quoted Scientists (Current Contents) (1982)
Board Qualified American Board of Clinical Genetics (1982)
Scientific Advisory Board, Joseph’s Disease Foundation (1981-1988)
Scientific Advisory Board, Neurofibromatosis Foundation (1984-1993)
Member, Genetic Study Conference, Radiation Effects Research Foundation,
Hiroshima, Japan (1984)
Member, External Review Board for the National Institutes of Health Intramural Program
On Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Technical Evaluation Conference: Human
Genetic Research in Alcoholism (1986-1992)
Member, Special Ad Hoc Review Committee on Inheritance and Markers of Colorectal
Cancer and Polyps, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health (1986)
Member, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Technical Evaluation
Conference: Human Genetic Research in Alcoholism (1987)
Associate Editor, Genomics (1987-1991)
President, American Society of Human Genetics (1988)
Editorial Board, Neurofibromatosis (1987-1990)
Participant, Meeting on Genetics, Religion and Ethics, Institute of Religion, Houston (1990)
Fellow, American College of Medical Genetics (1992)
Research Award Association for Responsible Gaming (1999)
Member of Study Group Genetics of ADHD (1998- current)