Lee, R. C. (Raphael Carl), 1949-
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found: Electrical trauma, 1992:CIP t.p. (R.C. Lee, Dept. of Surgery, University of Chicago, USA)
found: Phone call to pub. 12/16/91(Full name: Raphael Carl Lee; b. 1949)
found: African American National Biography, accessed February 23, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database:(Lee, Raphael Carl; surgeon, biomedical engineer, educator; born 29 October 1949 in Sumter, South Carolina, United States; master's degree in Biomedical Engineering, Drexel University (1975); MD, Temple University (1975); ScD in Biomedical Engineering and doctorate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; resident in surgery (1979-1980) and chief resident in general surgery (1980-1981) at the University of Chicago Hospitals; senior assistant resident in plastic surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital (1981-1982); assistant professor of electrical engineering and bioengineering at MIT, assistant professor of bioengineering and surgery at Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, and assistant professor of surgery (plastic) at Harvard Medical School; full professor of surgery, anatomy, and organismal biology (biomechanics) at the University of Chicago (1992); director of the Electrical Trauma Program and medical director of the Burn Unit at the University of Chicago Hospitals (since 1991); established the usefulness of copolymer surfactants in repairing damaged cells after trauma; has founded two companies Avocet Polymer Technologies, Inc. (1996), and Maroon Biotech, Inc. (2000) to develop and market the scarring and surfactant discoveries; a fellow of the American College of Surgeons and diplomat of the American Board of Surgery and American Board of Plastic Surgery; scientific council member of the Bioelectromagnetics Society; chairman of the plastic surgery section of the National Medical Association (1989-1991) ; president of the Society for Physical Regulation in Biology and Medicine (1996); “Science Digest” included him in its list of America's Top 100 Young Scientists (1984); received an honorary doctorate from the University of South Carolina (1991))
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1991-12-27: new
2015-04-20: revised
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