He has also served as a professor of medicine at the University of Illinois College of Medicine since 1986.
CHICAGO, IL, January 10, 2017 /24-7PressRelease/ -- George Dunea has been included in Marquis Who's Who. As in all Marquis Who's Who biographical volumes, individuals profiled are selected on the basis of current reference value. Factors such as position, noteworthy accomplishments, visibility, and prominence in a field are all taken into account during the selection process.
Dr. Dunea is an accomplished nephrologist and educator born in Romania in 1933. After earning a medical degree from the University of Sydney in the late 1950s, he completed an internship at Royal North Shore Hospital in Sydney. Dr. Dunea continued his education with internal medicine residencies in Australia and England. In 1964, he relocated to the United States to complete fellowships in nephrology in Chicago, Ill. He furthered his credentials in the field of medicine by becoming a diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine and the American Board of Nephrology, as well as a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians in Edinburgh, the Royal College of Physicians in London, and the American College of Physicians.
Armed with these strong qualifications, Dr. Dunea has practiced internal medicine, specializing in nephrology, in Chicago since 1965. He has also served as a professor of medicine at the University of Illinois College of Medicine since 1986, as president and chief executive officer of the Hektoen Institute of Medicine since 1991, and as editor-in-chief of Hektoen International, an online medical humanities journal, since 2008. Dr. Dunea utilizes his skills to serve as the medical director of Fresenius Dialysis Center in Chicago as well.
In addition to these roles, Dr. Dunea is noted for his work at Cook County Hospital in Chicago, where he spent more than 30 years as an attending physician and chairman of the Department of Nephrology and Hypertension. Dr. Dunea has served on the Board of Trustees of several organizations, including the Everest Healthcare Corporation, Cathedral Shelter Episcopal Charities, and Mary Thompson Hospital. He also has served on committees for several medical organizations and institutions. His further professional affiliations include the American Medical Association, the British Medical Association and the Society of Medical History. Dr. Dunea has applied his expertise to author and edit approximately 200 scientific and non-technical publications, as well as chapters in books and columns in medical journals.
Dr. Dunea's many accomplishments and efforts have been recognized with various formal honors and awards, such as a Lifetime of Service Award from the National Kidney Foundation of Illinois in 2008. In 1995, he was elected to receive a fellowship of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Dr. Dunea was chosen to be featured in the 44th through 70th editions of Who's Who in America, the 5th through 8th editions of Who's Who in Medicine and Healthcare, the 8th through 10th editions of Who's Who in Science and Engineering, the 27th through 38th editions of Who's Who in the Midwest, and the 23rd through 30th editions of Who's Who in the World.
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