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Mattison, Donald R

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Phone:301-451-3823
E-mail:mattisod@mail.nih.gov
Address: 6100 Executive Blvd Room 4A01, MSC 7510
Bethesda Md 20892-7510
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Rockville Md 20852
Fax:301-480-7773 
Organization:  Obstetric & Pediatric Pharmacology (OPP) Branch
Specialty: Pediatric Pharmacology
Obstetric Pharmacology
Obstetrical Pharmacology Research Unit Network

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Donald R. Mattison, M.D., CAPT, USPHS, was appointed Senior Advisor to the Directors of the NICHD and the Center for Research for Mothers and Children (CRMC) in 2002, and Chief of the Obstetric and Pediatric Pharmacology Branch in the CRMC in 2004. In these roles, he provides oversight to Obstetrical and Pediatric Pharmacology programs within NICHD. As Captain in the U.S. Public Health Service, he has been deployed on various missions to provide medical and public health support. In 2005, he was awarded the PHS Achievement Medal for his role in the National Children's Study. Dr. Mattison has held numerous academic, clinical and research appointments, including: Medical Director of the March of Dimes; Dean of the Graduate School of Public Health at the University of Pittsburgh; and Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Interdisciplinary Toxicology at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. He was elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1997, a Fellow of the New York Academy of Medicine in 1999, a member of the Institute of Medicine in 2000, and Distinguished Alumni of Augsburg College in 2005. He is the author of more than 200 peer-reviewed articles. Dr. Mattison earned a BA (Chemistry and Mathematics) from Augsburg College in Minneapolis, MN, an MS (Chemistry) from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA and a MD from the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY. His clinical training in Obstetrics and Gynecology was at the Sloane Hospital for Women in the Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center in New York. His training in Pharmacology and Toxicology was at the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.