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Doctors and Staff
Daniel J. Rader, M.D. Dr. Daniel J. Rader received his undergraduate degree
from Lehigh University where he graduated summa cum laude and his medical
degree in 1984 from the Medical College of Pennsylvania where he also
graduated summa cum laude. He did an internship and residency in Internal
Medicine at the Yale-New Haven Hospital, where he stayed on for a year
as chief resident. Dr. Rader then went to the National Heart, Lung, and
Blood Institute at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda where
he spent a total of 5_ years involved in research in genetic factors influencing
lipoprotein metabolism. In 1994, Dr. Rader joined the faculty at the University
of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, where he is currently an Associate
Professor of Medicine and Pathology and Director of Preventive Cardiovascular
Medicine and Lipid Research. He is also Associate Director of the General
Clinical Research Center at the University of Pennsylvania Medical Center.
Dr. Rader runs a basic research laboratory and participates in translational
and clinical research in the areas of lipoprotein metabolism, atherosclerosis,
and genetics. He also directs a large clinical program dedicated to the
early detection and prevention of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease
and its risk factors. Dr. Rader was elected to the American Society of Clinical
Investigation in 1999 and is an Established Investigator of the American
Heart Association and a recipient of the Burroughs Wellcome Fund Clinical
Scientist Award in Translational Research. Dr. Rader has published over 100 articles in professional publications and has contributed over thirty book chapters, reviews and editorials on topics related to lipoproteins and atherosclerosis.
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