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• Richard M. Effros

Richard M. Effros

Dr Richard Effros received his medical school and postgraduate training at the NYU School of Medicine. He was a member of the faculty at the New Jersey School of Medicine and Dentistry and subsequently became Professor of Medicine at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center. He was appointed Chief of the Pulmonary Division at the Medical College of Wisconsin in 1989. He became a Professor Emeritus at the Medical College of Wisconsin and returned to Harbor-UCLA Medical Center in 2003 as a Clinical Professor of Medicine. He has published over 70 peer review papers and 50 reviews and chapters, which have been primarily devoted to research concerning fluid and solute transport in the lungs.