Alvin P. Shapiro
Alvin P. Shapiro was an American physician and professor primarily at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Shapiro was the recipient of a Lasker Award and was known for his research in hypertension, behavioral sciences, and related diseases.
Career
Shapiro held intern and residency positions at Long Island College Hospital, Brooklyn, Goldwater Memorial Hospital, New York City, and Kings County Hospital. After training, he was an attending physician at hospitals in Parkland, Virginia, and Pittsburgh as well as the Dallas Presbyterian University Hospital and Shadyside Hospital.He held academic positions at the Cincinnati College of Medicine from 1949 to 1951 and Southwestern Medical School, Texas, from 1951 to 1956. He was a member of the faculty of the from 1956 to 1998, where he was successively assistant professor, associate professor, full professor, and emeritus professor.
Shapiro was a consultant for the American Medical Association Council on Drugs; he was the Medical Letter of Drugs and Therapy in 1960 as well as a Fulbright visiting professor at the University of Utrecht. He chaired special projects such as a National Heart Institute study committee and the National Hypertension Study Policy Advisory Board from 1972 to 1982.
Publications
Books
Sources:- Shapiro, A. P., & Waife, S. O.. . New York.
- Shapiro, A. P., Provoost, A. P., & De, J. W.. . Progress in Brain Research, v. 47. Amsterdam: Elsevier Scientific Publishing Company.
- Shapiro, A. P., & Baum, A.. Behavioral aspects of cardiovascular disease. Perspectives in behavioral medicine. Hillsdale, N.J: L. Erlbaum Associates.
- Shapiro, A. P.. . Mahwah, N.J: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Journals
Shapiro was the author of over in respected medical journals, and associate editor of:- Psychosomatic Medicine, 1963–92
- Integrative Physiological and Behavioral Sci, 1990
Awards and recognition
- Co-recipient Alfred Lasker Special Public Health award, 1980
- Honored Member of Year, Minute Men of University of Pittsburgh, 1995
- Fellow American College of Physicians, American Association for the Advancement of Science
- member of:
- *American Federation Clinical Research
- *American Psychosomatic Society
- *American Medical Association, American Heart Association