an expert on neonatal care
Dr. Joseph B. Warshaw, dean of the University of Vermont (UVM) College of Medicine and a former Yale faculty member who was an expert on fetal growth and neonatal medical care, died Dec. 29 in Burlington, Vermont. He was 67.
A leader in pediatrics throughout his career with a strong interest in nurturing pediatric scientists, Dr. Warshaw is known for furthering understanding of the way organs mature in normal and diabetic pregnancies.
Prior to his appointment at UVM, Dr. Warshaw was professor and chair of pediatrics and deputy dean for clinical affairs at the Yale School of Medicine. He also served as physician-in-chief at the Yale-New Haven Children's Hospital. Before joining Yale, he served as professor and chair of pediatrics at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, and was also associate professor of pediatrics at Harvard Medical School and program director of the Developmental Medicine Training Program at Massachusetts General Hospital.
Dr. Warshaw was a leading expert on developmental biology and medical care for newborns. He published over 100 scientific papers and six books on these and other topics. He served on many journal editorial boards, including Pediatrics and Pediatric Research, and co-edited "Oski's Principles and Practice of Pediatrics."
A native of Miami, Florida, Joseph Warshaw earned a bachelor's degree in biology at the University of Florida. After receiving his medical degree from Duke University, he served his residency in pediatrics at Duke and the University of Rochester.
Administrators at UVM credited him with helping to launch both the M.D./Ph.D. program and the school's first new medical curriculum in 35 years.
Dr. Warshaw was a member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation, the Association of American Physicians, the Society for Pediatric Research (serving as president in 1982), the American Pediatric Society, The American Society for Biologic Chemists, the American Society for Cell Biology and the Eastern Society for Pediatric Research. He was also a Josiah Macy Faculty Scholar at the University of Oxford.
Dr. Warshaw is a founder of and served on the Steering and Selection Committees for the Pediatrician/Scientist Training Program. He served on the Advisory Council of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development of the National Institute of Health and was a member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Science.
Dr. Warshaw also served as chair of the board of trustees of the International Pediatric Research Foundation. He served on many external review committees, including the Scientific Advisory Board of St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital, Toronto Children's Hospital Research Institute and the Children's Hospital of Cincinnati.
Dr. Warshaw is survived by his wife, Cynthia, of Burlington, Vermont; his daughters Debbie Gould of Boulder, Colorado, and Kathy Meyer of Park City, Utah; his son, Larry, of Austin, Texas; his mother, Mona, of Palm Beach, Florida; a sister, Staci Brenner, also of Palm Beach; two brothers, Howard, of Carlisle, Pennsylvania, and Ira, of West Palm Beach, Florida; and six grandchildren.
Contributions in Dr. Warshaw's honor can be made to the Joseph B. Warshaw Scholarship Fund to support the M.D./Ph.D. program at the University of Vermont College of Medicine, Development Office, 80 University Heights, Burlington, VT 05405 (www.med.uvm.edu/giving), a program which represents his lifelong passion for medicine, research and education.
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