Dr. Korc completed his undergraduate studies at Brooklyn College in 1968, majoring in Biology. He received his medical degree in 1974 from Albany Medical College. In 1977, he completed a residency in internal medicine at Albany Medical Center. In 1979, he completed training in endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism at University of California, San Francisco. He also completed three years of postdoctoral training at the same Institution in 1981. He then joined the faculty of the Department of Medicine at the University of Arizona in Tucson as an assistant professor. In 1985 be became an associate professor, with joint appointments in Medicine and Biochemistry at that Institution. In 1989 he moved to UC Irvine to become the Chief of the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, and Professor of Medicine and Biological Chemistry. He was also a member of the UC Irvine Cancer Center, and a Program Leader in Growth Factor Signaling at the Cancer Center. In 1996 he also received an appointment in the Department of Pharmacology at that Institution. In 2003, Dr. Korc joined the faculty at Dartmouth as Professor and Chair of Medicine and Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology. |