Louis F. Amorosa prepared for medical school at the University
of Notre Dame. He graduated from UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School
in 1969 and became an intern in Medicine at Kings County Hospital,
SUNY-Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn on the services directed
by Drs. Ludwig Eichna and Harold Lyons. He continued his residency
at Albert Einstein College of Medicine-Bronx Municipal Hospital
Center on Milford Fulop's medical service. He was influenced
by Dr. Fulop's profound understanding of metabolic disorders.
Dr. Eichna appointed him Chief Resident in Medicine at Kings
County and Assistant Instructor at Downstate in 1972-1973. He
was appointed a fellow at Mount Sinai Medical School and Hospital
Center in 1973-1975 and studied endocrinology and diabetes with
Drs. Dorothy Krieger, Lester Gabrilove and Henry Dolger.
In 1975, he returned home to central New Jersey to become Assistant
Professor of Medicine in the Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism
under the direction of Dr. Avedis K. Khachadurian in the newly
organized Department of Medicine at Rutger's Medical School.
Professor Khachadurian taught Dr. Amorosa the molecular and metabolic
basis for diabetic vascular disease. As the medical school grew
and became UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson, Dr. Amorosa's career evolved
as a clinician-educator, teaching students at all levels. He
became Professor of Clinical Medicine in 1992 and Program Director
of fellowship training in endocrinology and diabetes in 2000.
He served for over 10 years on the NJ Drug Utilization Review
Council, advising on the safely and bioequivalence of generic
drugs. In 1994 he was invited to become a member of the New Jersey
Diabetes Council, which advises the NJ Department of Health and
Senior Services. He became Chairman of the Council in 2004.
He considers himself privileged for having been given the opportunity
to care for diabetic patients from all walks of life and for
teaching this disorder to the next generation of physicians.
His life has been further enriched by his marriage to Judy, four
children, two daughters-in-law, their families and two grandchildren.
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