Samuel L. Stanley
| Samuel L. Stanley Jr. | |
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| 5th President of Stony Brook University | |
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Assumed office July 1, 2009 |
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| Preceded by | Dr. Shirley Strum Kenny |
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| Born | Seattle, Washington, U.S. |
| Nationality | United States |
| Spouse(s) | Dr. Ellen Li |
| Children | 4 |
| Residence | Stony Brook, NY, US |
| Alma mater |
University of Chicago Harvard Medical School Washington University School of Medicine |
Samuel L. Stanley Jr., M.D., is an American educator, biomedical researcher and the fifth president of the State University of New York at Stony Brook. He formerly served as the Vice Chancellor for Research at Washington University in St. Louis. Stanley is married to Ellen Li, MD, PhD, a practicing gastroenterologist and active researcher.
On May 12, 2009 Stanley was named the fifth president of Stony Brook University, a position he formally assumed on July 1, 2009 making him the first physician to serve as Stony Brook University’s president. Stanley is one of the founding directors of the Midwest Regional Center of Excellence for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases Research.
Samuel L. Stanley Jr. attended Winston Churchill High School, a National Blue Ribbon School, located in Potomac, Maryland and graduated in 1972. He then attended The College of the University of Chicago where he graduated with honors in Biological Sciences in 1976 and was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa in the same year.
As an Albert Schweitzer fellow of Harvard Medical School, Stanley received his MD specializing in Internal Medicine in 1980. He served as a medical intern at Massachusetts General Hospital between 1980 and 1981 and stayed to complete his residency in Internal Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital. He was appointed as an Associate member of the American College of Physicians. During his time at Mass General, Stanley met colleague and future wife, Dr. Ellen Li, who was concurrently completing her residency in Internal Medicine.
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