Allan L. Goldstein, PhD

Dr. Goldstein is a Professor in the Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology at The George Washington University School of Medicine. He has been a Professor there since 1978 and also served as Chairman of the Department from 1978 until March 2009. He is an authority on the thymus gland and the workings of the immune system, and co-discoverer of the thymosins. He received a B.S. degree from Wagner College in 1959 and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Rutgers in 1964. He served on the faculties of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine from 1964 to 1972, and the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston from 1972 through 1978. He is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Richard B. and Lynne V. Cheney Cardiovascular Institute, and serves as Chairman of the Board and Chief Scientific Advisor for RegeneRx Biopharmeceuticals. Dr. Goldstein is the author of more than 430 scientific articles, the inventor on over 15 U.S. Patents, and the editor of several books in the field of biochemistry, biomedicine, immunology, and neuroscience. He is the recipient of several awards including the Career Scientist Award of the Health Research Council, City of New York; Citation from the U.S. Department of HEW "inrecognition and appreciation of outstanding work in helping establish a national program on Biological Response Modifiers"; Decoration in order "Vasco Nunez De Balboa," in the rank of Commander, Panama's highest national honor for "contributions directed to the preservation of human life in the world"; and the "Chevalier des Palmes Academiques," the highest civilian award of France, for scientific contributions. Dr. Goldstein has also been a pioneer in the development of distance education programs. His award winning series of lectures and National Town Forums presented "live" from GW begun in 1997 were a first for continuing medical education on the internet.