Frederick R. Singer MD

Medical Researcher

A Timeline of Professional Milestones

1939

Dr. Singer is born in St. Louis, Missouri to Meyer and Lee Singer.

1956

Dr. Singer studies at the University of California as a California State Scholar.

1960

Dr. Singer receives a Bachelor of Science from the University of California in Berkeley, California.

1963

Dr. Singer receives a Doctor of Medicine from the University of California in San Francisco, California and begins a medical internship at a UCLA affiliated hospital.

1964

Dr. Singer marries Sandra Joy Singer and becomes a resident at the VA hospital in Los Angeles.

1965

Dr. Singer becomes a captain in the U.S. Air Force.

1971

Dr. Singer becomes an instructor in medicine at Harvard University and serves as a clinical investigator at the VA hospital.

1972

Dr. Singer becomes an assistant professor of medicine at the University of California.

1973

Dr. Singer becomes an assistant professor of medicine at the University of Southern California.

1974

Dr. Singer is promoted to associate professor at the University of Southern California.

1977

Dr. Singer authors “Paget’s Disease of Bone.”

1978

Dr. Singer is promoted to full professor at the University of Southern California.

1980

Dr. Singer becomes a professor of orthopedic surgery at the University of Southern California.

1984

Dr. Singer is appointed vice chairman of the community advisory committee at University High School.

1989

Dr. Singer becomes the director of the Bone Center at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.

1990

Dr. Singer receives the John Johnson Award from The Paget Foundation and serves as the president of the American Society of Bone and Mineral Research.

1992

Dr. Singer becomes a clinical professor of medicine at the David Geffen School Medicine at the University of California. He also serves as the director of the Skeletal Biology Lab at the John Wayne Cancer Institute and as the director of the osteoporosis/metabolic bone disease program at St. John’s Hospital and Health Center.

2008

Dr. Singer receives the Constellation Award from the Fibrous Dysplasia Foundation.

2014

Dr. Singer receives the William H. Oldendorf Lifetime Achievement Award from the West Los Angeles VA Medical Center.

2017

Dr. Singer serves on the board of trustees of the National Osteoporosis Foundation.

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