1. Geoffrey S F Ling is a medical doctor who retired from the United States Army as a colonel and was the CEO of On Demand Pharmaceuticals.
21 Facts About Geoffrey Ling
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Geoffrey Ling served as the founding director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Biological Technologies Office from 2014 until 2016.
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Geoffrey Ling was considered to be the "US Army's premier subject matter expert on traumatic brain injury ", and was for years the only neuro-intensive care specialist in the US military.
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Geoffrey Ling served as a Program Manager and following, the deputy director of the Defense Sciences Office.
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Geoffrey Ling's father was a professor at Rockefeller University and a pharmaceutical executive.
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Geoffrey Ling's mother was an aerospace engineer who worked on the US space program.
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Geoffrey Ling graduated from Stuyvesant High School in New York City.
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Geoffrey Ling earned his BA from Washington University in St Louis, and earned his Ph.
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Geoffrey Ling completed post doctoral training in Neuropharmacology at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.
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From 1993 to 1995 Geoffrey Ling had a clinical fellowship at Johns Hopkins Hospital, Neurosciences Critical Care Unit.
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Geoffrey Ling completed two war deployments as a neurointensive care physician: Afghanistan and Iraq, as well as four "Gray Team" missions to study combat brain injuries.
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Geoffrey Ling has been on the USUHS faculty since 1995 and is Emeritus Professor.
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Geoffrey Ling served as an Army doctor for 27 years, and retired in 2012.
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Geoffrey Ling was one of the doctors who treated American Congresswoman Gabby Giffords after she had been shot in the head.
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Geoffrey Ling's publications include over 200 peer-reviewed journal articles, research reviews, and book chapters.
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Geoffrey Ling has described the problem of developing a high quality artificial arm as "doggone hard".
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Geoffrey Ling's Revolutionizing Prosthetics team's work could lead to the restoration of sight and hearing.
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Geoffrey Ling is board certified in both neurology and neurocritical care.
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Geoffrey Ling was an "A" designated Army neurologist and is a recipient of the Order of Military Medical Merit.
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In Toronto, Canada, in 2012, Geoffrey Ling was awarded the Humanitarian Award from the Brain Mapping Foundation.
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Geoffrey Ling is a Fellow of the American Neurological Association, American Academy of Neurology and the Neurocritical Care Society.