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Burton E. Sobel, M.D. has been at the University of Vermont since 1994 where he is currently Professor of Medicine, Director of the Cardiovascular Research Institute, and Professor of Biochemistry. Dr. Sobel has been a trustee of Fletcher Allen Health Care Center in Burlington, Vermont. Previously, he held senior academic and administrative positions at Washington University School of Medicine and Barnes Hospital from 1973 to 1994, and at the University of California, San Diego, from 1968 to 1973. Dr. Sobel completed postgraduate training at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston and the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda and received his M.D., magna cum laude, from Harvard University and his A.B. from Cornell University. Dr. Sobel is President of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine and also serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Nuvelo, Inc. and Ariad Pharmaceuticals, Inc., both publicly-traded life science companies. Dr. Sobel also served as a member of the Board of Directors of New River Pharmaceuticals Inc., a publicly-traded specialty pharmaceutical company focused on developing novel pharmaceuticals and improved versions of widely-prescribed drugs, from 2004 until its acquisition by Shire plc in April 2007. | 