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Linda M. Dairiki Shortliffe, M.D. has been a director of VIVUS since June 1999. Dr. Shortliffe has been Professor of Urology at Stanford University School of Medicine since 1993 and Chair of the Department of Urology since 1995. She has also been Chief of Pediatric Urology of Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford since 1991. She is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and the American Academy of Pediatrics. Dr. Shortliffe has also served as a member of the Special Grants Chartered Review Committee for the National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases of the National Institute of Health and several other national committees. She has authored numerous publications and her works appear in prominent medical journals and books. Dr. Shortliffe received an A.B. from Radcliffe/Harvard College and an M.D. from Stanford University. | 