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Mary E. Klotman

Mary E. Klotman is a biology topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Mary E. Klotman rather than just read about it. In short: Mary Frances Earley Klotman (born 1954) is an American physician-scientist and academic administrator. She was elected as a member of the National Academy of Medicine in 2014 and became the editor of the Annual Review of Medicine in 2020.

Key takeaways

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Reference excerpt

Mary Frances Earley Klotman (born 1954) is an American physician-scientist and academic administrator. She was elected as a member of the National Academy of Medicine in 2014 and became the editor of the Annual Review of Medicine in 2020. She has been the dean of the Duke University School of Medicine since 2017.

Early life and education Mary Frances Earley was born in 1954 on Long Island to parents Jean and Anthony Earley. She was one of six children in her family. Her father worked in the textile industry and frequently traveled for his job, including to North Carolina. Mary accompanied him on one such trip to Duke University, where she says she "fell in love" with the campus. Mary Earley attended Duke University for both her bachelor's degree in zoology and Doctor of Medicine.

Career Klotman has spent most of her research career studying the HIV, particularly its effect on the kidneys (HIV-associated nephropathy). After graduating with her MD, Klotman stayed at Duke to complete a residency in internal medicine and a fellowship in infectious disease. She was then an associate professor of medicine. In 1987, she joined the National Institutes of Health where she researched HIV with Flossie Wong-Staal. In 1991, she joined the United States Public Health Service at NIH under Robert Gallo. She then worked at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai as the Irene and Dr. Arthur M. Fishberg Professor of Medicine, chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases, and co-director of its Global Health and Emerging Pathogens Institute. She returned to Duke in 2010 as the chair of its department of medicine and as the R.J. Reynolds Professor of Medicine. She taught pathology, microbiology, and molecular genetics. In 2017, she succeeded Nancy Andrews as the dean of the Duke University School of Medicine. She also became the vice chancellor for health affairs. In 2020, she succeeded C. Thomas Caskey as the editor of the Annual Review of Medicine. She was a finalist to serve as director of the NIH in 2022 before withdrawing from consideration.

Awards and honors Klotman was elected to the National Academy of Medicine in 2014. She received a Duke University School of Medicine Distinguished Alumni Award in 2015. She was formerly the president of the Association of American Physicians, Association of Professors of Medicine, and Duke Medical Alumni Association.

Personal life Mary Klotman is married to Paul Klotman whom she met while both were residents at the Duke University School of Medicine. They married at the Duke Chapel on November 28, 1981. As Mary is Catholic and Paul is Jewish, their minister was Unitarian Universalist, as they could not find a rabbi nor priest willing to marry them. The Klotmans have two sons, one of whom was the first successful live birth from a frozen embryo at Duke University.

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Mary E. Klotman

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Mary E. Klotman claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In biology, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Mary E. Klotman before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Mary E. Klotman ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Mary E. Klotman

In research: Mary E. Klotman appears in biology research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Mary E. Klotman in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Mary E. Klotman is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1954 births, 21st-century American medical doctors, 21st-century American women medical doctors, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Mary E. Klotman outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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Frequently asked questions

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Because it connects several biology ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

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Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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