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CURRICULUM VITAE
Name: Alger Baldwin Chapman III, M.D., Ph.D.
Education
1975 - 1979 Yale University - Molecular Biophysics B.S.- 1979
and Biochemistry
1979 - 1987 Stanford University Medical School Ph.D.- 1986
Medical Scientist Training Program M.D.- 1987
Ph.D. in Pharmacology
Professional Experience
1987 - 1988 UCSF Intern, Pediatrics
1988 - 1989 UCSF Resident, Pediatrics
1989 - 1992 UCSF Fellow, Pediatric Infectious Disease
1992- 1995 UCSF Assistant Professor Department of Pediatrics Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases
1995- 2006 UCSF Assistant and then Associate Clinical Professor Pediatrics
2006-Present UCSF Clinical Professor (Volunteer Clinical Faculty) Pediatrics
1995- 2013 ABC Pediatrics Private Practice in General Pediatrics and Consultant in Pediatric Infectious Disease and Travel Medicine.
2013- 2016 Peninsula Medical Clinic - PAMF affiliated. Site lead for both San Mateo sites.
2017- Present Palo Alto Foundation Medical Group Private Practice in General Pediatrics and until 2025 Consultant in Pediatric Infectious Disease
Licenses and Certifications
1988 Diplomate, National Board of Medical Examiners
1988 Medical License, California: G064005
1992, 1999, 2006 American Board of Pediatrics Certification (and recertification)
1994 and 2000 Pediatric Infectious Disease Certification (and recertification-now expired)
Academic Honors
1979 Cum Laude - Yale University
1979 - 1986 Medical Scientist Training Program Fellowship
1990 - 1995 NIH Physician Scientist Career Development Award
Clinical Awards
1988 Julius R. Krevans Prize for Clinical Excellence
2025 Charlotte C, Bear Memorial Volunteer Faculty Teaching aAard
Memberships
Fellow, American Academy of Pediatrics
Infectious Disease Society of America
Pediatric Infectious Disease Society
American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
California Medical Association
Tropical Medicine Clinical Experiences
1987 Medical student rotation in tropical medicine at the Hospital for Tropical Diseases, London, England.
1989 Clinical Fellow during the academic year in the weekly Tropical Medicine Clinic at UCSF.
Research Experience
1974 High School NSF Summer Program in Biochemistry.
Research Subject: The binding characteristics of glyceraldehyde 3
phosphate dehydrogenase (G3PDH) to erythrocyte membranes.
1975 Research Assistant , Department of Biochemistry, Sloane Kettering
Institute. Supervisor: J. Nisselbaum, Ph.D.
Research Subject: Electrophoresis of lactate dehydrogenase isoenzymes.
1977- 1978 Research Assistant, Department of Neurosciences, Albert Einstein
College of Medicine. Supervisor: Pat Model, Ph.D., Assistant Professor.
Research Subject: The specificity of vestibular connections to the
Mauthner cell during neural development in the Mexican axolotl.
1978- 1979 Research Assistant, Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry,
Yale University. Supervisor: Terry Platt, Ph.D., Assistant Professor.
Research Subject: Transcription termination in the tryptophan operon of E. Coli.
1980- 1986 Predoctoral Fellow, Dept. of Pharmacology, Stanford University.
Supervisor: Gordon Ringold, Ph.D., Associate Professor.
Ph.D. thesis subject: The regulation of gene expression during adipocyte differentiation in tissue culture.
1989-1995 Physician Scientist in Molecular Parasitology, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, at the Intercampus Program in Molecular Parasitology, Director: Nina Agabian, Ph.D., Professor.
Research Subject: Transcription initiation and regulation of gene expression in African Trypanosomes.
Publications
Journal Articles
Wu AM, Chapman AB, Platt T, Guarente LP, and Beckwith J. Deletion of distal sequences affect termination of transcription at the end of the tryptophan operon in E. Coli. Cell 19:829-836, 1980.
Chapman AB, Costello MA, Lee F, and Ringold GM. Amplification and hormone regulated expression of a MMTV-Eco gpt fusion plasmid in mouse 3T6 cells. Molec. Cell. Biol. 3:1421-1429, 1983.
Chapman AB, Knight DM, Dieckman BS, and Ringold GM. Analysis of gene expression during differentiation of adipogenic cells in culture and hormonal control of the developmental program. J. Biol. Chem. 259: 11548-15555, 1984.
Chapman AB, Knight DM, and Ringold GM. Glucocorticoid regulation of adipocyte differentiation: Hormonal triggering of the developmental program and induction of a differentiation-dependent gene. J. Cell Biol. 101:1227-1235, 1985.
Ringold GM, Chapman AB, and Knight DM. Glucocorticoid control of developmentally regulated adipose genes. J. Steroid Biochemistry 24:69-75, 1986.
Knight DM, Chapman AB, Navre M, Drinkwater L, Bruno JJ, and Ringold GM. Requirements for triggering of adipocyte differentiation by Glucocorticoids and Indomethacin. Molec. Endocrinology 1: 36-43, 1987.
Chapman AB. New onset right eye blindness in a young girl. In "Your Diagnosis Please" edited by Grossman M and Azimi P. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal 11: 55-6, 59-60, 1992.
Smith, JL, Chapman, AB, and Agabian, N. Trypanosoma vivax: Evidence for only one RNA polymerase II largest subunit gene in a trypanosome which undergoes antigenic variation. Experimental Parasitology 76: 242-246, 1993.
Casher, D, and Chapman, AB. Prolonged fever and diarrhea in a ten year old. In "Your Diagnosis Please" edited by Grossman M and Azimi P. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal 12: 170, 172-2, 1993.
Chapman, AB, Ekelund, C, and Tominaga, J. Rash and pruritis following a camping trip. In press for "Your Diagnosis Please" edited by Grossman M and Azimi P. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal 12: 966-69, 1993.
Chapman, AB, and Agabian, N. Trypanosoma brucei RNA polymerase II is phosphorylated in the absence of carboxyl-terminal domain heptapeptide repeats. Journal of Biologic Chemistry 269: 4754-60, 1994.
Weintrub, PJ, Chapman, AB, Riecuch, R. Fungus ball in a premature infant successfully treated with fluconazole. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 13: 1152-4, 1994.
Chapman, AB, Vallejo, V, Mossie, KG, Ortiz, D, Agabian, N, and Flisser, A. Isolation and characterization of species specific DNA probes from Taenia solium and Taenia saginata and their use in an egg detection assay. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 33: 1283-8, 1995.
Chapman, A, Metzenberg, S, Moeller, T, Yang, XP, and Agabian, N. Characterization of a synthetic splice acceptor in Trypanosoma brucei and development of a branch point recognition site assay. (In preparation)
Book Chapters and Reviews
Ringold GM, Chapman A, Costello M, Dobson D, Hall C, Grove JR, Lee F, and Vannice J. Glucocorticoid regulation of mouse mammary tumor virus gene expression. In Mechanism of Drug Action, (Singer, Mansour and Ondarza, eds.) Academic Press, New York, 1983, pp. 91-105.
Knight DM, Chapman AB, Torti FM, and Ringold GM. Hormonal control of developmentally regulated adipose genes. Prog. Clin. Biol. Res. 226: 433-443, 1986.
Ringold GM, Chapman AB, Knight DM, and Torti FM. Hormonal control of adipogenesis. Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci. 478: 109-119, 1986.
Ringold GM, Chapman AB, Knight DM, Navre M, and Torti M. Hormonal control of adipocyte differentiation and adipocyte gene expression. Recent Progress in Hormone Research 44: 115-140, 1988.
Abstracts
Knight DM, Chapman AB, Ringold GM. Transcriptional activation of specific genes and its modulation by Glucocorticoids during differentiation of an adipogenic cell line. Fed. Proc. 44: 1461, 1985.
Ringold GM, Chapman AB, Knight DM, Navre ME, and Torti FM. The hormonal control of developmentally regulated genes. J. Cell Bioc. 90, 1985.
Ringold GM, Chapman AB, Knight DM, Navre M, and Torti FM. Hormonal control of adipocyte differentiation. J. Cell Bioc. 92, 1987.
Chapman, AB, and Agabian, N. Radiolabeling and identification by immunoprecipitation of several trypanosome RNA polymerase subunits. Molecular Parasitology Meeting 9/91. Abstract 87, presented as a talk in plenary session V.
Chapman, AB, and Agabian, N. Affinity labeling and characterization by class specific antisera of several Trypanosoma brucei RNA polymerase subunits. Journal of Cellular Biochemistry Sup. 16E, p. 158, 1992.
Chapman, AB, Metzenberg, S., Moeller, T., Yang, XP, and Agabian, NA, Characterization of a synthetic splice acceptor in Trypanosoma brucei and development of a branch point recognition site assay. Pesented at Molecular Parasitology Meeting 9/94.
Financial relationships
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Type of financial relationship:There are no financial relationships to disclose.Date added:12/15/2025Date updated:12/15/2025