Occupation: Dermatologist; Author
Born: Saint Louis, Missouri, October 28, 1940
Education:
Postdoctoral Fellow, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA (1970-1971)
Resident in Dermatology, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO (1967-1970)
Intern, Saint Luke’s Hospital, St. Louis, MO (1966-1967)
MD, University of Missouri (1966)
BA, Mount Holyoke College (1962)
Certifications:
Certification, American Academy of Dermatology (1971)
Career:
Clinical Professor of Dermatology, The University of Toledo, Toledo, OH (1997-Present)
Professor, Chief of Dermatology, College of Medicine and Life Sciences, The University of Toledo, Toledo, OH (1983-1997)
Professor, Chairman, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria (1978-1983)
Associate Professor, University of Illinois at Chicago (1975-1978)
Assistant Professor of Dermatology, University of Illinois at Chicago (1974-1975)
Assistant Professor of Dermatology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA (1971-1974)
Independent Author
Career Related:
Consultant, Food and Drug Administration, Rockville, MD (1974-1982)
Creative Works:
Editor, Second Edition, “Bernadine Stetzel’s Our Town” (2018); Editor, Second Edition, “Earl W. North, American Landscape Painter” (2018); Co-Author, “Toronto and Ted” (2016); Author, “Dasher and the Sleigh-Train” (2015) (Currently being adapted into a movie by Warner Brothers); Author, “Helium Heels” (2014); Co-Editor, “A Community of Scholars: Recollections of the Early Years of the Medical College of Ohio” (2011); Author, “The Helium Table” (2010); Author, “The Helium Egg” (2010); Author, “Consultations in Dermatology” (2006); Author, “Shelley’s 77 Skins” (2002); Author, “Advanced Dermatologic Therapy II” (2001); Author, “Advanced Dermatologic Diagnosis” (1992); Author, “A Century of International Dermatological Congresses” (1992); Co-Author, “Advanced Dermatologic Therapy” (1986); Co-Editor, “Adolescent Dermatology” (1978); Contributor, More than 200 Articles to Professional Journals
Awards:
Recipient, Walter B. Shelley MD Leadership Award, Women’s Dermatologic Society (2012); Honoree, Honorary Member, American Academy of Dermatology (2009); Recipient, Rose Hirschler Award, Women’s Dermatologic Society (2007); Recipient, Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award; Honoree, Marquis Who’s Who Top Professional; Recipient, Marquis Who’s Who Humanitarian Award
Memberships:
Member, Board of Trustees, Noah Worcester Dermatological Society (2002-2005); Historian, Women’s Dermatologic Society (1996-2005); Chairman of Evaluation Committee on Annual Program, American Academy of Dermatology (1994-1999); Member, Board of Directors, Women’s Dermatologic Society (1980); President, Women’s Dermatologic Society (1980); Member, American Dermatological Association; Member, Ohio Dermatological Association; Member, Cosmos Club, Washington, D.C.
Political Affiliation:
Democrat
Religion:
Protestant
Family:
Daughter of Robert G. Loeffel and Ellen (Shattuck) Loeffel, MD
Widowed: Walter B. Shelley, MD, PhD
Children: Thomas R. Shelley; Katharine D. Shelley; William L. Shelley
Grandchild: Maddox Walter
Hobbies:
Gardening; Library sales; Antique auctions; Art collecting; Owning and directing books shops; Art galleries; Bakeries; Antique stores in Grand Rapids, OH
Biography Sources:
Who’s Who in America – 2019, 72nd Edition (pub. 2019)
Who’s Who in America – 2004, 58th Edition (pub. 2003)
Who’s Who in America – 2003, 57th Edition (pub. 2002)
Who’s Who in America – 2002, 56th Edition (pub. 2001)
Who’s Who in America – 2001, 55th Edition (pub. 2000)
Who’s Who in America – 2000, 54th Edition (pub. 1999)
Who’s Who of American Women – 2006-2007, 25th Edition (pub. 2005)
Who’s Who of American Women – 2002-2003, 23rd Edition (pub. 2002)
Who’s Who of American Women – 2001-2002, 22nd Edition (pub. 2000)
