Jack
W. Snyder is associate director of the National Library of Medicine.
He is a physician and attorney with training, certification and more than
20 years of corporate, government and academic experience in occupational
and environmental medicine, pharmacology and toxicology, and forensic and
laboratory medicine.
Dr. Snyder has practiced clinical medicine, directed clinical laboratories, inspected hundreds of homes and workplaces, and has been responsible for health matters concerning thousands of governmental and corporate employees. He is a past-president of the American College of Legal Medicine, a member of the Board of Directors of the Annapolis Center for Science-Base Public Policy, and secretary of the American Board of Legal Medicine, as well as a frequent consultant and lecturer for corporate, academic, legal and regulatory organizations in matters involving toxic torts, product liability, occupational disease, workers' compensation, hazardous waste, medical malpractice, laboratory and forensic science, adverse drug reactions and alcohol-related claims.
Dr. Snyder received a B.S. in chemistry and an M.D. from Northwestern University, a J.D. from Georgetown University, a master’s of public health from Johns Hopkins University, a master’s of forensic science from George Washington University, and a Ph.D. in pharmacology and toxicology from the Medical College of Virginia.
