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John Walden Retan, M.D. (born October 30th, 1930), is a semi-retired doctor currently running for office representing the Democratic party as a member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Alabama's 6th congressional district.

Early life and career
Retan was born in Syracuse, New York. He currently lives in Mountain Brook, a Birmingham, Alabama suburb. He served in the United States Air Force from 1951 to 1953, during the Korean War. In 1957, he earned a Doctor of Medicine degree from the State University of New York College of Medicine.

Retan married Carol Retan in February 1955 and they were the parents of two children, Chris Retan and Nancy Scharf, before she passed July 28, 1998. Retan married Josephine Davis Retan January 5th, 2001.

Education
1944-48 Phillip  Exeter Academy, Exeter, New Hampshire

1948-50 Hamilton College, Clinton, New York

1950-51 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts

1953-57 State University of New York College of Medicine, Syracuse, New York, Degree: M.D. (cum laude)

1957-58 Internship (Medicine), Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts

1958-59 Junior Assistant Resident, Medicine, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts

1959-61 Research Fellow, Renal Division (Dr. John P. Merrill, Chief) Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts

Teaching Appointments
1959-61 Assistant in Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts

1961-63 Assistant Professor of Medicine, College of Medicine, Wayne State University Detroit, Michigan

1961-63 Director, Renal Division, Department of Medicine, Detroit Receiving Hospital, Detroit, Michigan

1964-65 Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Alabama Medical School, Birmingham, Alabama

1964-65 Member, Department of Medicine (and later of Pediatrics); Renal Divisions of University Hospital and Children's Hospital, Birmingham, Alabama

1972-Present Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Alabama Medical Center, Birmingham, Alabama

Hospital Appointments
1966-Present Active Staff, Department of Medicine, Baptist Medical Center Montclair, (2006-renamed Trinity Medical Center), Birmingham, Alabama

1966-96; 2000-2008 Courtesy Staff, Department of Medicine, St Vincent's Hospital, Birmingham, Alabama

2008-Present Consulting Staff, Department of Medicine, St Vincent's Hospital, Birmingham, Alabama

1969-Present Courtesy Staff (Inactive), Department of Medicine, Brookwood Hospital, Birmingham, Alabama

2001-Present Staff member, Department of Medicine, Select Specialty Hospital, Birmingham, Alabama

Academic and Professional
1958 Member, Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society

1958 Diplomat, National Board of Medical Examiners

1967 Diplomat, American Board of Internal Medicine

1969 Fellow,American College of Physicians

1994-2004 Diplomat,American Board of Internal Medicine Geriatric Medical Examination

Memberships
Jefferson County Medical Society

Medical Association State of Alabama

American College of Physicians

State Coordinator, Health Care for Everyone – Alabama Chapter, Physicians for a National Health Program

Military Service
Retan Enlisted in the United States Air Force in 1951 during the Korean War and attended Officer Candidate School in before receiving an honorable discharge in 1953.

Publications
Microembolic Complications of Atherosclerosis

Repeated Dialysis of Indigent Patients for Chronic Renal Failure

Clinical Studies with Cephalothin

Furosemide in the Treatment of Acute Poststreptococcal Glomerulnephritis

Renal Disorders and Hypertension in The Adolescent Patient