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Dr. John P. Naughton, the longest-serving dean in the history of the University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, died Monday in his Cheektowaga home. <\/p>\n
The internationally known cardiologist, who served as dean for 21 years and was UBs vice president for clinical affairs for the last 12 of those years, was 79. <\/p>\n
A native of Nanticoke, Pa., he graduated from St. Louis University and earned his medical degree from the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine. <\/p>\n
Dr. Naughton never forgot the lessons he learned while observing a family doctor in a small Oklahoma town during a rotation in medical school. <\/p>\n
He tried to create a medical school that would train students to provide the kind of patient- centered care he saw there, said his longtime colleague, Dr. Thomas C. Rosenthal, chairman of UBs department of family medicine. <\/p>\n
Dr. Naughton joined the UB faculty in 1975 as dean and professor of medicine, according to a biography provided by the university. <\/p>\n
He previously had served as professor of medicine and dean for academic affairs at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences. <\/p>\n
Dr. Naughton was considered an expert in the field of exercise and physical activity and in the prevention of coronary heart disease. <\/p>\n
He developed the Naughton Treadmill Protocol, the first protocol used for exercise stress tests. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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