Abraham Danish

Background

Danish, Abraham was born on December 25, 1916 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.

Education

AB, George Washington University, 1938; Doctor of Medicine, George Washington University, 1941; postgraduate, University of Pennsylvania, 1947-1948.

Career

International, St. Francis Hospital, Pittsburgh, 1941-1942; private practice medicine, Philadelphia, 1945-1948; resident in internal medicine, Gallinger Municipal Hospital, Washington, 1948-1949; private practice internal medicine, gastroenterology, Silver Spring, Maryland., 1950-1992; professor emeritus, George Washington University. Chief medicine Washington Adventist Hospital, Takoma Park, Maryland., 1961-1966,honorary member of staff with admitting privileges. President Community Psychiatric Clinic, Bethesda, Maryland., 1969-1971.

Chief medicine Holy Cross Hospital, Silver Spring, 1974-1976, chief gastroenterology, 1970-1983, honorary member of staff with admitting privileges.

Achievements

• Abraham Danish has been listed as a noteworthy gastroenterologist, medical educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

President Montgomery County unit American Cancer Society, 1964-1967. Board directors Maryland. College Art and Design, Silver Spring, 1990-1992, president since 1992.

Captain United States Army Medical Corps, 1942-1945. Fellow American College Physicians. Member American Society Internal Medicine, American Society Gastrointestinal, Master of Education Chirurgical Faculty, Montgomery County Medical Society (Henry P. Laughlin award, 1970, Clinician of Year, 1982).

Connections

Married Sophie Levinson, 1947 (deceased). Children: Barbara, Judith, Katherine.