Background
Soffer, Alfred was born on May 5, 1922 in South Bend, Indiana, United States. Son of Simon M. and Bessie (Rokeach) Soffer.
Soffer, Alfred was born on May 5, 1922 in South Bend, Indiana, United States. Son of Simon M. and Bessie (Rokeach) Soffer.
Bachelor of Arts, University Wisconsin, 1943; Doctor of Medicine, University Wisconsin, 1945.
Intern Genesee Hospital, Rochester, New York, 1945-1946. Assistant resident St. Louis Jewish Hospital, 1948-1949. Fellow physiology University Rochester School Medicine, 1949.
Fellow cardiology Genesee Hospital, 1950-1951. Director cardiopulmonary laboratories Rochester General Hospital, 1958-1962. Senior editor Journal American Medical Association, 1962-1967.
Editor in chief Chest, since 1968. Executive director American College Chest Physicians, since 1969. Professor medicine Chicago Medical School-University Health Sciences, since 1968.
Chief editor Archives Internal Medicine, American Medical Association, since 1976. Visiting professor University Tel Aviv School Medicine, 1973-1974. Consultant to director National Heart and Lung Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, 1973-1974.
Consultant to minister of health, Israel, 1973-1974. President American Physicians Fellowship, 1970-1972. Secretary American College Cardiology, 1968, trustee, 1968-1972.
Member national lecture bureau Hadassah, since 1962. Served to captain Army of the United States, 1946-1948.
Married Isabel M. Weinstraub, July 22, 1956. Children– Jonathan Joshua, Gil.