Background
Kohrman, Arthur Fisher was born on December 19, 1934 in Cleveland. Son of Benjamin Myron and Leah (Fisher) Kohrman.
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Arthur Fisher Kohrman
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Bachelor, Bachelor of Science, University of Chicago, 1955; Doctor of Medicine, Western Reserve U., 1959.
Career
Intern, Cleveland Metropolitan General Hospital, 1959-1960;
resident in pediatrics, Western Reserve U., Cleveland, 1960-1962;
post doctoral fellow, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, 1965-1968;
assistant professor to professor, Michigan State University, East Lansing, 1968-1981;
associate department chairman human development, Michigan State University, East Lansing, 1968-1978;
associate dean College Human Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, 1977-1981;
professor, associate department chairman pediatrics, University of Chicago, 1981-1996;
president, La Rabida Children's Hospital and Research Center, Chicago, 1981-1996;
professor pediatrics, associate chairman, Northwestern University School Medicine and Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago, since 1997. Conglomerate fellow Office Technology Assessment, United States Congress, 1980-1981. President Children's Hospice International, 1983-1986.
Chairman institutional review board University of Chicago, 1986-1996.
Achievements
Membership
Served to captain United States Air Force, 1962-1965. Fellow American Academy Pediatrics (Chairman of Commission on bioethics 1990-1994). Member American Pediatric Society, Ambulatory Pediatric Association, Society Pediatric Research, Society Health and Human Values, Lawson Wilkins Pediatric Endocrine Society, Alpha Omega Alpha.
Connections
Married Claire Hoffenberg, November 10, 1955. Children: Deborah, Benjamin, Ellen, Rachel.
