Background
HELFET, Arthur Jacob was born on February 18, 1907 in Calvinia, Cape Province, S. Africa. Son of Leon Helfet and Sarah Levin.
HELFET, Arthur Jacob was born on February 18, 1907 in Calvinia, Cape Province, S. Africa. Son of Leon Helfet and Sarah Levin.
University of Cape Town and Liverpool.
Fellow, Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and North. Ireland 1938. Medical Research Council Grantee 1938; war service 1938-1945. Hunterian Professor Royal College, of Surgeons 1941, 1958.
Director Department, of Orthopaedic Research, University of Cape Town 1946-1955.
Senior Participant-time Lecturer in Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Cape Town and Senior Orthopaedic Surgeon, Groote Schuur Hospital and Princess Alice Orthopaedic Hospital, University of Cape Town 1946-1961. Professor, and Chairman Department, of Orthopaedic Surgery", Albert Einstein College, of Medicine, New York 1961-1972, Professor Emeritus since 1975.
Numerous clinical appointments, visiting professorships and other professional appointments.
Royal Society of South. Africa, American Medical Association and numerous other learned societies.
Married Nathalie Freeman in 1939.