Benyamin Lazarevich Cherkasskly

Background

Cherkasskly, Benyamin Lazarevich was born on January 18, 1934 in Kiev, Russia. Son of Lazar Borisovich and Bella Haimovna (Veizman) Cherkasskly.

Education

Medical degree, Medical Institute, Kiev, Russia, 1957. Doctor philosophy, Medical Institute, Dnepropetrovsk, Russia, 1962. Doctor medical science, Central Research Institute Epidemiology, Moscow, Russia, 1970.

Professor, Central Research Institute Epidemiology, Moscow, Russia, 1978. Acdemician, Academy Medical Science, Moscow, Russia, 1999.

Career

Department head District Sanitary-Epidemiology Station, Olevsk, Ukraine, Russia, 1957-1962, Epidemiologist Kiev, Russia, 1962-1963. Researcher Central Research Institute of Epidemiology, Moscow, Russia, 1963-1965, senior researcher Russia, 1965-1970, lab head Russia, since 1970. Head epidemiological department Moscow Medical Academy (named after I.M. Sechenow), Russia since 1997, director World Health Organization Collaborating Center Zoonozes since 1969, vice-editor Journal of Epidemiology and Infectious Diseases since 1997.

Achievements

• Benyamin Lazarevich Cherkasskly has been listed as a noteworthy epidemiologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member World Health Organization (expert panel on Zoonozes, since 1969).

Interests

• Belles-lettres.

Connections

Married Raissa Efimovna(Gershzon) Cherkasskaia. Children: Boris, Bella.

Father:

Lazar Borisovich Cherkasskly

Mother:

Bella Haimovna (Veizman) Cherkasskly

Spouse:

Raissa Efimovna

child:

Bella Cherkasskly

child:

Boris Cherkasskly