Bernard Burack

Background

Burack, Bernard was born on April 24, 1927 in Brooklyn. Son of Aaron David and Esther (Inselbuch) Burack.

Education

Bachelor, New York University, 1944; postgraduate, Columbia University, 1944-1945; Doctor of Medicine, Creighton U., 1949.

Career

Intern, Creighton Memorial St. Joseph's U. Hospital, 1949-1950; resident medical division, Montefiore Hospital and Medical Center, 1950-1953; postdoctoral Polio Foundation research fellow department medicine, Cornell Univercity/New York Hospital, 1953-1954; assistant in zoology, Columbia University, 1944-1945; instructor clinical medicine, Albert Einstein College Medicine, 1954-1966; associate in clinical medicine, Albert Einstein College Medicine, 1966-1970; assistant professor clinical medicine, Albert Einstein College Medicine, since 1970; lecturer postgraduate cardiology, Columbia University/Montefiore Hospital and Medical Center, 1956-1963; clinical professor medicine and cardiology, New York Polyclinic Hospital and Postgraduate Medical School, 1961-1965; assistant clinical professor department psychiatry, State University of New York, Stony Brook, since 1992. Attending cardiologist University Hospital, Stony Brook. Assistant physician, research fellow New York Hospital, 1953-1954.

Physician home care department Montefiore Hospital & Medical Center, 1954-1957, assistant attending physician medical division, 1954-1957, associate attending, 1960-1974, attending physician, since 1974. Associate attending physician medical division (cardiology) Lenox Hill Hospital, New York City;assistant visiting attending Bronx Municipal Hospital, since 1954. Medical director Jewish Guild for the Blind, since 1958.

Cardiac consultant Sleep Wake Disorders Unit, Department Neurology, Montefiore Hospital and Medical Center, since 1976.

Achievements

• Bernard Burack has been listed as a noteworthy Cardiologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American College of Physicians, Council of Clinical Cardiology of America Heart Association, American College Cardiology, American Geriatric Society, American Public Health assosiation, New York Cardiol. Society, New York Academy Science, Sleep Research Society. Member American Medical Association, American Federation Clinical Research, New York State Medical Society, New York County Medical Society, New York Heart Association, Creighton U. Alumnae Society, Cornell Univercity Alumnae Society (founder), Gamma Sigma Pi.

Interests

• Avocations: sailing, swimming.

Connections

Married; 4 children.

Father:

Aaron David Burack

Mother:

Esther (Inselbuch) Burack