Background
Adelson, Bernard Henry was born on March 16, 1920 in Tampa, Florida, United States. Son of Edward H. and Esther (Hadesman) Adelson.
Adelson, Bernard Henry was born on March 16, 1920 in Tampa, Florida, United States. Son of Edward H. and Esther (Hadesman) Adelson.
Bachelor of Science, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1942; Doctor of Philosophy, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1946; Doctor of Medicine, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1951.
Intern Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, Florida, 1950-1951. Resident Evanston Hospital, 1951-1953, Cook County Hospital, Chicago, 1953-1954. Professor clinical medicine Northwestern University, from 1980.
Associate chairman department medicine Evanston Hospital, from 1979, director program on medical ethics, from 1985, chair institutional ethics committee, from 1989, chair institutional review board, from 1996.
Captain United States Army, 1955-1957. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American College Physicians (Clinician Laureate 1989, 90, Ralph Claypoole award 2000), Royal Society Medicine.
Married Martha Stein, June 13, 1950. Children: Duffie Ann, Edward H., David E.