Background
Freiman, David Galland was born on July 1, 1911 in New York City. Son of Leopold and Dorothy (Galland) Freiman.
Freiman, David Galland was born on July 1, 1911 in New York City. Son of Leopold and Dorothy (Galland) Freiman.
AB, City College of New York, 1930; Doctor of Medicine, Long Island College Medicine (now Downstate Medical Center State University of New York), 1935; AM (honorary), Harvard University, 1962.
Intern, house physician, Jewish Hospital of Brooklyn, 1935-1936; intern, Kingston Avenue Hospital (for Contagious Disease), Brooklyn, 1938; intern, resident pathology, Montefiore Hospital, 1938-1943; assistant pathologist, Massachusetts General Hospital, 1944-1950; attending pathologist, Cincinnati General Hospital, Drake Memorial Hospital, 1952-1956; pathologist-in-chief, director laboratories, Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, 1956-1979; emeritus, Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, since 1979; special assistant to president, Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, since 1979; consultant pathologist, VA, Hospitals, Cincinnati, Fort Thomas, Kentucky, 1954-1956; consultant pathologist, VA, Hospitals, Boston, 1962-1985; instructor pathology, Medical School Tufts U., 1947-1948; instructor pathology, Harvard University Medical School, 1949-1950; clinical professor pathology, Harvard University Medical School, 1956-1962; professor, Harvard University Medical School, 1962-1984; Mallinckrodt professor pathology, Harvard University Medical School, 1969-1979; emeritus, Harvard University Medical School, since 1984; professor anatomy, interim department chairman anatomy, U. Massachusetts College Medicine, 1985-1987; assistant professor pathology, College Medicine, U. Cincinnati, 1950-1952; associate professor, U. Cincinnati College Medicine, 1952-1956; lecturer pathology, Simmons, 1962-1978. Consultant pathology Cambridge Hospital, 1968-1985, Uniformed Services U. Health Sciences, 1974-1975, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Boston, 1977-1990. Mem.joint faculty Harvard-Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1975-1979.
Member of American Association for the Advancement of Science, International Society for Haemostasis and Thrombosis, New England Society Pathologists, Massachusetts Medical Society, American Society Clinical Pathologists, Histochem. Society, International Academy Pathology, American Society for Investigative Pathology, Alpha Omega Alpha, Sigma Xi, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Ruth Schein, September 2, 1949. Children: Nancy, Leonard.