Background
Abramson, David Irvin was born on October 14, 1905 in New York City. Son of Aaron and Anna (Oschrin) Abramson.
Abramson, David Irvin was born on October 14, 1905 in New York City. Son of Aaron and Anna (Oschrin) Abramson.
Student, City College of New York, 1922-1923; student, Columbia University, 1923-1924; Doctor of Medicine, Long Island College Medicine, 1929.
Intern, Bushwick Hospital, Brooklyn, 1929-1930; private practice peripheral vascular disease, Chicago, 1946-1975; instructor physiology, Long Island College Medicine, 1930-1936; director cardiovascular research, May Institute Medical Research, Cincinnati, 1938-1942; assistant professor medicine, University of Illinois, 1946-1954; associate professor, University of Illinois, 1954-1955; professor department medicine, professor, head department physical medicine and rehabilitation, University of Illinois, 1955-1972; professor emeritus department physical medicine and rehabilitation, University of Illinois, since 1972; consultant, Hines and West Side Veterans Administration Hospital. senior attending physician Michael Reese, Mount Sinai hospitals, Chicago, since 1954.
Served to major Medical Corps, Army of the United States, 1942-1946. Fellow American College of Physicians, American Heart Association. Member American Physiological Society, Central Society Clinical Research, American Society Clinical Investigation, Chicago Medical Society, Chicago Society Internal Medicine, Sigma Xi.
Married Louise Felson, August 17, 1940. Children– Julie Syril, Marian Beth.