Background
Kolodny, Edwin Hillel was born on March 15, 1936 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Myer Zeman and Naomi Lillian (Zalkind) Kolodny.
geneticist medical administrator neurologist
Kolodny, Edwin Hillel was born on March 15, 1936 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Myer Zeman and Naomi Lillian (Zalkind) Kolodny.
Bachelor of Arts cum laude in Economics, Harvard College, 1957. Doctor of Medicine with honors, New York University, 1962. Diplomate American Board Psychiatry and Neurology, American Board Medical Genetics.
Intern, resident in internal medicine Bellevue Hospital, New York City, 1962-1964. Resident in neurology Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 1964-1967. Special fellow laboratory neurochemistry National Institute Neurological Diseases, Bethesda, Maryland, 1967-1970.
Assistant professor neurology Harvard Medical School, Boston, 1970-1976, associate professor, 1976-1985, professor, 1985-1991. Bernard and Charlotte Marden professor, chairman department neurology New York University Medical Center, New York City, since 1991, chairman department neurology, 1991—2010. Vice-chairman executive committee Medical Board Tisch Hospital, New York, 1993-1997, chairman, 1997-1999.
Visiting professor Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel, 1988, 90. Associate director Eunice Kennedy Shriver Center, Mental Retardation, Inc., Waltham, Massachusetts, 1976-1983, acting director, 1983-1984, director, 1984-1990. Associate neurologist Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 1976-1987, neurologist, 1988-1991.
Chairman committee Research Centers Forward Planning Mental Retardation, National Institute Child Health and Human Development, 1983-1984. Consultant president's committee Mental Retardation, 1982. Advisory genetic services Department Public Health Massachusetts, 1977-1980.
Member Massachusetts National Institute Health Centennial Committee, 1987-1988, professional advisory board International Rett Syndrome Association, 1986-1994, science advisory board United Leukodystrophy Foundation, 1986-1994, science medical advisory committee Canavan Foundation, since 1994. Member expert committee Gaucher Initiative Project Hope, since 2000, chairman since 2006. Member steering committee Global Organization for Lysosomal Diseases, 2002-2006.
Member science advisory board National Tay Sachs and Allied Diseases Association, since 1970. Member medical advisory board Dysautonomia Foundation, since 2001. Vice president, trustee Temple Emanuel, Newton, Massachusetts, 1983—1989.
Trustee Hebrew College, Brookline. Fellow American College Medical Genetics, American Academy Neurology (S. Wier Mitchell award 1970). Member American Association Neuropathology (Moore award 1975), American Neurological Association, American Society Human Genetics, American Society Neurochemistry, Child Neurology Society, Harvard Varsity Club (Cambridge), Association for Research in Nervous and Mental Diseases (board directors since 1993), Alpha Omega Alpha.
Married Roselyn Leinwand, May 31, 1958. Children: Nancy, Leonard Benjamin, Robin, Noah Jacob.