Eli Sorkow

Background

Sorkow, Eli was born on January 10, 1923 in Brooklyn. Son of Jack and Kate Sorkowitz.

Education

Bachelor of Science, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, Louisiana, 1974. Doctor of Medicine, Louisiana State University, New Orleans, 1952.

Career

Intern, Robert B. Green Hospital, San Antonio, 1952-1953; resident, Lafayette (Louisiana) General Hospital, 1953-1954; private practice,, Lake Charles, 1954-1983; program director, Family Practice Residency, Lake Charles, 1972-1989; medical director, W.O. Moss Regional Hospital, Lake Charles, 1976-1989; acting department chairman family medicine, Louisiana State University School Medicine, New Orleans, 1986-1988. Medical director S.W. Louisiana Home Health Agency, Lake Charles, 1966-1990. Consultant Family Medicine Residency Assistance Program, Kansas City, Missoury, 1982-1989;member editorial advisory board Postgraduate Medicine, Minneapolis, 1989-1995.

Achievements

• Eli Sorkow has been listed as a noteworthy family practice physician by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Chairman Lake Charles Democratic Executive Committee, 1960-1976. President Temple Sinai, Lake Charles, 1968. Sergeant United States Army, 1942-1946.

Fellow American Academy Family Physicians (Presidential award 1980).

Interests

• Avocations: computers, painting, fishing, reading.

Connections

Son of Jack and Kate Sorkowitz. M. Claire Fannie Kushner, March 5, 1945. Children: Louis Charles, William Edward.

Father:

Jack Sorkowitz

Mother:

Kate Sorkowitz

Spouse:

Claire Fannie Kushner

child:

Louis Charles Sorkow

child:

William Edward Sorkow