Background
Groedel, Franz Maximilian was born on May 23, 1881 in Bad Nauheim, Germany. Son of Maximilian J. and Rosa (Klopfer) Groedel.
Groedel, Franz Maximilian was born on May 23, 1881 in Bad Nauheim, Germany. Son of Maximilian J. and Rosa (Klopfer) Groedel.
Educated Universities of Munich, Giessen and Leipzig, 1899-1904 (Doctor of Medicine, University of Leipzig, 1904). Unmarried.
Came to the United States 1934, naturalized, 1939. Chief X-ray department, Holy Ghost Hospital, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 1910-1934. Instructor University of Frankfurt, 1919-1934, professor on medical faculty, since 1929.
Director Kerckhoff Heart Research Institute, Bad Nauheim, since 1929.
Cardiologist Heart Sanitarium, Bad Nauheim, 1904-1934. Licensed to practice medicine in New York State, 1934.
Now practicing in New York City. Consultant cardiologist Lenox Hill Hospital.
Attending cardiologist Beth David Hospital.
Cardiol. Saint Anthony’s Hospital. Research fellow Biological Institute, Fordham University Formerly president Deutsche Röntgengesellschaft and Frankfurter Röntgengesellschaft.
Formerly board directors German Heart Association, Deutsch Balneologische Gesellschaft, et cetera
Founder American College Cardiology. Member American Physiological Society, American Heart Association, New York Heart assosiation, New York Cardiol. Society, American Medical Association, New York County Medical Society, New York State Medical Society, American Association History of Medicine, New York Physical Therapy Society, New York Medical Union, International Society Medical Hydrology.
Honorary member X-ray Society of Chicago, Illinois, Detroit Roentgen Ray Society, American College Radiology, Medical Society Bologne, Italy, Hessian Roentgen Society, Deutsche Kreislanfforsching Gesellschaft.
Served as military surgical during World War.