Fredrick Ralph Abrams

Background

Abrams, Fredrick Ralph was born on June 18, 1928 in New York City. Son of David and Jane R. (Rein) Abrams.

Education

Bachelor, Cornell Univercity, 1950; Doctor of Medicine, Cornell Univercity, 1954.

Career

Intern, Letterman Army Hospital, San Francisco, 1954-1955; private practice gynecology, Denver, 1962-1996. Retired; resident, Fitzsimons Army Hospital, Denver, 1956-1959; professor, U. Colorado Graduate School Public Affairs, Denver, since 1987; director biomedical ethics, Center for Health Ethics and Policy, U. Colorado, 1987-1992; commissioner, governments Commision on Life and the Law, State of Colorado, since 1991. Visiting professor Iliff School Theology.

Founder Center for Applied biomedical Ethics Rose Medical Center, Denver, 1982-1987. Associate medical director Colorado Foundation forMed. Care, since 1992; Lecturer for public education in medical ethics.

Member National Advisory Board on Ethics in Reproduction, since 1995. Senior research associate Denver U. Center Health Policy and Contemporary Affairs.

Achievements

• Fredrick Ralph Abrams has been listed as a noteworthy Physician, clinical ethicist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Major United States Army, 1955-1962. Member International Society for Advancement of Humanistic Studies in Gynecology (past president), Denver Medical Society (past vice president), Colorado Medical Society, American College Ob-Gyn. (past chairman ethics committee).

Connections

Married Alice Marilyn Engelhard, November 25, 1949. Children: Reid, Glenn, Hal.

Father:

David Abrams

Mother:

Jane R. (Rein) Abrams

Spouse:

Alice Marilyn Engelhard

child:

Hal Abrams

child:

Reid Abrams

child:

Glenn Abrams