Background
Halberg, G. Peter was born on January 27, 1915 in Budapest, Hungary. Son of Paul and Elizabeth Halberg. came to the United States, 1949, naturalized, 1953.
Halberg, G. Peter was born on January 27, 1915 in Budapest, Hungary. Son of Paul and Elizabeth Halberg. came to the United States, 1949, naturalized, 1953.
Doctor of Medicine, Budapest University, 1942.
Intern, Budapest U. Medical School, Budapest, 1937-1938;
assistant resident ophthalmology, Szabolcs St. Hospital, Budapest, 1942-1943;
resident, Szabolcs St. Hospital, Budapest, 1943-1944;
resident ophthalmology, Newark Eye and Ear Infirmary, 1952-1953;
practice medicine specializing in ophthalmology, New York City, since 1955;
assistant director division electrophysiology, department research, New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, 1957-1960;
assistant ophthalmic surgeon, New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, from 1971;
attending ophthalmic surgeon, director glaucoma service, New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, to 1980;
director emeritus, New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, since 1980;
attending ophthalmic surgeon, chief contact lens service and glaucomaservice, St. Vincent's Hospital and Medical Center, New York City, 1974-1993. Attending physician in charge contact lens service Beekman Downtown Hospital, New York City, 1974-1976, consultant, 1976-1979, member of advisory board Emergency Care Institute, 1976-1982. Associate clinical professor ophthalmology New York Medical College, 1966-1968, professor clinical ophthalmology, since 1980, also associate ophthalmologist, director electroretinography service, director Glaucoma Research Laboratory, 1961-1966, director division ophthalmic physiology, 1966.
Director Institute Visual Physiologyand Optics, 1968-1972. Professorial lecturer department surgery College Medicine, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, 1971-1985. Fellow Institute Ophthalmology, College Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, 1949-1950.
Consultant United States Public Health Service, Washington. Member medical technical advisory board American National Standards Institute, 1973-1982.
Served to major Army of the United States, 1953-1955, Korea, Japan. Fellow American College of Surgeons, American Academy Ophthalmology (honorary award 1969, senior honor award 1984), International College Surgeons, New York Academy Medicine. Member Laser Eye Surgical Society (program chairman 1983-1992), Illuminating Engineering Society, New York Academy of Sciences, International Contact Lens Council Ophthalmology (secretary general 1966-1978, president 1978-1982, chairman since 1983), Contact Lens Association Ophthalmologists (president 1977, chairman standards and quality control committee 1970-1980, public relations council 1974-1980), Semmelweis Science Society (president 1987-1989), World Federation Physicians and Scientists of Hungarian Origin (executive vice president 1989-1991), International Clinical Contact Lens Society (executive vice president 1982-1990), Ophthalmol.
Society United Kingdom, Medical Society County New York, American Intraocular Implant Society (chairman standards and quality control committee 1975-1977), Association Advancement Medical Instrumentation (physician chairman ocular device standards committee 1976-1980), American Society for Testing and Materials (chairman ophthalmic sub-committee 1977-1980), American Academy Ophthalmology (chairman committee standards for ophthalmic instruments and devices 1976-1979, ninth Conrad Berens lecture and medal, 1977, Cavara lecture and medal, 1982, first Louis Emile Javal memorial lecture and gold medal, 1986), American Medical Association, Pan American Association Ophthalmology, Association Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (associate), Association American Medical Colleges, Long Island Ophthalmol. Society, German Ophthalmol. Society, French Ophthalmol.
Society, Semmelweis Medical Society, Biological Photograph Association, Worldwide Hungarian Medical Academy (director ophthalmology section since 1990), Italian Ophthalmologic Society (honorary life).
Married Marion Emily Handschuh, September 18, 1959. Children— Marion Elizabeth Georgiana, G. Peter II, Paul Joseph.