Background
Perera, George A. was born on December 29, 1911 in New York City. Son of Lionello and Carolyn (Allen) Perera.
Perera, George A. was born on December 29, 1911 in New York City. Son of Lionello and Carolyn (Allen) Perera.
Bachelor of Arts, Princeton University, 1933; Doctor of Medicine Columbia University, 1937; Doctor of Science in Medicine, Columbia University, 1942.
Intern, Presbyterian Hospital, New York City, 1937-1939; resident medicine, Presbyterian Hospital, 1941-1943; assistant resident, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston, 1939-1940; assistant physiology, New York University, 1940-1941; member of staff, Presbyterian Hospital, 1943-1971; attending physician, Presbyterian Hospital, 1960-1971; faculty, Columbia University College Physicians and Surgeons, 1946-1971; professor medicine, Columbia University College Physicians and Surgeons, 1958-1971; associate dean, Columbia University College Physicians and Surgeons, 1962-1970.
Trustee Riverdale Country School, New York City, 1949-1980, president, 1977-1980. Trustee Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital, Cooperstown, New York, 1961-1980, Columbia University Press, 1961-1964, 66-69, Bridges of Understanding Foundation, 1973-1977. Trustee Concern for Dying, 1975-1981, vice president, 1978-1979, 80-81.
Alumni trustee Columbia University, 1974-1980. Member corporation Haverford College, 1979-1987. Board directors Kendal-Crosslands Comty., 1983-1994.
Fellow American College of Physicians, American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member New York Academy of Medicine (vice president 1968-1970, trustee 1973-1978), Association American Physicians (emeritus), Alpha Omega Alpha.
Married Anna Paxson Rhoads, December 22, 1934. Children: Marcia (Mistress Nicholas B. Van Dyck), David Rhoads.