Background
Saiger, George Lewis was born on December 5, 1922 in Burlington, Vermont, United States. Son of Simeon Hillel and Sophie (Snider) Saiger.
educator epidemiologist medical physician research consultant statistician
Saiger, George Lewis was born on December 5, 1922 in Burlington, Vermont, United States. Son of Simeon Hillel and Sophie (Snider) Saiger.
Certified, Stanford University, 1944. Bachelor of Science, University Vermont, 1945. Doctor of Medicine, University Vermont, 1948.
Master of Public Health, Columbia University, 1951. Doctor of Public Health, Doctor of Public Hygiene, Columbia University, 1955.
Intern United States Marine Hospital, Cleveland, 1948-1949. Assistant county health officer chronic disease division United States Public Health Service, Prince Georges County, Maryland, 1949-1950. Instructor biostatistics Columbia University, 1951-1952.
Medical research consultant, part-time private practice Fort Lee, New Jersey, 1952-1953. Professor biostatistics Columbia University, 1956-1959, professor epidemiology, 1959-1964. Also consultant medical research and biometrics.
Medical consultant Bureau Medicine, Food and Drug Administration, Washington, 1963, director division research and reference and Food and Drug Administration information center on adverse reactions and hazards, 1963-1964. Consultant medical research Palisade and Fort Lee, New Jersey, 1964-1967. Owner-director George L. Saiger & Associates, Consultant in Medical Research, 1967-1972, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, since 1972.
Land acquisition and development, since 1969. Visiting lecturer State University of New York, Brooklyn, 1952. Assistant professor preventive medicine Louisiana State University, 1955.
Consultant medical journals., since 1952. Medical research consultant Rand Corporation, 1955-1957. Medical research consultant, chief biometrician, assistant to director Army Medical Research Laboratory, Fort Knox, Kentucky, 1953-1955.
Rockefeller Foundation fellow University Aberdeen, Scotland, 1959. Member thesis examination committee and mental, cardiovascular, radiation research committees Columbia University and Argonne National Laboratory, 1956-1963. Member advisory committee model prescription recording system study School Pharmacy, University Pittsburgh, 1963-1964.
Guest speaker special conference on drug information services American Society Hospital Pharmacists, 1964. Medical section Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association, 1964.
Expert witness Committee on Commerce, United States Senate, 1965. Expert witness Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, House of Representatives, 1965, 69. Served with Army of the United States, 1943-1946.
Captain Medical Corps 1953-1955. Assistant surgeon (R) United States Public Health Service, 1948-1953. Fellow American Public Health Association, American Geriatrics Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science, New Jersey Academy of Sciences.
Member World Medical Association (United States committee), International Platform Association, American Statistical Association (New York City Metropolitan Area and Northern New Jersey chapters), Biometric Society (Eastern North America region), Association Alumni Columbia School Public Health and Administrative Medicine, Association Teachers Preventive Medicine, University Vermont Medical Alumni Association, Alumni Federation Columbia University.
Married Faye Toby Diamond, November 4, 1948 (deceased September 1976).