Gerald Weissmann

Background

Weissmann, Gerald was born on August 7, 1930 in Vienna, Austria. Came to the United States, 1938. Son of Adolf and Greta (Lustbader) Weissmann.

Education

Bachelor with honors, Columbia University, New York City, 1950. Doctor of Medicine, New York University, 1954.

Career

Intern, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York City, 1954-1955; assistant resident medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York City, 1957-1958; chief resident medicine, Bellevue Hospital, New York City, 1959-1960; fellow departments biochemistry and medicine, Arthritis and Rheumatism Federation, New York University, 1958-1959; research assistant department medicine, New York University School Medicine, 1959-1960; instructor medicine, New York University School Medicine, 1959-1962; assistant professor, New York University School Medicine, 1962-1965; associate professor, New York University School Medicine, 1966-1970; professor, New York University School Medicine, since 1970; director division cell biology, New York University School Medicine, 1969-1973; director division rheumatology of department medicine, New York University School Medicine, since 1973. United States Public Health Service special research fellow department biophysics Strangeways Laboratory, Cambridge, England, 1960-1961. Senior investigator Arthritis and Rheumatism Foundation, New York City, 1961-1965.

Career research scientist Health Research Council New York City, 1966-1971. Instructor physiology Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, 1973-1977, investigator, since 1970, trustee, since 1993. Visiting investigator American Red Cross Institute Animal Physiology, Babraham, England, 1964-1969, Centre de Physiologie et d'Immunologie Cellulaires, Hospital St. Antoine, Paris, 1973-1974, William Harvey Research Institute, London, 1987.

Member postdoctoral fellowships review committee Pfizer International, New York City, 1983-1989. Member scholarship selection committee Pew Scholars in biomedical Sciences, New Haven, 1984-1994. Lecturer Johns Hopkins University, 1976, 89, Medical College Georgia, Augusta, 1980, Medical College Pennsylvania, 1988,William Harvey Research Institute, London, 1987, others.

National advisory board Ellison Medical Found, since 1997.

Achievements

• Gerald Weissmann has been listed as a notable Medical educator, researcher, writer, editor by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • The Year of the Genome: A Diary of the Biological Revolution

    ( For twelve months beginning in January 2000, celebrated...)

  • Democracy and DNA: American Dreams and Medical Progress

    (Moving freely between the sciences and the arts, this nua...)

  • The Woods Hole Cantata: Essays on Science and Society

    (The Woods Hole Cantata essays articulate a scientist's re...)

  • The Woods Hole Cantata: Essays on Science and Society

    (The Woods Hole Cantata essays articulate a scientist's re...)

  • They All Laughed At Christopher Columbus

    (Great audio cassette set!)

  • The Doctor with Two Heads

    (Book by Gerald Weissmann)

  • The Year of the Genome: A Diary of the Biological Revolution by Weissmann, Gerald (2002) Hardcover
  • The Woods Hole Cantata: Essays on Science and Society 1st edition by Gerald Weissmann (1985) Paperback
  • The Woods Hole Cantata
  • Rheumatoid Arthritis: Advances in Inflammation Research
  • The Doctor with Two Heads by Gerald Weissmann (1991-05-07)
  • They All Laughed At Christopher Columbus - Tales of Medicine and the Art of Discovery

Membership

Captain Medical corpus, United States army, 1955-1957. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American College Rheumatology (president 1982-1983, Distinguished Investigator award 1992, Presidential Gold medal 2005, master 1996), American Federation Clinical Research, Society Experimental Biology and Medicine, American Society Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, American Society Experimental Pathology, Association American Immunologists, American Society Cell Biology, American Society Clinical Investigation, American Society Biological Chemistry and Molecular Biology, Association American Physicians, Harvey Society of New York (president 1981-1982), Interurban Clinical Club, Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association American Center, Cosmos Club, Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Omega Alpha, foreign member Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei (Rome).

Interests

• Avocation: tennis.

Connections

Married Ann Raphael, April 1, 1953. Children: Lisa, Andrew.

Father:

Adolf Weissmann

Mother:

Greta (Lustbader) Weissmann

Spouse:

Ann Raphael

child:

Lisa Weissmann

child:

Andrew Weissmann