Background
Glaser, Gilbert Herbert was born on November 10, 1920 in New York City. Son of Burnard Richard and Sidelle (Rogers) Glaser.
educator physician neuroscientist
Glaser, Gilbert Herbert was born on November 10, 1920 in New York City. Son of Burnard Richard and Sidelle (Rogers) Glaser.
Bachelor of Arts, Columbia, 1940; Doctor of Medicine Columbia, 1943; Medical Doctor of Science, Columbia, 1951; Master of Arts (honorary), Yale, 1963.
Intern, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York City, 1943-1944;
resident neurology, New York Neurological Institute, 1944-1946;
research assistant to associate neurology, Columbia College Physicians and Surgeons, 1948-1952;
research scientist, New York Psychiatric Institute, 1948-1950;
head section neurology School Medicine, Yale University, 1952-1971;
department chairman neurology School Medicine, Yale University, 1971-1986;
assistant professor neurology School Medicine, Yale University, 1952-1955;
associate professor School Medicine, Yale University, 1955-1963;
professor neurology School Medicine, Yale University, 1963-1991;
professor neurology emeritus, Yale University, since 1991. Commonwealth Fund visiting professor neurology U. London, England., 1965-1966. Consultant West Haven (Connecticut) Veterans Administration Hospital., since 1955.
Visiting professor neurology National Hospital, London, 1972, Park Hospital, Oxford, England, 1973-1986, Hunan Medical College, Peoples Republic of China, 1986, U. Niigata, Kyoto, Japan, 1989. Fulbright Distinguished professor neurology Zagreb U., Yugoslavia, 1981. Visiting scholar Green College University of Oxford, England, 1987-1988.
Member neurology research advising committee United States Public Health Service, 1956-1960, 68-72, special consultant, 1973, epilepsy advising committee, 1974-1977, chairman basic science subcommittee, 1977-1980. Member neurobiology review committee VA, 1975-1978, chairman, 1977-1978.
Captain Medical Corps Army of the United States, 1946-1948. Fellow Royal Society Medicine, American College of Physicians. Member American Neurological Association (honorary, 1st vice president 1977-1978), American Academy Neurology (president 1973-1975 honorary member 1998), American Epilepsy Society (president 1963, Lennox lecturer 1985), American Electroencephalographic Society (council 1958-1961, board qualifications), Eastern Association Electroencephalographers (president 1958), Electroencephalogram Society (Great Britain), Association British Neurologists, Society for Neurosci.
(honorary), Epilepsy Foundation American (medical advisory board), Myasthenia Gravis Foundation (medical advisory board chairman 1964-1965), Multiple Sclerosis Society (chairman research programs committee 1973-1974, medical advisory board). Clubs: Athenaeum (London).
Married Morfydd Mai Pugh, March 17, 1946. Children: Gareth Evan, Sara Elizabeth.