Harold David Friedberg

Background

Friedberg, Harold David was born on June 7, 1927 in Johannesburg, Republic of South Africa. Son of Samuel and Violet (Grodzen) Friedberg.

Education

Doctor of Medicine, University Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 1949. Postgraduate U. England, 1949-1954, U. Manchester (England), 1956-1958.

Career

; children— Mandy V., Adrienne V., Richard C., Adam South. Married Carol Gibson Glynn, June14, 1986. Came to the United States, 1964.

Intern, Baragwanath Hospital, Johannesburg, 1949-1950. Resident Royal College Physicians Affiliated Hospitals, London, 1950-1954, Christie Hospital, Manchester, England, 1956-1958.

Consultant cardiologist, Salisbury, Rhodesia, 1959-1963.

Fellow medicine Johns Hopkins Medical.Sch., Baltimore, 1964-1965. Member of staff Milwaukee Veterans Administration Hospital., chief cardiology, 1966-1973, consultant, 1973-1979. Consultant cardiology Saint Luke"s Hospital, since 1968, director coronary care unit and pacemaker clinic, 1972-1979.

Cardiologist Sarasota Memorial Hospital, Florida, 1984, medical director cardiac rehabilitation, 1996.

Associate clinical professor medicine Medical College Wisconsin, 1965-1984. Professor medicine U. South Florida, Tampa, since 1979.

Science adviser to several medical technical companies;co-designer Saint Jude Heart Valve, 1977, A.T.S. Medical Heart Valve, 1990.

Achievements

• Harold David Friedberg has been listed as a noteworthy cardiologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American College of Physicians, American College Chest Physicians, American College Cardiology, American Heart Association Council Clinical Cardiology, Royal College Physicians (London). Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Heart Association (director) Wisconsin 1970-1978, president 1973), North America Society Pacing and Electrophysiology (founding. Member editorial board Journal Electrocardiology.

Connections

Married P.A. Barnett, June 27, 1954 (divorced 1986). Married Carol Gibson Glynn, June14, 1986. Children: Mandy V., Adrienne V., Richard C., Adam South.

Father:

Samuel Friedberg

Mother:

Violet (Grodzen) Friedberg

Spouse:

P.A. Barnett

Spouse:

Carol Gibson Glynn

child:

Adam South. Friedberg

child:

Richard C. Friedberg

child:

Adrienne V. Friedberg

child:

Mandy V. Friedberg