Harold Philmore Roth

Background

Roth, Harold Philmore was born on August 2, 1915 in Cleveland. Son of Abraham J. and Ida (Harris) Roth.

Education

Bachelor, Western Reserve University, Cleveland, 1936. Doctor of Medicine, Western Reserve University, Cleveland, 1939. Master of Science in Hygiene, Harvard University, 1967.

Career

Intern, Cincinnati General Hospital, 1939-1940; house officer, Boston City Hospital, 1940-1942; assistant resident in medicine, Barnes Hospital, St. Louis, 1942-1943; clinical instructor, Western Reserve U., Cleveland, 1949-1952; senior clinical instructor, Western Reserve U., 1953-1955; assistant professor, Western Reserve U., 1955-1963; associate professor, Western Reserve U., since 1963; associate professor department community health, Case Western Reserve U., 1971-1974; chief gastroenterology service, Veterans Administration Hospital., Cleveland, 1947-1974; director gastroenterology training program, University Hospitals and Veterans Administration Hospital., 1963-1974; associate physician, University Hospitals of Cleveland, 1969-1974; consultant, assistant physician, Highland View Hospital visiting physician in gastroenterology department medicine, Cleveland Metropolitan General Hospital associate director for Digestive Diseases and Nutrition, National Institute Arthritis, Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Disease, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1974-1985; director division Digestive Disease and Nutrition, National Institute Arthritis, Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Disease, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1983-1985; epidemiology and data systems program director, division digestive diseases and nutrition, National Institute Arthritis, Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Disease, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1985-1991; senior gastroenterologist emeritus, National Institute Arthritis, Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Disease, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., since 1991. Member National Commision on Digestive Diseases, National Digestive Diseases Advisory Board.

Achievements

• Harold Philmore Roth has been listed as a noteworthy physician by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Served with Army of the United States, 1943-1946. Member American Gastroenterol. Association, American Association Study of Liver Disease, Central Society Clinical Research, American College of Physicians, Society Clinical Trials (president 1978-1980), Phi Beta Kappa.

Connections

Married Kelly Cecile Rabinovitch, December 9, 1952. Children: Anita Alix, Edward Harris.

Father:

Abraham J. Roth

Mother:

Ida (Harris) Roth

Spouse:

Kelly Cecile Rabinovitch

child:

Edward Harris Roth

child:

Anita Alix Roth