Background
Wachsman, Harvey Frederick was born on June 13, 1936 in Brooklyn. Son of Ben and Mollie (Kugel) Wachsman.
Wachsman, Harvey Frederick was born on June 13, 1936 in Brooklyn. Son of Ben and Mollie (Kugel) Wachsman.
Bachelor of Arts, Tulane University, 1958; Doctor of Medicine Chicago Medical School, 1962; Juris Doctor, Brooklyn Law School, 1976.
Intern surgery, Kings County Hospital Center, Brooklyn, 1962-1963;
resident in surgery, Kingsbrook Medical Center, Brooklyn, 1964-1965;
resident in neurological surgery, Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, 1965-1969;
practice medicine specializing in neurosurgery, Bridgeport, Connecticut, 1972-1974;
partner, Pegalis & Wachsman, Great Neck, New York, since 1977. Adjunct Professor neurosurgery State University of New York, Stony Brook. Adjunct Professor law St. John's U. School Law.
Board of trustees State University of New York, chairman health science and hospital committee. President, Chief Executive Officer Foundation Excellence & Ethics in Medicine.
Trustee State University of New York, chairman health science and hospital committee. Fellow American College Legal Medicine (member of the Board of Governors 1986, chairman education com.1983—, chairman 1985 national meeting, New Orleans, chairman 1988 national meeting, Virginia, board directors ACLM Foundation), American Academy Forensic Sciences, Royal Society Medicine, Royal Society Arts (London), Royal Society Medicine (London), Roscoe Pound Foundation of Association Trial Lawyers American. Member American Bar Association, American Society Lawand Medicine, Congress Neurological Surgeons, Association Trial Lawyers American, Society Medical Jurisprudence (trustee), New York Bar Association, Connecticut Bar Association, Florida Bar Association, District of Columbia Bar assosiation, New York Academy Sciences, Association Trial Lawyers American (Board of Governors), New York Trial Lawyers Association, Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association, Florida Academy Trial Lawyers, Maryland.
Trial Lawyers Association, Texas Trial Lawyers Association, Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association, National Bar Association (member commission on South Africa), Nassau County Bar Association, Fairfield County Medical Society, Nassau-Suffolk Trial Lawyers Association.
Married Kathryn M. D'Agostino, January 31, 1976. Children: Dara Nicole, David Winston, Jacqueline Victoria, Lauren Elizabeth, Derek Charles, Ashley Max, Marea Lane, Melissa Roseanne.
