Henry David Isenberg

Background

Isenberg, Henry David was born on March 9, 1922 in Giessen, Germany. Son of Gerson and Flora (Gruenebaum) Isenberg. came to the United States, 1937, naturalized, 1943.

Education

Bachelor of Science, City College of New York, 1947. Master of Arts, Brooklyn College, 1951. Doctor of Philosophy, St. Johns University, 1959.

Career

Assistant director, Angrist laboratories, 1947-1954; chief microbiology, Long Island Jewish Medical Center, New Hyde Park, New York, 1954-1997; chief emeritus, consultant, Long Island Jewish Medical Center, New Hyde Park, New York, since 1997; consultant clinical microbiology, Mount Sinai Medical Center, since 1997; consultant, Universities Space Research Association, since 1998; assistant clinical professor orthopedic surgery, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, 1963-1968; associate clinical professor orthopedic surgery, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, 1968-1971; professorial lecturer orthopedic surgery, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, 1971-1989. Professor clinical pathology State University of New York Health Science Center, Stony Brook, 1970-1989. Clinical professor microbiology and immunology U. South Florida School Medicine, 1982-1987.

Professor laboratory medicine Albert Einstein College Medicine, 1989-1996, professor pathology, since 1996. Consultant in microbiology National Aeronautics and Space Administration, since 1990. Professorial lecturer pathology Mount Sinai School Medicine, since 1998.

Achievements

• Henry David Isenberg has been listed as a noteworthy microbiology educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• book

  • Journal of Clinical Microbiology Vol. 18 No. 5 November 1983

Membership

Served with United States Army, 1943-1945. Fellow American Academy Microbiology (board governors), New York Academy of Sciences, American Institute Chemists, Infectious Disease Society of America, New York Academy Medicine. Mem American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Society Microbiology (Becton-Dickinson award 1979, Alexander C. Sonnenwirth Memorial Lecturer award 1989, Distinguished Service award New York branch 1991, national 1996, honorary member 1999), Harvey Society, Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Lila S. Grossman, February 15, 1948. Children— Ina Pepi Isenberg Stein, Gerald Alan.

Father:

Gerson Isenberg

Mother:

Flora (Gruenebaum) Isenberg

Spouse:

Lila S. Grossman

child:

Ina Pepi Isenberg Stein Isenberg

child:

Gerald Alan Isenberg