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Schmidek, Henry Hans-Heinz was born on September 10, 1937 in Peking, China. Son of Leopold Otto and Nellie (Schwartstein) Schmidek.
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Henry Hans-Heinz Schmidek, Born: Peking, China, September 10, 1937
Neurosurgeon, educator ( health: medical)
neurosurgeon, educator. Recipient Medical Alumni award and gold medal, U. Western Ontario, 1963, Poulenc award and gold medal, 1963, trustee Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, senior investigator award NINCDS/National Institutes of Health HArvard Medical School, 1986.
Education
Children— Jared Benjamin, Robin Elizabeth. Bachelor, University of Chicago, 1957. Postgraduate.U. London, 1958-1959.
Doctor of Medicine magna cum laude, U. Western Ontario, London, 1963.
Diplomate American Board Neurological Surgery.
Career
Intern, Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 1963-1964, surgical resident, 1964-1965. Neurosurgery resident Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 1967-1972, clinical associate, 1972-1975. Professor, chairman neurosurgery Hahnemann University, Philadelphia, 1975-1978, U. Vermont College Medicine, Burlington, 1978-1986.
Chief neurosurgery Northeast Deaconess Hospital, Boston, 1986-1989.
Vice chairman neurosurgery, director Molecular Genetics Center.Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, 1989-1990. Director neurobiology/neurosurgery course Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, 1984.
National Institutes of Health senior investigator, visiting professor department neurobiology Harvard Medical School, 1986-1989. Senior visiting science Whitaker College, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1986-1989.
Consultant Ladd Instrument Company, Burlington, Vermont, 1982-1987, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, 1987.
Consultant TA Associations, Boston, 1988-1990.
Achievements
Membership
Member Governor"s Council on Boxing, State of Vermont, 1981-1984. Served to Lieutenant, Medical Corps, United States Naval Reserve, 1965-1967. Member American Association Neurosurgeons, American College of Surgeons, American Association Neurological Surgeons, Brain Surgery Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Canada Neurosurg.
Society, Spanish-Portugese Neurosurg.
Society, Sigma Xi, Alpha Omega Alpha, University.
Connections
Married Nancy Kurland, June 30, 1967 (deceased. Married Mary Louise O"Donnell, November 30, 1972. Children: Ian Matthew, Alexandra Jamie.
