Background
Beerman, Herman was born on October 13, 1901 in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Morris and Fannie (Toby) Beerman.
Beerman, Herman was born on October 13, 1901 in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Morris and Fannie (Toby) Beerman.
Bachelor of Arts, Univercity Pennsylvania, 1923; Doctor of Medicine, University Pennsylvania, 1927; Doctor of Science in Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 1935; M Dermatology (honorary), University Pennsylvania, 1988.
Assistant, Department Agriculture, Philadelphia, 1925-1926;
intern, Mount Sinai Hospital, Philadelphia, 1927-1928;
resident, Hospital University of Pennsylvania, 1929-1933;
assistant chief dermatology clinic, Hospital University of Pennsylvania, 1938-1965;
Abbott fellow in chemotherapeutic research, Hospital University of Pennsylvania, 1932-1946;
with, University of Pennsylvania School Medicine, 1929-1995;
professor dermatology, University of Pennsylvania School Medicine, 1951-1970;
professor emeritus, University of Pennsylvania School Medicine, 1970-1995;
professor, University of Pennsylvania School Medicine (Graduate School Medicine), 1947-1967;
chairman, University of Pennsylvania School Medicine (Graduate School Medicine), 1949-1967;
associate serology, Pepper Laboratory, 1949-1995;
assistant director, Institute Study Venereal Disease, 1939-1954;
physician out patient department, Pennsylvania Hospital, 1929-1936;
hospital dermatologist, chief, Pennsylvania Hospital (Out-Patient Service B), 1935-1945;
associate dermatologist, Pennsylvania Hospital (Out-Patient Service B), 1946-1947;
dermatologist, head department, Pennsylvania Hospital (Out-Patient Service B), 1947-1967;
consultant dermatologist, Pennsylvania Hospital (Out-Patient Service B), 1967-1995. Assistant dermatologist radium clinic Philadelphia General Hospital, 1938-1940, dermatologist, 1940-1953, active consultant dermatology, 1953-1968, honorary consultant in dermatology, 1968-1995. Consultant laboratory Children's Hospital, Philadelphia, 1949-1995.
Consultant Veterans Administration Hospital., Philadelphia, 1953-1966. Consultant pathology United States Naval Hospital, Philadelphia, 1954-1995. Consultant dermatology Veterans Administration Hospital., Coatesville, Pennsylvania, 1967-1979, United States Public Health Service, 1937-1995.
Private practice, Philadelphia, 1933-1995. Member panel venereal diseases subcommittee infectious disease, chemotherapy National Research Council, 1954-1995. Sigmund Pollitzer lecturer New York University, 1963.
Irving Wershaw Memorial lecturer, Israel, 1967. Pusey Memorial lecturer Chicago Dermatological Society, 1968. Ruben Nomland Memorial lecturer U. Iowa, 1968.
Samuel M. Bluefarb lecturer, Chicago, 1973. Treasurer, trustee Institute Dermatologic Communication and Education, 1963-1995.
Honorary librarian College Physicians of Philadelphia, 1978, 82. Fellow American College of Physicians, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Philadelphia College Physicians. Member New York Academy of Sciences, Tissue Culture Association, Medical Club Philadelphia, American Academy Dermatology (director 1941-1948, 62-67, president 1965-1967, honorary), American Society Dermatopathology (honorary.
President 1965-1966), Association Professors Dermatology (director 1963-1968, president 1967-1968), Dermatology Foundation (past trustee), American Dermatological Association (honorary. Director 1960-1965, president 1967-1968), Pacific Dermatological Association (honorary), Philadelphia Dermatological Association, British Association Dermatology (honorary foreign member), Swedish Dermatological Society, Society Française de Dermatologie et Syphiligraphie (foreign correspondent), Finnish Dermatologic Society (honorary), Greek Dermatological and Venereological Union (honorary), Deutsche Dermatologische Gesellschaft (honorary), Medical Society Study Venereal Disease (honorary. England), Society Investigative Dermatology (annual Herman Beerman lecture 1960-1995, past president, director, secretary-treasurer 1950-1965, honorary, Stephen Rothman award 1985), American Medical Association, Medical Society Pennsylvania, American Association of University Professors, Society Investigation Psychosomatic Problems, John Morgan Society, La Société Dermatological Danoise (correspondent), American Venereal Disease Association (Thomas Parran award 1974), Solomon Solis-Cohen Medical Literature Society (president 1961), Iranian Society Dermatology and Venereology (honorary), Sociedad Venezolana De Dermatología, Venereología y Leprología (honorary), Philadelphia County Medical Society (chairman committee on infectious diseases 1968-1995, Strittmatter award 1986), Israeli Dermatological Society (honorary), La Academia Mexicana de Dermatologia (honorary), Academia Espanola de Dermatología y Sifilografia, Dermatological Association Poland, International College Experimental Dermatology, Laboratorio de Investigaciones Leprológicas, Societati Dermatologicae Danicae, Iowa Dermatological Society, Asociación Argentina de Dermatología (correspondent), American Academy Veterinary Medicine (honorary), Royal Society Medicine London (honorary.
Section dermatology), Pennsylvania Academy Dermatology (honorary), Physiological Society Philadelphia, Philadelphia Art Alliance, Public Health Society University Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Rhuematism Society, American Medical Writers Association, Athenaeum, Sigma Xi, Phi Lambda Kappa, Alpha Omega Alpha (alumni member).
Married Emma N. Segal, May 13, 1924.