Horace Louis Hodes

December 21, 1907 (age 81)

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Intern, assistant resident, Children's Hospital, Philadelphia, 1931-1933; chief resident, Children's Hospital, Philadelphia, 1934-1935; assistant resident pediatrics, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1933-1934; director pediatric dispensary, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1935-1936; assistant pathology and bacteriology, Rockefeller Institute Medical Research, 1936-1938; lecturer epidemiology, school hygiene, Johns Hopkins University, 1938-1949; assistant professor pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University, 1938-1945; associate professor, Johns Hopkins University, 1945-1949; director, Sydenham Hospital, Baltimore, 1938-1949; director medical research, Baltimore Health Department, 1938-1949; director pediatrics department, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York City, 1949-1976; clinical professor pediatrics, Columbia University, 1949-1970; professor, department chairman pediatrics, Mount Sinai Medical School, 1964-1976; Distinguished Service professor to professor emeritus, Mount Sinai Medical School, from 1976. Advisory council New York Public Health Research Institute. Medical advisory board Hebrew U. Member commission control measles and mumps United States Army, 1940-1942. Cons.sec. of war.

Horace Louis Hodes

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Background

Hodes, Horace Louis was born on December 21, 1907 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Morris and Anna (Jacobson) Hodes.

Education

Bachelor of Arts Pennsylvania, 1927. Doctor of Medicine, University Pennsylvania, 1931. Honorary Doctor of Science, City University of New York, 1982.

Career

Intern, assistant resident, Children's Hospital, Philadelphia, 1931-1933; chief resident, Children's Hospital, Philadelphia, 1934-1935; assistant resident pediatrics, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1933-1934; director pediatric dispensary, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1935-1936; assistant pathology and bacteriology, Rockefeller Institute Medical Research, 1936-1938; lecturer epidemiology, school hygiene, Johns Hopkins University, 1938-1949; assistant professor pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University, 1938-1945; associate professor, Johns Hopkins University, 1945-1949; director, Sydenham Hospital, Baltimore, 1938-1949; director medical research, Baltimore Health Department, 1938-1949; director pediatrics department, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York City, 1949-1976; clinical professor pediatrics, Columbia University, 1949-1970; professor, department chairman pediatrics, Mount Sinai Medical School, 1964-1976; Distinguished Service professor to professor emeritus, Mount Sinai Medical School, from 1976. Advisory council New York Public Health Research Institute. Medical advisory board Hebrew U.

Member commission control measles and mumps United States Army, 1940-1942. Cons.sec. of war.

Achievements

Horace Louis Hodes has been listed as a noteworthy pediatrician, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Served as Lieutenant commander of The United States Navy Reserve, 1942-1946. Officer charge virus laboratory Guam. Member American Pediatric Society (president 1974-1975, Howland medal and award 1982), Society Pediatric Research (president 1951-1952), American Academy Pediatrics (Mead-Johnson award 1946), Infectious Diseases Society American, Society Explt.

Biology and Medicine, New York Academy Sciences, New York Academy of Medicine, Pediatric Travel Club, Alpha Omega Alpha.

Connections

Married Anne E. Reber, June 10, 1931. Children— Ruth Anne, David Samuel.

Father:: Morris Hodes
Mother:: Anna (Jacobson) Hodes
Spouse:: Anne E. Reber
child:: Ruth Anne Hodes
child:: David Samuel Hodes

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