Howard Abram Eder

Background

Eder, Howard Abram was born on September 23, 1917 in Milwaukee. Son of Samuel and Rebecca (Abram) Eder.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Univercity Wisconsin, 1938; Doctor of Medicine Harvard University, 1942; Master of Public Health, Harvard University, 1945; Doctor of Medicine honoris causa, U. Linkoping, Sweden.

Career

Intern, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston, 1942-1943; assistant resident, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, 1943-1944; research fellow in medicine, Harvard Medical School, 1943-1944; research fellow in biochemistry, Harvard Medical School, 1945-1946; assistant in medicine, assistant physician, Rockefeller U. Hospital, 1946-1950; assistant professor medicine, Cornell Univercity Medical College, New York City, 1950-1953; member of staff, National Heart Institute, Bethesda, Maryland., 1953-1955; associate professor medicine, State University New York, Downstate Medical College, Brooklyn, 1955-1957; associate professor medicine, Albert Einstein College Medicine, 1957-1960; professor, Albert Einstein College Medicine, 1960-1988; professor emeritus, Albert Einstein College Medicine, since 1989. Chairman lipid metabolism advising committee National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, 1978-1980, member board science counselors, 1986-1990, chairman, 1989-1990. Member diabetes and heart disease review panel National Institutes of Health, 1995, 96.

Achievements

• Howard Abram Eder has been listed as a noteworthy Physician by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member of American Diabetes Association, American Heart Association (member council on arteriosclerosis, Distinguished Accomplishment award 1985, Special Recognition award 1993), American Physiological Society, American Society Biological Chemists, American Society Clinical Investigation, Association American Physicians, Institute Medicine National Academy of Sciences, Interurban Clinical Club (president 1971-1972), Alpha Omega Alpha, Phi Beta Kappa.

Connections

Married Barbara Straus, July 15, 1954 (deceased November 1998). Children— Rebecca, Susan, Michael.

Father:

Samuel Eder

Mother:

Rebecca (Abram) Eder

Spouse:

Barbara Straus

child:

Michael Eder

child:

Susan Eder

child:

Rebecca Eder