Background
Davidsohn, Israel was born on April 20, 1895 in Tarnopol, Austria. Son of Jacob and Rachel (Halpern) Davidsohn.
Davidsohn, Israel was born on April 20, 1895 in Tarnopol, Austria. Son of Jacob and Rachel (Halpern) Davidsohn.
Doctor of Medicine, University Vienna, 1921. Postgraduate U. Berlin, 1921-1923. Doctor of Science, Chicago Medical School, 1964.
Came to the United States, 1923, naturalized, 1930. Pathologist, director laboratories Mount Sinai Hospital, Philadelphia, 1925-1930.
Director department pathology Mount Sinai Hospital, Chicago, 1930-1965, director department experimental pathology, 1965-1979.
Professor department pathology Chicago Medical School, 1947-1974. Consultant, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington.
President American Board of Pathology, 1964-1965.
Member American Medical Association, Chicago Institute Medicine, American Society Clinical Pathologists (president 1951-1952.
Married Clara Freud, October 10, 1923. Children: Ellen Doris, Samuel James.