Background
Wechsler, Israel Spanier was born on May 26, 1886 in Lespedi, Rumania. Son of Moses Spanier and Leah (Pascal) Wechsler.
Wechsler, Israel Spanier was born on May 26, 1886 in Lespedi, Rumania. Son of Moses Spanier and Leah (Pascal) Wechsler.
Doctor of Medicine New York University and Bellevue Medical College, 1907. Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), Hebrew University.
Brought to the United States, 1900, naturalized, 1909. Instructor in neurology, Columbia, 1917-1919, associate, 1919-1926, assistant professor clinical neurology, 1926-1927, assistant professor, 1927-1931, professor since 1931. Attending neurologist and chief of service Mount Sinai Hospital, 1938-1951, formerly neurologist New York Neurological Institute, Montefiore Hospital and chief neurologist Vanderbilt Clinic, New York City.
Consultant neurologist Rockland State, Mount Sinai and Montefiore hospitals.
Instructor Military Neurosurgical Training School, United States Army, 1918. Israel Wechsler Chair Neurology at Hebrew U. Medical School, 1959.
Deputy Chairman of the Board Governors Hebrew University, Israel.
Member American Academy Neurology, New York Academy Medical (chairman section of neurology and psychiatry, 1925), American Neurological Association (president 1957), New York Neurological Society (president 1934-1936), American Medical Association, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Psychiatric Research Nervous and Mental Diseases, Alpha Omega Alpha.
Married Minnie Wechsler, June 30, 1917. Children: Miriam Louise, Robert Moses (deceased).