Background
Kirschenfeld, J. J. was born on February 8, 1919 in Austria. Came to the United States, 1923. Son of Samuel and Helen Kirschenfeld.
Kirschenfeld, J. J. was born on February 8, 1919 in Austria. Came to the United States, 1923. Son of Samuel and Helen Kirschenfeld.
Bachelor of Science magna cum laude, Brooklyn College, 1940. Doctor of Medicine, New York University, 1943. DHum (honorary), Huntington College, 2000.
Intern Queens General Hospital, Jamaica, New York, 1944. Resident in medicine United States Air Force Regional Hospital, Montgomery, Alabama, 1944-1945. Training as flight surgeon United States Air Force School Aviation Medicine, Randolph Field, Texas, 1945.
Practice family practice/internal medicine, Fort Deposit, Alabama, 1946-1960, general internal medicine, Montgomery, 1960-1999. Professor medicine University Alabama School Medicine, Birmingham, 1979-1999, associate clinical professor rehabilitation medicine, 1977-1999, associate dean for Montgomery affairs Montgomery, 1974-1999. Retired from medical practice, 1999.
Emeritus professor of medicine University Alabama School Medicine, Montgomery, since 1999. Chairman, director medical education Montgomery Area Community Health Sciences Institute, since 1972, progressive director UAB Montgomery Internal Medical Residency Progressive, 1968-1999.
Captain United States Air Force, 1944-1946. Fellow American College of Physicians (laureate award Alabama chapter 1991), American College Chest Physicians, American College Cardiology. Member American Medical Association, Alabama Society Internal Medicine, American Society Internal Medicine, Alabama Medical Association, Montgomery County Medical Society, Alabama Heart Association, Alabama Thoracic Society, Alabama Diabetic Society, Association Program Directors in Internal Medicine (program director residency program 1968-1999).
Married Helen Chapin, September 1944. Children: Sherry, Trudy, Debbie, Jeffrey, Kimberly.