Background
Medalie, Jack Harvey was born on January 8, 1922 in Buhl, Minnesota, United States.
Medalie, Jack Harvey was born on January 8, 1922 in Buhl, Minnesota, United States.
Bachelor of Science, Witwatersrand University, Johannesburg, 1941. Doctor of Medicine, BChir, Witwatersrand University, Johannesburg, 1945. Master in Public Health cum laude, Harvard University, 1958.
Instructor department anatomy University Witwatersrand, 1942—1943. Resident Johannesburg, 1945—1947. Rural family physician, 1948—1953.
Senior lecturer department social medicine Hebrew University, Hadassah, Jerusalem, 1962—1966. From associate professor to professor, chairman department family medicine Tel Aviv University, 1966—1974. Chairman department family medicine Case Western Reserve University, 1975—1987, professor community health, 1976—1987, professor family medicine, 1976—2006, professor medical and pediatrics, 1978—1987, professor emeritus, 1992—2006.
Medical director Family and Community Health Center, Jerusalem, 1953—1962. Principal investigator Israel Ischemic Heart Disease Study, 1962—1975. Co-principal investigator congenital abnormality study National Institutes of Health, 1972—1974.
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation fellowship program Case Western Reserve University, 1978—1988. Visiting professor family medicine and epidemiology University North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1973—1974. Visiting senior research scientist National Heart, Blood and Lung Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, 1974, Bethesda, 1990—1991.
Medical council University Hospitals, Cleveland, 1975—1987. Committee impaired physicians University Hospitals, Cleveland, 1980—1987. Medical education committee Case Western Reserve University, 1980—1985, chairman ambulatory and primary care clerkship committee, 1981—1983.
Task force health consequences bereavement National Academy of Sciences, 1982—1985, membership committee, 1984—1988. Director department family practice University Hospitals, Cleveland, 1982—1987. Research consultant Mount Sinai Medical Center, Cleveland, 1991—1999.
With United States Army, 1942-1945, active Israel Defense Force, 1948-1949.
Active Israel Defense Forces, 1948-1949. Fellow American Academy Family Physicians, American Heart Association, Royal Society Medical Foundation. Member Institute Medical-National Academy Science, Society Teachers Family Medicine (chairman at. task force 1985-1987, Curtis Hames Career Research award 1988, Certified Excellence 1988, Maurice Saltzman award 1988), Society Behavioral Medicine.
Married; 3 children.