Jacobo Sabbaj

Background

Sabbaj, Jacobo was born on October 20, 1939 in Guatemala, Guatemala. Son of Alfredo and Jeannette (Kleff) Sabbaj. came to the United States, 1965.

Education

Doctor of Medicine, U. San Carlos, Guatemala, 1965.

Career

Intern, Newton Wellesley Hospital, Boston, 1965-1966; resident in medicine, Lemuel Shattuck Hospital, Boston, 1966-1969; research fellow, Tufts U., Boston, 1967-1969; research fellow, Wadsworth Veterans Administration Hospital., Los Angeles, 1969-1971; from staff physician to chief infectious diseases unit, Roosevelt Hospital, Guatemala, 1971-1981; director infectious diseases, Merck Sharp and Dohme Research Laboratory, Rahway, New Jersey, 1981-1986; senior director, Merck Sharp and Dohme Research Laboratory, Rahway, New Jersey, 1986-1991; executive director, Merck Sharp and Dohme Research Laboratory, Rahway, New Jersey, since 1991.

Achievements

• Achievements include research on anaerobic pyogenic liver abscess, clinical spectrum anaerobic infections, norfloxacin in chronic typhoid carriers and norfloxacin in UTI.

Membership

Fellow American College of Physicians, Infectious Diseases Society American. Member Pan American Society Infectious Diseases (treasurer 1985-1986), College Physicians and Surgeons, Guatemala.

Connections

Married Perla Tenenbaum, February 16, 1963. Children: Steffanie, Alfredo.

Father:

Alfredo Sabbaj

Mother:

Jeannette (Kleff) Sabbaj

Spouse:

Perla Tenenbaum

child:

Alfredo Sabbaj

child:

Steffanie Sabbaj