Joel Gerald Sacks

Background

Sacks, Joel Gerald was born on September 14, 1939 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Louis and Rose Sacks.

Education

Bachelor, Northwestern University, 1960; Master of Science, Northwestern University, 1962; Doctor of Medicine, Northwestern University, 1963; Master of Business Administration, U. Cincinnati, 1986.

Career

National Institutes of Health special fellow, Maryland. Medical Legal Foundation, Baltimore, 1967-1968; research fellow, Johns Hopkins School Medicine, Baltimore, 1968-1969; assistant professor, then associate professor, Northwestern University, Chicago, 1969-1977; professor, director department ophthalmology, U. Cincinnati, 1977-1994; president, Ophthalmic Cons., Inc., Cincinnati, 1977-1994; clinical professor surgery, Michigan State University, 1994-1997; vice president medical affairs, director medical education, Butterworth Hospital, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1994-1997. President Medical Center Fund Cincinnati, 1985-1988, University Health Plan, Inc., Cincinnati, 1987-1989.

Achievements

• Diplomate, American Board Ophthalmology.

Membership

Founder, Beth Adam: The Cincinnati Congregation Humanistic Judaism, 1980. Captain United States Army, 1967-1974. Fellow American Academy Ophthalmology (Honor award 1982).

Member Association American Medical College.s, Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Omega Alpha, Delta Mu Delta.

Connections

Married Cynthia Ann Dana, June 10, 1967. Children: Charles, David, Martha.

Father:

Louis Sacks

Mother:

Rose Sacks

Spouse:

Cynthia Ann Dana

child:

David Sacks

child:

Charles Sacks

child:

Martha Sacks