Background
Weiss, Joseph was born on June 23, 1913 in Kosice, Czechoslovakia. Son of Abraham Adolf and Johanna (Nagy) Weiss. came to the United States, 1949.
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Joseph Weiss
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Doctor of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czechoslovakia, 1947.
Career
Clinical assistant Charles University, 1947-1948. Resident in medicine Lebanon Hospital, Bronx, New York, 1949-1951. Clinician New York City Department Health, 1954-1985.
Clinical instructor medicine New York Medical College, New York City and Valhalla, New York, 1973-1990. Board directors La Guardia-Health Insurance Plan Greater New York, 1979-1985, chairman peer review committee, 1985-1996, president, 1996, Semmelweis Science Society, New York City, 1973-1974. President American-Hungarian Medical Association, New York City, 1973-1974.
Achievements
Membership
Fellow Inter-American College Physicians and Surgeons, American Geriatrics Society, American Academy Family Practice. Member American Medical Association, New York State Medical Society (diploma for 50 years in medicine), Queens County Medical Society, New York Academy of Sciences.
Connections
Married Eva Farkas, April 24, 1944. 1 child, Julia.
Awards
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Recipient Presidential Scroll Semmelweis Science Society, 1974, medal International Convention Pathophysiology, Prague, 1975, International Symposium Cardiomyopathies, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, 1985.Recipient Presidential Scroll Semmelweis Science Society, 1974, medal International Convention Pathophysiology, Prague, 1975, International Symposium Cardiomyopathies, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, 1985.