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Epstein, Joseph Allen was born on October 3, 1917 in Brooklyn. Son of Alexander and Sarah (Schwartz) Epstein.
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Joseph Allen Epstein, American neurosurgeon, educator. Diplomate American Board Neurosurgery. Recipient Lifetime Achievement award, American Association Neurological Surgeons and Congress Neurological Surgeons, 1993, Distinguished Service award, Nassau Surgical Society, 2003. Captain Medical corpus, United States army, 1943-1946. Fellow Cervical Spine Research Society (past president), International Society for Study of Lumbar Spine.
Education
Bachelor of Science, City College of New York, 1938; Doctor of Medicine, Long Island College of Medicine, 1942.
Career
Intern, Jewish Hospital of Brooklyn, May Land, New York, 1943; resident, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York City, New York, 1947-1949; resident, Beth Israel Hospital, New York City, New York, 1949-1951; attending neurosurgeon, North Shore Cornell Hospital, Manhasset, New York, since 1960; attending neurosurgeon, Long Island Jewish Hospital, New Hyde Park, New York, since 1960; clinical professor, Albert Einstein College Medicine, Bronx, New York, since 1986; clinical associate professor, Cornell Medical School/North Shore Hospital Division, since 1970.
Achievements
Membership
Captain Medical corpus, United States army, 1943-1946. Fellow Cervical Spine Research Society (past president), International Society for Study of Lumbar Spine.
Connections
Married Natalie Rhoda Jospeh, November 15, 1947. Children: Janet, Nancy.
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Religion
Judaism
Awards
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Recipient Lifetime Achievement award, American Association Neurological Surgeons and Congress Neurological Surgeons, 1993, Distinguished Service award, Nassau Surgical Society, 2003.Recipient Lifetime Achievement award, American Association Neurological Surgeons and Congress Neurological Surgeons, 1993, Distinguished Service award, Nassau Surgical Society, 2003.