Background
Izenstark, Joseph Louis was born on March 29, 1919 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Paul and Flora (Berger) Izenstark.
educator physician radiologist
Izenstark, Joseph Louis was born on March 29, 1919 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Paul and Flora (Berger) Izenstark.
Bachelor, University of California, Berkeley, 1948; Doctor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, 1951.
Intern, United States Public Health Service, Chicago, 1951-1952;
resident, Kern General Hospital, Bakersfield, California, 1952-1953;
resident in radiology, Cedars of Lebanon Hospital, Los Angeles, 1955-1956;
chief radiology resident, Los Angeles County Harbor General Hospital, Torrance, California, 1957-1958;
practice medicine, Inglewood, California, 1953-1955;
practice radiology, Bakersfield, since 1971;
director radiology, Imperial Hospital, Inglewood, 1959-1960;
assistant professor radiology, Tulane University, 1960-1962;
associate professor, Tulane University, 1963;
associate professor radiology, Emory University, 1963-1967;
director nuclear medicine, Emory University, 1963-1967;
professor radiology, University of Southern California, 1969-1972;
professor health science, Bakersfield State College, 1973-1983. Chief nuclear medicine Cedars of Lebanon Hospital, 1968-1971. Medical director education Bakersfield Memorial Hospital, 1983-1987.
Special consultant radiological health United States Public Health Service, California Bureau Radiological Health, United States Army. Member Louisiana Atomic Energy Advisory Council. Director nuclear medicine Crawford W. Long Memorial Hospital.
Member United States Public Health Service Commn.on Radiation Exposure Evaluation, Medical Board California, 1982-1991.
With Army of the United States, 1941-1945. Fellow American Cancer Society, American College Radiology. Member Society Nuclear Medicine (president Southern California chapter 1976), Southern Valley Radiological Society (president 1975), Kern County Medical Society (president 1978).
Married Elizabeth Kaplan, June 25, 1944. 1 child, Susan Rebecca.