Background
Grundfast, Kenneth Martin was born on March 12, 1944 in Brooklyn. Son of Theodore Harvey and Anne Gertrude (Goldberg) Grundfast.
Grundfast, Kenneth Martin was born on March 12, 1944 in Brooklyn. Son of Theodore Harvey and Anne Gertrude (Goldberg) Grundfast.
Bachelor, Johns Hopkins University, 1965; Doctor of Medicine, State University of New York, Syracuse, 1969.
Clinical instructor department of community medicine, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, 1972-1974; professor departments otolaryngology and pediatrics, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, since 1996; interim department chairman otolryngology, Georgetown University School of Medicine resident otolaryngology, Boston University Hospital, 1974-1977; fellow in pediatric otolaryngology, Childrens Hospital of Pittsburgh, 1977-1978; staff otolaryngologist, Childrens Hospital of Pittsburgh, 1978-1979; assistant professor of otolaryngology, Childrens Hospital of Pittsburgh, 1978-1979; professor department otolaryngology, 1980-1996; department chairman otolaryngology, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, 1980-1994; vice-chairman, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, 1994-1996. Lecturer in field.
Lieutenant commander United States Public Health Service, 1971-1973. Fellow American College of Surgeons, American Academy Pediat. Member American Medical Association (Humanitarian award 1973), Society for Ear, Nose and Throat Advancement in Children (board directors 1985, vice president 1988, president 1989), American Bronchoesophagologic Society, Montgomery-Prince George's County Pediatric Society, Society of U. Otolaryngologists, Am.Neurotology Society, Trilogical Society (honorable mention clinical research thesis), American Society Pediatric Otolaryngology (president 1993-1994), American Academy Otolaryngology (vice president 1994-1996, Presidential Citation award 1996).
Married Ruthanne BlattGrundfast, May 26, 1974. Children: Rena Brett, Dara Beth.