Background
Finberg, Laurence was born on May 20, 1923 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Joseph and Anne (Malkow) Finberg.
Finberg, Laurence was born on May 20, 1923 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Joseph and Anne (Malkow) Finberg.
Bachelor of Science, University of Chicago, 1944; Doctor of Medicine, University of Chicago, 1946.
Intern, University of Chicago Clinics, 1946-1947;
assistant resident pediatrics, Baltimore City Hospitals, 1949-1950;
resident in pediatrics, Baltimore City Hospitals, 1950-1951;
practice medicine specializing in pediatrics, Baltimore, 1951-1963;
practice medicine specializing in pediatrics, New York City, since 1963;
assistant chief pediatrician, Baltimore City Hospitals, 1951-1961;
director pediatric out-patient department, Baltimore City Hospitals, 1951-1963;
director premature nursery, Baltimore City Hospitals, 1951-1959;
associate chief pediatrics, Baltimore City Hospitals, 1961-1963;
pediatrician, Harriet Lane Home, 1951-1963;
department chairman pediatrics, Montefiore Hospital and Medical Center, Bronx, New York, 1963-1980;
professor, Montefiore Hospital and Medical Center, Bronx, New York, since 1995;
department chairman pediatrics, State University of New York Health Science Center, Brooklyn, 1982-1995;
professor pediatrics, State University of New York Health Science Center, Brooklyn, 1982-1995;
professor emeritus, State University of New York Health Science Center, Brooklyn, 1990-1993;
dean, State University of New York Health Science Center, Brooklyn, 1988-1991;
professor clinical pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco, since 1995;
professor clinical pediatrics, Stanford University School Medical, since 1997. Instructor pediatrics Johns Hopkins University, 1951-1956. Assistant professor, 1956-1963.
Professor pediatrics Albert Einstein College Medicine, Yeshiva U., Bronx, 1963-1982, chairman, 1968-1980. Consultant in field; member pediatric advising committee New York City.Dept. Health, 1970-1994.
Served with United States Public Health Service, 1947-1949. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Medical Association (Goldberger Clinical Nutrition award 1993), American Pediatric Society, Society Pediatric Research, American Academy Pediatrics (committee on environmental hazards 1968-1983, chairman 1979-1983, committee nutrition 1983-1989—, chairman 1984-1989), American College Nutrition, American Society for Nutritional Sciences, National Cholesterol Education Program Coordinating Committee (panel on children and adolescents 1989-1993), Ambulatory Pediatric Association, American Society Clinical Nutrition, American Federation Clinical Research, Sociedad Peruana de Pediatria, Sociedad Dominica De Peditria, Harvey Society, New York Academy Medicine (past chairman pediatric secretary), Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Alpha Omega Alpha.
Married Harriet Levinson, June 17, 1945 (deceased January 1994). Children: Robert, Jeanne, James. Married Joann Quane, March 17, 1995.