Background
Hellman, Leon was born on May 23, 1921 in New York City. Son of Isaac and Cecile (Rosen) Hellman.
Hellman, Leon was born on May 23, 1921 in New York City. Son of Isaac and Cecile (Rosen) Hellman.
AB, Columbia University, 1941. Medical Doctor of Science, Columbia University, 1951. Doctor of Medicine, Downstate Medical Center-State University of New York, 1945.
Intern Long Island College Hospital, 1945-1946. Medical resident Montefiore Hospital, New York City, 1946-1948. Atomic Energy Commission-National Research Council fellow Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research, 1948-1950, assistant, 1950-1952, associate, 1952-1959.
Member staff Sloan-Kettering Institute Cancer Research, 1959-1962, 73-76. Adjunct member staff Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research, from 1976. Attending physician Montefiore Medical Center, since 1961, chairman department oncology, 1961-1976.
Program director National Institutes of Health Clinical Research Center. Co-director Institute Steroid Research, 1963-1976. Attending physician Memorial Hospital Cancer and Allied Diseases, 1973-1976, consultant physician, since 1976.
Attending surgeon Hospital Einstein College Medicine, since 1977, Bronx Municipal Hospital Center, since 1977. Assistant professor Cornell Medical College, New York City, 1952-1958, associate professor, 1958-1962, professor medicine, from 1963, professor surgery, from 1977, Gutman professor oncology, 1975-1976. Director division surgical immunoendocrionology Einstein College Medicine, Bronx, New York, since 1981.
Member oncology drug panel United States.F.D.A., 1979-1981.
Served to captain Army of the United States, 1953. Fellow American College of Physicians. Member Association American Physicians, American Society Clinical Investigation, Endocrine Society, American Federation Clinical Research, American Association Cancer Research, American Heart Association, Society Experimental Biology and Medicine, Association for Psychophysiol.
Study Sleep, Bronx County Medical Society, Harvey Society, Alpha Omega Alpha.
Children: Robert, Lara.