Background
Goldberg, Leon Isadore was born on September 26, 1926 in Charleston, South Carolina. Son of Harry and Goldy (Cohen) Goldberg.
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Leon Isadore Goldberg
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Education
Bachelor of Science Pharmacy, Medical University of Southern California, 1946; Master of Science, Medical University of Southern California, 1951; Doctor of Philosophy, Medical University of Southern California, 1952; honorary doctorate, Medical University of Southern California M.D. cum laude, Harvard University, 1956; Doctor of Hebrew Literature, Harvard University, 1978.
Career
Intern, assistant resident in medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 1956-1958; research fellow anesthesia, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 1954-1956; research assistant in pharmacology, Medical College South Carolina., 1949-1952; research associate, Medical College South Carolina., 1952-1954; clinical associate, Experimental Therapeutics Branch, National Institutes of Health, 1958-1961; professor medicine, pharmacology, director clinical pharmacology program, Emory University, Atlanta, 1961-1974; professor medicine, pharmacology, Chairman of Commission on clinical pharmacology, University of Chicago, 1974-1989. Consultant National Institutes of Health, VA, Food and Drug Administration, National Academy Sciences.
Achievements
Membership
Served as surgeon United States Public Health Service, 1958-1961. Fellow American College Cardiology. Member American Society Clinical Investigation, American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (Exptrl.
Therapeutics award), American Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, American Heart Association, Council for High Blood Pressure Research, Association American Physicians.
Connections
Married Faye Joan Girsh, February 2, 1958 (divorced). Children— Mark, Claudia. Married Susanne K. Glink, August 9, 1987.
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Nationality
American