Background
Sommer, Leonard Samuel was born on July 3, 1924 in Springfield, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Nathan and Jennie Sommer.
Sommer, Leonard Samuel was born on July 3, 1924 in Springfield, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Nathan and Jennie Sommer.
Bachelor of Science, Yale University, 1944; Doctor of Medicine, Columbia University, 1947.
Intern, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston, 1947-1948;
resident, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston, 1948-1949, 53-54;
research fellow, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, New York City, 1949-1950;
research fellow, Hammersmith Hospital, London, 1952-1953;
fellow in cardiology, assistant in medicine, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston, 1954-1956;
assistant professor medicine and pediatrics, U. Miami-Jackson (Florida) Memorial Medical Center, 1956-1962;
associate professor medicine, pediatrics, U. Miami-Jackson (Florida) Memorial Medical Center, 1962-1974;
professor cardiology, U. Miami-Jackson (Florida) Memorial Medical Center, since 1974. Teaching fellow in medicine Harvard Medical School, Boston, 1948-1949, 53-54, research fellow, assistant in medicine, 1954-1956. Instructor cardiology Georgetown University, Washington, 1951-1952.
Investigator Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University Miami School Medicine, 1956-1959. Cardiovascular consultant Office Hearings and Appeals, Social Security Administration, Miami, since 1988.
Volunteer visiting cardiologist Care-Medico, Kabul, Afghanistan, 1978. Physician Florida Leg., Tallahasse, 1981. With United States Public Health Service, 1950-1952.
Fellow American College of Physicians, American College Cardiology, American Federation Clinical Research, American Heart Association (council clinical cardiology), Sigma Xi, Alpha Omega Alpha.
Son of; married Anita Friedman, December 22, 1963. Children: Wayne, Wendy, Babette, Anne.