Louis Lipman Krafchik

Background

Krafchik, Louis Lipman was born on September 8, 1910 in Newark. Son of Isaac and Tillie (Zablotsky) Krafchik.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Rutgers University, 1931; Doctor of Medicine, University of Chicago, 1935.

Career

Intern, resident in pediatrics, Metropolitan Hospital, New York City, 1935-1938; practice medicine specializing in pediatrics, New Brunswick, New Jersey, since 1939; staff member, then director pediatrics, Middlesex General Hospital (name changed to The Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital), New Brunswick, since 1939; staff emeritus, Middlesex General Hospital, New Brunswick, since 1983; staff member, then director pediatrics, St. Peter's Medical Center, New Brunswick, since 1940; staff emeritus, St. Peter's Medical Center, since 1983; clinical associate professor of University Medicine & Dentistry, H.J. Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, New Jersey, since 1976.

Achievements

• Louis Lipman Krafchik has been listed as a noteworthy Pediatrician, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Chairman Down with Poliomyelitis, Middlesex County, New Jersey, 1964. Served to captain United States Army, 1943-1946, European Theatre of Operations. Fellow American Academy Pediatrics.

Member American Medical Association.

Interests

• Avocations: gardening, golf, traveling.

Connections

Married Vivian Berz, July 17, 1936. Children: Joyce Krafchik Mendell, Lora Krafchik Hammer.

Father:

Isaac Krafchik

Mother:

Tillie (Zablotsky) Krafchik

Spouse:

Vivian Berz

child:

Joyce Krafchik Mendell Krafchik

child:

Lora Krafchik Hammer Krafchik