Background
Goldsmith, Lowell Alan was born on March 29, 1938 in Brooklyn. Son of Isidore Alexander and Ida (Kaplan) Goldsmith.
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Lowell Alan Goldsmith
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AB, Columbia College, 1959; Doctor of Medicine, State University of New York, Brooklyn, 1963.
Career
Intern, then resident in medicine, University of California at Los Angeles Medical Center, 1963-1965;
resident in dermatology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, 1967-1969;
assistant professor dermatology, Harvard University Medical School, Boston, 1970-1973;
assistant in dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 1970-1971;
assistant dermatologist, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 1971-1973;
associate professor medicine, Duke U. Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, 1973-1978;
professor, Duke U. Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, 1978-1981;
James H. Sterner professor dermatology, School Medicine and Dentistry, U. Rochester, New York, 1981-1996;
chief dermatology unit, School Medicine and Dentistry, U. Rochester, New York, 1981-1987;
acting department chairman medicine, School Medicine and Dentistry, U. Rochester, New York, 1985-1987;
department chairman dermatology, School Medicine and Dentistry, U. Rochester, New York, 1987-1996;
dean School Medicine and Dentistry, U. Rochester, New York, since 1996. Member dermatology advising committee Food and Drug Administration, 1983-1987. Chairman Gordon Research Congress on Epithelial Differentiation and Keratiniazation, 1987, AAD-Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Conference on skin cancer prevention and education, Washington, 1995.
Member general medicine A study section United States Public Health Service, National Institutes of Health, 1988-1992, chairman, 1990-1992. Member county NIAMS, National Institutes of Health, since 1996. Chairman medical advisory board National Alcopecia Areata Foundation, 1981-1987, 90-, board directors.
Board directors Monroe Cmty. Hospital, Rochester, Center for Alternatives in Animal Testing, Baltimore. Chairman National Institutes of Health Consensus Conference onDiagnosis and Treatment of Early Melanoma, Bethesda, 1992.
Achievements
Membership
With United States Public Health Service, 1965-1967. Member Association American Physicians, American Society Clinical Investigation, American Academy Dermatology (board directors), Society Investigative Dermatology (board directors, president 1994-1995), National Ichthyosis Foundation (chairman advisory board 1981-1985), Association professors Dermatology (board directors 1984-1987, president 1992-1994), American Board Dermatology (board directors 1993-1996), New York State Society Dermatology (president 1985-1989), Buffalo-Rochester Dermatology Society (president 1987), Rochester Dermatology Society, Rochester Academy Medicine, Polish Dermatological Association (honorary), British Dermatology Association (honorary), Alpha Omega Alpha.
Connections
Married Carol Amreich, June 11, 1960. Children: Meredith, Eileen.
