Background
Kornel, Ludwig was born on February 27, 1923 in Jaslo, Poland. Came to the United States, 1958, naturalized, 1970. Son of Ezriel Edward and Ernestine (Karpf) Kornel.
physician scientist medical educator
Kornel, Ludwig was born on February 27, 1923 in Jaslo, Poland. Came to the United States, 1958, naturalized, 1970. Son of Ezriel Edward and Ernestine (Karpf) Kornel.
Student, University Kazan Medical Institute, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, 1943-1945;
Doctor of Medicine Wroclaw (Poland) Medical Academy, 1950;
Doctor of Philosophy, University Birmingham, England, 1958.
Intern, University Hospital, Wroclaw, 1949-1950;
Intern, Hadassah-Hebrew U. Hospital, Jerusalem, 1950-1951;
resident medicine, Hadassah-Hebrew U. Hospital, 1952-1955;
British Council scholar, University research fellow endocrinology, U. Birmingham, 1955-1957;
lecturer medicine, U. Birmingham, 1956-1957;
fellow endocrinology, U. Alabama Medical Center, 1958-1959;
successively assistant professor, associate professor, professor medicine, U. Alabama Medical Center, 1961-1967;
director steroid section, U. Alabama Medical Center, 1962-1967;
associate professor biochemistry, U. Alabama Medical Center, 1965-1967;
postdoctoral trainee in steroid biochemistry, U. Utah, 1959-1961;
professor medicine, University of Illinois College Medicine, Chicago, 1967-1971;
director steroid unit, Presbyterian-St. Lukes Hospital, Chicago, 1967-1993;
associate biochemist, Presbyterian-St. Lukes Hospital, Chicago, 1967-1970;
senior biochemist on science staff, Presbyterian-St. Lukes Hospital, Chicago, 1970-1971;
attending physician, Presbyterian-St. Lukes Hospital, 1967-1971;
professor medicine and biochemistry, Rush Medical College, 1970-1993;
professor emeritus of internal medicine and biochemistry, Rush Medical College, Chicago, since 1993;
senior attending physician, senior scientist, Rush-Presbyterian-St. Lukes Medical Center, 1971-1996;
director steroid hypertension research laboratory, Rush-Presbyterian-St. Lukes Medical Center, 1971-1995;
senior endocrinologist, KHK Endocrinology and Diabetes Outpatient Clinic, Jerusalem, Israel, since 1996. Honorary guest lecturer Polish Academy Science, Warsaw, 1965. Visiting professor Kanazawa (Japan) U., 1973, 82, 88, 93.
Fellow American College Clinical Pharmacology and Chemotherapy, National Academy Clinical Biochemistry (board directors 1982-1986), Royal Society health. Member American Medical Association, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Association of University Professors, Endocrine Society, American Federation Clinical Research, New York Academy of Sciences, American Physiological Society, Center Society Clinical Research, Israel Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, American Academy Political and Social Sciences, Federation American Societies for Experimental Biology (national correspondent since 1975), Federation Israel Societies for Experimental Biology, American Society Hypertension, Israel Society Hypertension, Sigma Xi.
Married Esther Muller, May 27, 1952 (divorced 1996). Children: Ezriel Edward, Amiel Mark. Married Barbara Konaszewska, March 18, 1997.