Martin Leonard Beller

Background

Beller, Martin Leonard was born on April 30, 1924 in New York City. Son of Abraham Jacob and Ida (Fishkin) Beller.

Education

AB with honors, Columbia University, 1944. Doctor of Medicine, Columbia University, 1946.

Career

Intern, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York City, 1946-1947; resident in orthopaedic surgery, Hospital Joint Diseases, New York City, 1949-1952; private practice, Philadelphia, 1952-1987; assistant professor orthopaedic surgery, University of Pennsylvania School Medicine, Philadelphia, 1967-1972; associate professor, University of Pennsylvania School Medicine, 1972-1980; clinical professor, University of Pennsylvania School Medicine, 1980-1987. Attending orthopaedic surgeon Hospital University of Pennsylvania, 1963-1987. Associate attendingorthopaedic surgeon Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, 1960-1970.

Department chairman orthopaedic surgery Albert Einstein Medical Center (Daroff division), 1970-1979.

Achievements

• Martin Leonard Beller has been listed as a noteworthy orthopaedic surgeon by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Vestryman Episcopal Church, 1966—1987, 1990—1993, 1996—1999, 2002—2005, 2007—2010. Trustee St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Wellsboro, Pennsylvania, since 1999. Fellow American College of Surgeons, American Academy Orthopaedic Surgeons (board councilors 1978-1981, Pennsylvania representative commission on trauma 1984-1987), International Society Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology.

Member American Orthopaedic Association, Pennsylvania Orthopaedic Society (president 1975-1977), Orthopaedic Research Society, American College Rheumatology, New York Academy of Sciences, Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Omega Alpha, Phi Delta Epsilon (national president 1975-1976, chairman board trustees 1984-1985, associate executive secretary 1991-1995, executive committee 1995—2010), Union League Philadelphia (life), Tyoga Country Club (Wellsboro, Pennsylvania).

Connections

Married Wilma Gertrude Kjelgaard, June 29, 1947. Children: Alan Lewis, Beatrice Ann Beller Foreman Heck, Peter James.

Father:

Abraham Jacob Beller

Mother:

Ida (Fishkin) Beller

Spouse:

Wilma Gertrude Kjelgaard

child:

Beatrice Ann Beller Foreman Heck Beller

child:

Peter James Beller

child:

Alan Lewis Beller