Background
Rosenheim was born in London and educated at Shrewsbury School, Street John"s College, Cambridge and University College Hospital Medical School.
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Max Leonard Rosenheim
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Education
Rosenheim was born in London and educated at Shrewsbury School,, Cambridge and University College Hospital Medical School.
Career
In 1938 he was awarded the Bilton Pollard Travelling Fellowship and worked as research assistant for Doctor Fuller Albright at the Massachusetts General Hospital. He joined the Royal Army Medical Corps in 1941 and served in the Middle East and Italy, leaving the Army as a brigadier. From 1945 to 1946 he was consultant physician to the Allied Land Forces in South East Asia.
From 1949 for the next 21 years, he was Professor of Medicine at University College Hospital, resigning in 1960.
He retained his links with UCH, however, acting as a part-time physician. His own particular medical interests were renal disease and hypertension, and he was among the first in his profession to convince his fellows that hypertension could be treated.
Achievements
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He delivered the Lumleian lecture at the Royal College of Physicians in 1963 entitled Problems of Chronic Pyelonephritis. In 1966 he was elected President of the Royal College of Physicians. In 1972 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. Rosenheim was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the 1955 Birthday Honours, he was promoted to Knight Commander (Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the 1967 New Year Honours. Sir Max was created a life peer on 31 July 1970 taking the title Baron Rosenheim, of the London Borough of Camden. Other titles and honours include: Mr Max Rosenheim (1908–1932) Doctor Max Rosenheim (1932–1938) Doctor Max Rosenheim Membership of the Royal College of Physicians (1938–1941) Doctor Max Rosenheim Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (1941–1950) Professor Max Rosenheim Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (1950–1955) Professor Max Rosenheim Commander of the Order of the British Empire Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (1955–1967) Professor Sir Max Rosenheim Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (1967–1970) The Rt Honorary Professor The Lord Rosenheim Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (1970–1972) The Rt Honorary Professor The Lord Rosenheim Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians Federal Reserve System (1972–1972).
Membership
Royal Society.
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Nationality
United Kingdom