Background
Westerman, Maxwell Philip was born on September 9, 1920.
Westerman, Maxwell Philip was born on September 9, 1920.
Bachelor, Allegheny College, 1943. Doctor of Medicine, University Louisville, 1950.
Intern, U. Pittsburgh Medical Center, 1950-1951;
resident, Philadelphia General Hospital, 1953-1955;
chief resident in medicine, Philadelphia General Hospital, 1955-1956;
National Institutes of Health trainee and fellow, U. College Hospital Medical School, London, 1956-1958;
instructor in medicine, U. Pittsburgh School Medicine, 1958-1961;
assistant professor medicine, U. Pittsburgh School Medicine, 1961-1964;
research assistant professor medicine, U. Pittsburgh School Medicine, 1964-1968;
professor medicine, chief hematology section, Chicago Medical School/Mount Sinai Hospital, 1968-1975;
vice chairman, department medicine, Chicago Medical School/Mount Sinai Hospital, 1972-1978;
professor medicine, Rush Medical College, Chicago, since 1975;
professor medicine, University Health Sciences/Chicago Medical School, since 1987;
chief hematology, oncology, Mount Sinai Hospital, 1968-1993;
senior attending physician, Mount Sinai Hospital, since 1993. Member subcommittee on cancer, Chicago Board of Health. Board of trustees Illinois CancerCoun.
Honorary consultant University College Hospital, London, 1978-1979. Member of faculty county, Rush Medical College, Chicago. Visiting professor U. Madrid, 1965, U. Lisbon, 1979, U. College Hospital Medical School, London, 1978-1979.
With United States Air Force, 1943-1945, medical corps, United States Army, 1951-1953. Member American Federation Clinical Research, American Society Hematology, American Society Clinical Oncology, Center Society Clinical Research, International Society Hematology, Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine, Sigma Xi, Alpha Omega Alpha.
Married Marcia Kahn Gewandter, 1965.