Melvin Henry Kirschner

Background

Kirschner, Melvin Henry was born on August 13, 1926 in New York City. Son of Philip S. and Belle (Lobel) Kirschner.

Education

Bachelor, University of California at Los Angeles, 1948; Bachelor of Science, University of California at Los Angeles, 1949; Master in Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, 1955; Doctor of Medicine, University of Southern California, 1960.

Career

Sanitarian, Tulare (California) County Health Department, 1949-1951; sanitarian, Oakland (California) City Health Department, 1951-1952, 55; consultant public health sanitarian, California State Health Department, Berkeley, 1952-1954; sanitary engineer, California State Health Department, 1956-1959; intern, Los Angeles County Hospital, 1960-1961; private family practice, Van Nuys, California, since 1961. Member, past chairman Unihealth Bioethics Institute. Medical director San Fernando Valley Home Health Agency, Encino, California, 1968-1971, Sheraton ConvalescentHosp., Sepulveda, California, since 1968, Beverly Manor Convalscent Hospital, Panorama City, California, since 1967.

Director biomedical ethics Valley Hospital Medical Center, Van Nuys, since 1986, Panorama Hospital Medical Center, 1982-1991. Chairman family practice committee Valley Presbyterian Hospital, 1992, Bioethics Mission Cmty. Hospital, Panorama City, since 1993.

Achievements

• Melvin Henry Kirschner has been listed as a noteworthy Physician by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

With United States Navy, 1944-1946. Member American Medical Association, APHA, American Academy Family Physicians (diplomate), National Council Against Health Fraud, California Medical Association, California Academy Family Practice, Los Angeles County Medical Association (co-chairman biomedical ethics committee).

Connections

Married Geraldine Lee Williams, December 30, 1961. Children: Darin Markley, Corey Alan, Todd Andrew.

Father:

Philip S. Kirschner

Mother:

Belle (Lobel) Kirschner

Spouse:

Geraldine Lee Williams

child:

Todd Andrew Kirschner

child:

Corey Alan Kirschner

child:

Darin Markley Kirschner