Background
GRUMBACH, Melvin was born on December 21, 1925 in New York, United States. Son of Emanuel Grumbach and Adele (Weil) Grumbach.
physician and university professor
GRUMBACH, Melvin was born on December 21, 1925 in New York, United States. Son of Emanuel Grumbach and Adele (Weil) Grumbach.
Student, Columbia College Doctor of Medicine, Columbia College, 1948; DM (honorary), University Geneva, 1991.
Resident in pediatrics, Babies Hospital, Presbyterian Hospital, New York City, 1949-1951;
visiting fellow, Oak Ridge Institute Nuclear Studies, 1952;
postdoctoral fellow, assistant pediatrics, Johns Hopkins School Medicine, 1953-1955;
member of faculty, Columbia University College Physicians and Surgeons, New York City, 1955-1965;
associate professor pediatrics, Columbia University College Physicians and Surgeons, 1961-1965;
assistant attending pediatrician to associate attending pediatrician, head pediatric endocrine division and postdoctoral training program pediatric endocrinology, Babies Hospital and Vanderbilt Clinical, Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, 1955-1965;
professor pediatrics, department chairman, University of California School Medicine, San Francisco, 1966-1986;
Edward B. Shaw professor pediatrics, University of California School Medicine, San Francisco, 1983-1994;
Edward B. Shaw professor emeritus pediatrics (active), University of California School Medicine, San Francisco, since 1994;
acting director Laboratory Molecular Endocrinology, University of California School Medicine, San Francisco, 1987-1989;
director pediatric service, University of California Hospitals, 1966-1986. Visiting professor Vanderbilt University, 1961, Emory University, 1962, U. Western Ontario, 1962, U. North Carolina, 1963. Alpha Omega Alpha lecturer State University New York Downstate Medical Center, 1961, University of California at San Francisco, 1966.
University lecturer U. Zurich, 1971. Clausen visiting professor U. Rochester, 1972. Richard E. Weitzman visiting professor University of California at Los Angeles, 1981.
Culpeper visiting professor U. North Carolina, 1982. Frederick Moll lecturer U. Washington, 1979. Kenneth C. Haltalin visiting professor University Texas-Dallas, 1983.
Eley lecturer Harvard University Medical School, Children's Medical Center, Boston, 1979. Domestic lecturer Journal Pediatrics Education Foundation, 1962, 79. Mali Dittman lecturer University of Chicago, 1980.
Frederick M. Kenny lecturer Children's Hospital Pittsburgh, 1981. Winthrop award lecturer American Fertility Society, 1981;Grover Powers lecturer Yale University, 1981. University lecturer Assembly of professors, College de France, Paris, 1979.
Meredith Campbell lecturer American Urological Association, 1982. Prader lecturer Tel Aviv U. Medical School, 1982. Hopkins-Marylandlectr., 1983.
Felton Bequests professor Royal Childrens Hospital, Melbourne, 1983. Sandoz lecturer Canada Society Clinical Investigation, 1983. Visiting professor.U. Minnesota, 1984, Royal Society Medicine, London, 1985, Joint Endocrine Societies of Great Britain, Oxford.
John Lind lecturer Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, 1984. Bilderback lecturer Oregon Health Sciences U., 1986. Mathew Steiner lecturer Northwestern University, Children's Memorial Hospital, 1989, Gurson lecturer U. Istanbul, 1991, Maranon Symposium lecturer Universidad Autonama de Madrid, Spain, 1991, Judson Van Wyk lecturer U. North Carolina, 1993, James Etteldorf lecturer La Bonheur Children's Hospital U. Tennessee, 1994.
United States.Plenary lector X Asia Oceania Congress Endocrinology, Beijing, 1994 VIII Asia Oceania Congress of Endocrinology, Bangkok, 1986. Robert N. Ganz lecturer Massachusetts General Hospital, 1996. Consultant Letterman General Hospital, 1966-1994, Children's Hospital, San Francisco, United States Naval Hospital, Oakland, California, 1966-1994, Department of Health, Education and Welfare, National Institutes of Health, National Board Medical Examiners, 1964-1968.
Member human embryology and development study section National Institutes of Health, 1962-1966, endocrinology study section, 1967-1971. Board science counselors National Institute Child Health and Human Development, 1971-1975. Member general clinical research centers committee, division research resourcesNIH, 1976-1980.
Member committee for review National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, 1984-1985, national advisory county National Institute Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, 1991-1996. Member science advising committee, clinical research advising committee National Foundation-March of Dimes, 1969-1994, chairman clinical research advising committee, 1974-1982, Basil O'Connor starter scholar research award committee, since 1995. Member awards committee Lita Annenberg Hazen Award for Excellence in Clinical Research, 1981-1986.
Member science advisory board Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation, 1977-1978. Member science advisory board Princesse Marie Christine Foundation, Brussels, since 1981, University of Michigan Center for Human Growth and Development, 1982-1989. Member of advisory board National Pituitary Agency, 1965-1969, National Institutes of Health Evaluation of Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases, 1977-1979.
Member science advisory board U. Colorado Health Sciences Barbara Davis Center, 1986-1993. Dean's Board of Visiting, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, 1986-1987. Member science advisory board Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, 1984-1988, Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, 1987-1992.
Science and medical advisory board Whittier Institute Diabetes and Endocrinology, 1987-1992. Member science advisory county Cincinnati Children's Hospital Research Foundation, since 1997. President of the board of trustees International Pediatric Research Foundation, Inc., 1984-1989.
Member science county Aid Pour la Recherche Medicale a l'enfance, Paris, 1981-1989. Delegate to Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, 1986. Visiting professor Peking Union Medical College and Hospital, 1986.
Visiting professor U. Hong Kong, 1986.
Served to captain Medical Corps United States Air Force, 1951-1953. Fellow American Academy Arts & Sciences, American Academy Pediatrics, New York Academy Sciences, American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member NAS, American Pediatric Society (president-elect 1988-1989, president 1989-1990), Institute Medicine of National Academy Sciences (commission on the Future of Public Health, 1985-1987, commission to study Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome research program of National Institutes of Health, 1989-1991), Association Medical School Pediatric Department Chairmen (executive county 1967-1972, president 1973-1975, task force on Pediatric Scientist Training Program, 1984-1991, chairman selection committee 1986-1991), American Society Clinical Investigation, Association American Physicians, American Society Human Genetics, Harvey Society, Lawson Wilkins Pediatric Endocrine Society (president 1975-1976), Western Society Pediatric Research (president 1978-1979), Society Pediatric Research, Teratology Society, Endocrine Society (county 1968-1971, 80-83, president elect 1980-1981, president 1981-1982, International Endocrine Society (delegate to central committee 1976-1992.
Executive Committee 1984-1992), Society.Study Reproduction, European Society Pediatric Endocrinology (correspondent), Société Française de Pediatrie (correspondent), International Neuroendocrinology Society, Argentine Society Endocrinology and Metabolism (honorary), Canada Society Endocrinology and Metabolism (honorary), Japanese Society Pediatric Endocrinology (honorary), Western Association Physicians, California Academy Medicine, Western Society Clinical Research, Pacific Coast Fertility Society (honorary), Israeli Endocrine Society (honorary), Sigma Xi, Alpha Omega Alpha.
Married Madeleine F. Butt, December, 1951. Children: Ethan Malcolm, Kevin Lawrence, Anthony Havemeyer.