Background
Bodansky, Oscar was born on August 21, 1901 in Elisabethgrad, Russia. Son of Phineas and Eva (Geiro) Bodansky.
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Oscar Bodansky, Russian biochemist, physician. Decorated Legion of Merit; recipient Distinguished Service award Medical Alumni University of Chicago Medical School, 1952; Alfred P. Sloan award in cancer research, 1962; Van Slyke award in clinical chemistry, 1965; Lucy Wortham James award for clinical investigations in cancer, 1973. Diplomate American Board Pathology.
Education
Brought to the United States, 1907, naturalized, 1923. Bachelor of Arts, Columbia, 1921, Master of Arts in Chemistry, 1922, Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry, 1924. Doctor of Medicine University of Chicago, 1938.
Career
Franklin. Assistant and research assistant chemistry Columbia, 1921-1925. Research associate biochemistry University of California, 1926-1927. Instructor, Medical School University Texas, 1927-1928, Adjunct Professor, 1928-1929, associate professor, 1929-1930.
Instructor pediatrics College Medicine New York University, 1930-1937, lecturer pediatrics, postgraduate division, 1946-1955.
Biochemist children's medical division Bellevue Hospital, 1930-1937. Clinical assistant pediatrics Beth Israel Hospital, New York City, 1939-1940, assistant adjunct attending, 1940-1942, associate attending, 1946-1948.
Associate professor clinical pharmacology Sloan-Kettering Institute, 1948-1951, professor biochemistry, 1951-1971, member, chief biochemistry division, 1956-1971, vice president, 1966-1971, member emeritus, 1971-1977. Attending clinical biochemist, department chairman biochemistry Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases, New York City, 1948-1967, emeritus, 1967-1977, director research training, 1967-1971.
Visiting clinical biochemist James Ewing Hospital, New York City, 1951-1967.
Consultant biochemistry Hospital Special Surgery, 1958-1971. Guest investigator Rockefeller University, 1973-1977. Chairman advising committee on research on pathogenesis of cancer American Cancer Society, 1964-1969.
Member panel general biochemistry, committee of growth National Research Council, 1955-1956.
Achievements
Membership
Served from captain lieutenant colonel Military Cross, Australia, 1942-1946. Member American Medical Association, American Society Biological Chemists, New York Academy of Medicine, New York State, New York County medical societies, American Society Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Society Experimental Biology and Medicine, Harvey Society, American Association Cancer Research, College American Pathologists, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi. Member editorial board Anesthesiology, 1946-1954, Cancer, 1950-1977, Cancer Research, 1965-1968, Biology-chemical Medicine, 1967-1977.
Connections
Married Barbara Biber, May 31, 1929.
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August 21, 1977 (aged 76) -
Resting place
Buried Westchester Hills Cemetery, Westchester, New York -
Nationality
Russian -
Ethnicity
Awards
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Decorated Legion of Merit. Recipient Distinguished Service award Medical Alumni University of Chicago Medical School, 1952. Alfred P. Sloan award in cancer research, 1962.tempSpaceVan Slyke award in clinical chemistry, 1965. Lucy Wortham James award for clinical investigations in cancer, 1973. Diplomate American Board Pathology.Decorated Legion of Merit. Recipient Distinguished Service award Medical Alumni University of Chicago Medical School, 1952. Alfred P. Sloan award in cancer research, 1962.tempSpaceVan Slyke award in clinical chemistry, 1965.
Lucy Wortham James award for clinical investigations in cancer, 1973. Diplomate American Board Pathology.