Paul Jeffrey Edelson

Background

Edelson, Paul Jeffrey was born on December 5, 1943 in Newport News, Virginia, United States. Son of Harry and Ruth (Levine) Edelson.

Education

Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics, U. Rochester, 1964; Doctor of Medicine summa cum laude, State University of New York, Brooklyn, 1969.

Career

Intern in pediatrics, Yale-New Haven Hospital, 1969-1970; assistant resident, Yale-New Haven Hospital, 1970-1971; fellow in medicine, University of California Medical Center, San Francisco, 1971-1972; fellow, Rockefeller U., New York City, 1972-1974; assistant professor, Rockefeller U., New York City, 1974-1977; assistant professor of pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, 1977-1982; associate professor of pediatrics, Cornell Univercity Medical College, New York City, since 1982; department chairman of pediatrics, New York Methodist Hospital, Brooklyn, since 1994. Trustee Berkeley Carroll School, Brooklyn, 1994. Consultant county on therapeutics American Medical Association, Chicago, since 1985.

Member Governor's Task Force on Neonatal Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection, Albany, New York, 1988. Consultant National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., since 1979. Reviewer various medical journals, since 1982.

Achievements

• Paul Jeffrey Edelson has been listed as a noteworthy Physician, educator, historian by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, Society Pediatric Research, New York Academy of Medicine, American Association History of Medicine, American History Association.

Connections

Married Ingrid Karen Rosner, January 11, 1981;children: Jonathan, Katherine.

Father:

Harry Edelson

Mother:

Ruth (Levine) Edelson

Spouse:

Ingrid Karen Rosner

child:

Katherine Edelson

child:

Jonathan Edelson