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ABRAMS, Herbert was born on August 16, 1920 in New York, United States. Son of Morris Abrams and Freda (née Sugarman) Abrams.
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Using the attempt on Ronald Reagan's life as an example, Dr Herbert Abrams examines the efficacy of the 25th Amendment, the American constitutional law which provides for the transfer of power to the Vice-President in the event of the illness or disability of the President. After the shooting of Ronald Reagan in 1981, confusion reigned in the White House. Contrary to official announcements, the President's injuries were far more severe than his aides let on. Meanwhile, in the Situation Room, Alexander Haig and Caspar Weinberger squabbled over just who was "in control" of the government, and a young presidential assistant took the papers relating to the 25th Amendment from the hands of senior officials and locked them away in a White House safe.
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ABRAMS, Herbert was born on August 16, 1920 in New York, United States. Son of Morris Abrams and Freda (née Sugarman) Abrams.
Bachelor, Cornell University, 1941. Doctor of Medicine, Downstate Medical Center, New York City, 1946.
Intern Long Island College Hospital, 1946—1947. Resident in internal medicine Montefiore Hospital, Bronx, New York, 1947—1948. Resident in radiology Stanford (California) University Hospital, 1948—1951.
Practice medicine specializing in radiology Stanford University, California, 1951—1967, member faculty School Medicine, 1951—1967, director division diagnostic roentgenology School Medicine, 1961—1967, professor radiology School Medicine, 1962—1967. Philip H. Cook professor radiology Harvard University, 1967—1985, now professor emeritus, chairman department radiology, 1967—1980. Professor radiology Stanford University School Medicine, 1985—1990, professor emeritus, since 1990.
Clinical professor University California School Medicine, San Francisco, since 1986. Radiologist-in-chief Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston, 1967—1980. Chairman department radiology Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, 1981—1985.
Radiologist-in-chief Sidney Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, 1974—1985. R.H. Nimmo visiting professor University Adelaide, Australia. Member-in-residence Center for International Security and Cooperation, Stanford University, since 1985.
Member radiation study section National Institutes of Health, 1962—1966. Consultant to hospitals, professional societies.
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Author (with others): Angiocardiography in Congenital Heart Disease, 1956, Congenital Heart Disease, 1965, Coronary Arteriography: A Practical Approach, 1983, Brigham Guide to Diagnostic Imaging, 1986, Assessment of Diagnostic Technology in Health Care. Editor: Abrams' Angiography, 3d edition, 1983. Author: The President Has Been Shot: Confusion, Disability and the 25th Amendment, 1992, 1994, The History of Cardiac Radiology, 1996.
Member editorial board: Investigative Radiology, editor-in-chief, founder: Cardiovasc. And Interventional Radiology, 1978-1988, Postgrad. Radiology, 1983-1999.
Fellow: American College Cardiology, American College Radiology, Royal College Radiology (Great Britain) (honorary), Royal College Surgery (Ireland) (honorary). Member: National Institutes of Health (working group on disability of the United States president 1995-1998, international blue ribbon panel radiation effects research foundation Hiroshima 1996, chairman consensus panel on Medical Research Institute), National Academy of Sciences (committee biological effects of low-level ionizing radiation BEIR VII 1999—2005), National Council Health Technology Assessment, Society Chairman Academy Radiology Departments (president 1970-1971), Society Cardiovasc. Radiology (Gold medal 2000), International Physicians for Prevention of Nuclear War (founding vice president, participant Nobel Peace prize 1985), North America Society Cardiac Radiology (president 1979-1980), Radiological Society North America (Gold medal 1995), American Society Nephrology, American Heart Association, Institute Medicine, Association University Radiologists (Gold medal 1984), Alpha Omega Alpha, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Marilyn Spitz, March 23, 1943. Children: Nancy, John.