Background
Elsbach, Peter was born on November 9, 1924 in Zeist, The Netherlands. Son of Louis and Mary Judith Catharina (Kalff) Elsbach. came to the United States, 1953.
Elsbach, Peter was born on November 9, 1924 in Zeist, The Netherlands. Son of Louis and Mary Judith Catharina (Kalff) Elsbach. came to the United States, 1953.
Doctor of Medicine, University Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1950. Division of Medical Sciences cum laude, University Leiden, The Netherlands, 1964. Doctor of Medicine (honorary), University Lund, Sweden, 1993.
Rotating intern, Amsterdam U. Hospital, 1951-1953;
assistant resident medical division, New York University-Bellevue Hospital, 1953-1955;
chief resident, New York University-Bellevue Hospital, 1955-1956;
research associate, assistant physician, Rockefeller U., New York City, 1956-1959;
instructor department medicine, School Medicine New York University, 1959-1961;
assistant professor, School Medicine New York University, 1961-1968;
associate professor, School Medicine New York University, 1968-1972;
professor, School Medicine New York University, since 1972. Attending physician University Hospital, New York City. Visiting physician Bellevue Hospital.
Senior research fellow New York Heart Association, 1959-1964. Burroughs Wellcome visiting professor Marian College, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, 1992. Member study panel on metabolism of review committee Health Research Council, City of New York, 1970-1975.
Vice chairman Gordon Research Conference on Phagocytes, 1985, chairman,1987. Consultant National Institutes of Health, VA, National Science Foundation.
Fellow New York Academy of Sciences. Member American Association Physicians, American Society Clinical Investigation, American Physiological Society, American Federation Clinical Research, American Society Microbiology, New York Lipid Research Club (chairman 1971-1972), Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences (correspondent), Harvey Society.
Married Patricia Ruth Mosberg, January 25, 1959. Children: Jan Kees, Bart Lodewijk.