Background
Kornfeld, Peter was born on March 16, 1925 in Vienna, Austria. Son of Otto and Rosa (Weitzmann) Kornfeld. came to the United States, 1939.
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Peter Kornfeld
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Bachelor summa cum laude, U. Buffalo, 1948; Doctor of Medicine, Columbia University, 1952.
Career
Intern, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York City, 1952-1953;
assistant resident, then chief resident in internal medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York City, 1955-1956;
postdoctoral fellow cardiovascular physiology, physician, National Heart Institute at Columbia University/Presbyterian Hospital, New York City, 1953-1954;
private practice,, New York, New Jersey, 1956-1988;
clinical professor medicine, attending physician, Stanford (California) U. Hospital, since 1991. Attending physician Mount Sinai Hospital, New York City, Hackensack (New Jersey) Hospital;member of national medical advisory board Myasthenia Gravis Foundation, 1970-1991. Consultant physician New York State Bureau Disability Determination, 1960-1987.
Attending physician, director Myasthenia Gravis Clinic, Englewood Hospital, 1965-1991. Clinical professor Mount Sinai School Medicine, CUNY, 1968-1992.
Achievements
Membership
Grantee, National Institutes of Health, 1966-1970, Hoffman-LaRoche, Inc., 1966-1973, Muscular Dystrophy Association, 1978-1981, 81-82, Rosenstiel Foundation, 1979-1982. Recipient Globus award, Mount Sinai Journal Medicine, 1976-1977. Fellow American College of Physicians, ACA (associate), American College Cardiology (associate), New York Academy Sciences, New York Academy of Medicine, California Academy Medicine.
Member American Medical Association, American Fedn.Exptl. Biology, American Federation Clinical Research, Harvey Society, American Diabetes Association, American Heart Association Beta Kappa, Alpha Omega Alpha, Sigma Xi.
