Background
Forsham, Peter Hugh was born on November 15, 1915 in New Orleans. Son of John and Augusta (Kahnweiler) Forsham.
Forsham, Peter Hugh was born on November 15, 1915 in New Orleans. Son of John and Augusta (Kahnweiler) Forsham.
Bachelor, Cambridge University, 1937. Master of Arts, Cambridge University, 1941. Doctor of Medicine cum laude, Harvard University, 1943.
Intern, resident, research fellow Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston, 1944-1951. Also instructor Harvard University, 1950-1951. Associate professor medicine and pediatrics University California, San Francisco, 1952-1957, professor, since 1957, director metabolic research unit, since 1952, chief endocrinology department medicine, since 1957.
Director General Clinical Research Center University California Hospitals, since 1963. Member national advisory council on health research societies National Institutes of Health. Consultant Oak Knoll.
Naval, San Francisco VA hospitals.
Fellow New York Academy of Sciences. Member American Medical Association, Massachusetts Medical Association, California Medical Association, San Francisco Medical Association, Endocrine Society (council), American Diabetes Association, San Francisco Diabetes Association, (past president), Northern California (past president), Western Association Physicians, California Society Internal Medicine, Association American Physicians, American Society Clinical Investigation, American Federation Clinical Research (president San Francisco branch 1956), Western Society Clinical Research, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Society Experimental Biology and Medicine, Sigma Xi.
Married Constance Campbell, August 2, 1947. Children– Barbara Forsham Cheetham, Elizabeth, Ann.