Peter Leslie Frommer

Background

Frommer, Peter Leslie was born on February 13, 1932 in Budapest, Hungary. Son of Joseph Charles and Magda Frommer. came to the United States, 1941, naturalized, 1947.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Elec. Engineering, U. Cincinnati, 1954; Doctor of Medicine Harvard University, 1958.

Career

Intern, then resident in internal medicine, U. Cincinnati Medical Center, 1958-1959, 61-63; commissioned officer, United States Public Health Service, 1959-1961, 73—; assistant surgical general, United States Public Health Service, since 1981; member of staff, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1959-1961, 63—; associate director cardiology division heart and vascular diseases, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, 1972-1978; acting chief devices and technical branch, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, 1973-1975; cardiac diseases branch, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, 1975-1978; deputy director institute, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, 1978-1997; acting director, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, 1981-1982; department director emeritus, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, since 1997.

Achievements

• Peter Leslie Frommer has been listed as a noteworthy Physician, medical institute administrator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American College of Physicians, American College Cardiology (Distinguished Svc. award 1993). Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (chairman joint committee engineering in medicine and biology 1964), Am.Physiol. Society, American Federation Clinical Research, American Heart Association, American Society Artificial Internal Organs, biomedical Engineering Society, International Federation Medical and Biological Engineering (vice president 1969-1971), Sigma Xi, Eta Kappa Nu, Tau Beta Pi.

Connections

Married Ellen Mills, June 27, 1953. Children: Donald, Ann Frommer Ames, David, Stephen.

Father:

Joseph Charles

Mother:

Magda Frommer

Spouse:

Ellen Mills

child:

Ann Frommer Ames Frommer

child:

Stephen Frommer

child:

David Frommer

child:

Donald Frommer