Peter Rolf Holt

Background

Holt, Peter Rolf was born on September 8, 1930 in Berlin. Son of Arthur and Ruth Holt.

Education

Bachelor of Science, U. London, 1949; Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Science with honors, U. London, 1954.

Career

Intern, London Hospital, 1954-1955; assistant resident in medicine, St. Luke's Hospital Center, New York City, 1957-1959; training fellow in medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 1959-1961; chief gastroenterology medical, Service St. Luke's Hospital Center, New York City, 1961-1996; attending physician, Service St. Luke's Hospital Center, since 1971; attending physician, Presbyterian Hospital, New York City, 1988; chief gastroenterology, St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York City, since 1996. Research collaborator Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, 1973-1979. Member of faculty department medicine College Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York City, since 1961, professor, since 1975.

Member Bio-engineering Institute, Columbia University, since 1975, Institute Human Nutrition, since 1978, Comprehensive Cancer Center. Member 12th work group on clinical research National Commision on Digestive Disease, 1977-1979. Member of national science advising committee, national review committee National Foundation for Ileitis and Colitis, 1976-1988, also chairman research training awards committee.

Visiting investigator Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 1988-1989. Lecturer Trevor Howell Lecture British Geriatrics Society, 1992.

Achievements

• Peter Rolf Holt has been listed as a noteworthy Physician, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Served to major British Royal Army Medical Corps, 1955-1957. Fellow American College of Physicians (governor's committee 1978-1981). Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, New York Gastroenterological Association (chairman committee research 1973-1974, Chairman of Commission on aging 1982-1986, chairman admissions committee 1985-1986, ethics committee since 1997), Intersoc.

Committee Clinical Investigation in Digestive Disease (chairman 1975-1979), American Association Study of Liver Diseases, American Federation Clinical Research, American Physiological Society, American Society Clinical Investigation, American Society Clinical Nutrition, American society Cancer Research, New York Academy Science, Gerontological Society American, Harvey Society, Organisation Mondiale de Gastro-Enterologie (chair nominating committee 1990-1994, nomenclature committee and research committee).

Connections

Married Joyce Weil, May 15, 1979. Children: Rachel Janna, Shawn David, Tamara Naomi.

Father:

Arthur Holt

Mother:

Ruth Holt

Spouse:

Joyce Weil

child:

Shawn David Holt

child:

Rachel Janna Holt

child:

Tamara Naomi Holt