Raymond Robert Suskind

Background

Suskind, Raymond Robert was born on November 29, 1913 in New York City. Son of Alexander and Anna (Abramson) Suskind.

Education

AB, Columbia University, 1934. Student medicine, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1939. Doctor of Medicine, State University of New York, Brooklyn, 1943.

Career

Intern Cincinnati General Hospital, 1944, resident in dermatology, 1944-1946, 48-49. Research fellow in industrial health University Cincinnati, 1948-1950. Research assistant bacteriology New York University, 1934-1936.

Research assistant pharmacology, 1936-1937. Practice medicine specializing in dermatology Cincinnati, 1949-1962. Member faculty University Cincinnati, 1948-1962, associate professor dermatology, 1952-1962, director dermatological research program Kettering Laboratory, 1948-1962, Jacob G. Schmidlapp professor, chairman department environmental health, director Kettering Laboratory, 1969-1985, Jacob G. Schmidlapp professor emeritus Institute Environmental Health, from 1985, professor medicine and dermatology, 1969-1985, professor emeritus medicine and dermatology, from 1985.

Attending physician University Hospitals, Cincinnati, 1969-1992. Director environmental and occupational dermatology program Center for Occupational Health, University Cincinnati Hospital, 1985-1988. Professor, head division environmental medicine, professor dermatology University Oregon Medical School, 1962-1969.

Chairman standards advisory committee on cutaneous and eye hazards Occupational Safety and Health Administration, 1978. Gehrmann lecturer American Academy Occupational Medicine, 1977. Founding member certifying board American Board Toxicology, 1978-1983.

Member national air quality advisory committee Environmental Protection Agency, 1970-1973. Member committee on health related effects of herbicides VA, 1979-1983. Consultant on Agent Orange studies.

Member panel on human health effects of stratospheric change National Academy of Sciences, 1977-1985. Trustee Dermatology Foundation, 1975-1980. Master, trustee Fernald Settlement Fund Program, Long Term Health Effects of Ionizing Radiation Exposure from Nuclear Fuel Processing Plant, since 1989.

Consultant Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education. Advisor School of Public Health, Mahidol University, Bangkok. Visiting professor dermatology Columbia University, 1996.

Achievements

• Raymond Robert Suskind has been listed as a noteworthy physician, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Cincinnati Air Pollution Board, 1972-1976, chairman, 1974-1975. Board directors Cincinnati Chamber Music Society, 1987-1992. Served to captain Medical Corps Army of the United States, 1946-1948.

Fellow American College of Physicians. Mem American Medical Association (advisory panel on toxicology council science affairs 1980-1985), American Occupational Medical Association (chairman dermatology committee and policy group 1958-1966, director 1969-1975, Health Achievement in Industry award 1977), Society Investigative Dermatology (director, vice president, honorary member since 1984), American Academy Dermatology (chairman education committee), New York Academy of Sciences, American Industrial Hygiene Association, Society for Occupational and Environmental Health (councillor), American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Dermatological Association, Japanese Dermatological Association (honorary), Chilean Dermatological Society (honorary), Sigma Xi, Alpha Omega Alpha.

Connections

Married Ida Blanche Richardson, December 27, 1944. Children: Raymond Robert, Stephen Alexander.

Father:

Alexander Suskind

Mother:

Anna (Abramson) Suskind

Spouse:

Ida Blanche Richardson

child:

Stephen Alexander Suskind

child:

Raymond Robert Suskind