Background
Shugarman, Richard Gerald was born on February 6, 1940 in Baltimore.
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Richard Gerald Shugarman
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Bachelor, Johns Hopkins University, 1960; Doctor of Medicine, U. Maryland., 1964.
Career
Intern, Sinai Hospital, Baltimore, 1964-1965;
resident, Baltimore Eye and Ear Charity Hospital, 1965-1968;
fellow, U. Florida, Gainesville, 1968-1969;
private practice, West Palm Beach, Florida, since 1971. Instructor University Texas Medical School, San Antonio, 1969-1970. Associate clinical professor Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, U. Miami (Florida) School Medicine, since 1972.
Member 4thDist. Court Appeals Nominating Commission, since 1995.
Achievements
Membership
President Temple Israel, West Palm Beach, 1980-1982. Chairman Israel Bonds, Palm Beach County, 1979-1982. Treasurer Alcohol and Drug Abuse Council, West Palm Beach, 1973.
Board directors Jewish Federation Palm Beach County, 1972-1994, vice president, 1978-1982, Jewish Cmty. Center, 1979; active National Young Leadership Cabinet United States of America, 1978-1980. Board directors Jewish Cmty.
Day School, 1978-1992. Co-chair Florida United States Memorial Holocaust Museum, 1990. Member of national board Union American Hebrew Congregations, since 1988, member Executive Committee, since 1993.
With United States Army, 1969-1970. Fellow American College of Surgeons, International College Surgeons, American Academy Ophthalmology. Member American Medical Association, Florida Medical Association, Florida Ophthalmological Society (vice president since 1993), Palm Beach County Ophthalmology Society (president 1984), South Florida Redn.
Reform Congregations (president since 1992), Palm Beach Liturgical Culture Society (vice president 19845-94).
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Connections
M. Rhona Merle Blank, June 10, 1961. Children: Keith David, Marcy Pam, Todd Mitchell.
