Background
Silber, Robert was born on January 4, 1931 in Vienna, Austria.
Silber, Robert was born on January 4, 1931 in Vienna, Austria.
Bachelor of Arts cum laude, New York University, 1950; Doctor of Medicine State University of New York, Brooklyn, 1954.
Intern, Bellevue Hospital-New York University, 1954-1955; resident in medicine, Bellevue Hospital-New York University, 1955-1956, 57-58; United States Public Health Service fellow, U. Utah College Medicine, 1956-1957; research associate department immunohematology, Walter Reed Army Institute Research, Washington, 1958-1960; research instructor, United States Public Health Service postdoctoral fellow, department biochemistry, U. Washington, Seattle, 1960-1962; assistant professor department medicine, New York University School Medicine, 1962-1966; associate professor, New York University School Medicine, 1966-1972; professor, New York University School Medicine, since 1972; director division hematology, New York University School Medicine, since 1968. Consultant Cancer Drug Center, Roswell Park Memorial Institute, 1980-1981. Member of advisory board, hematology training program Sloan-Kettering Institute, 1976-1980.
Served to captain Medical Corps, United States Army, 1958-1960. Member American Society Clinical Investigation, American Society Hematology, American Society Clinical Research, American Society Biological Chemists, New York Society Study of Blood (president 1971-1972), National Leukemia Society, American Society Clinical Oncology, Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Omega Alpha.
Parents American citizens). Married Barbara Carol Antell, 1954 (divorced). Children: Andrea, Jeffrey, Laura, Michael.
Married Barbara Kamhi, 1992.