Background
Feldman, Robert George was born on April 27, 1933 in Cincinnati. Son of Jacob and Katie (Green) Feldman.
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Robert George Feldman
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Bachelor of Arts, University Cincinnati, 1954; Doctor of Medicine, University Cincinnati, 1958.
Career
Research assistant pharmacology, U. Cincinnati, 1949-1954;
junior pharmacologist, William S. Merrell Company, Reading, Ohio., 1951-1956;
fellow, National Association Mental Health, University of California at Los Angeles, 1957;
intern, Los Angeles County Hospital, 1958-1959;
resident neurology, Yale-New Haven Medical Center, 1959-1963;
resident neurology, W. Haven Veterans Administration Hospital., 1961;
fellow metabolic diseases, Yale Medical School, 1961-1962;
United States Public Health Service special fellow, 1962-1963;
practice medicine, specializing in neurology, Boston, since 1963;
neurologist-in-chief, Boston Medical Center (formerly University Hospital, Boston City Hospital), since 1969;
co-investigator, Environmental Hazards Center, Boston VA Medical Center, since 1995;
chief neurology, VA Medical Center, Boston, 1968-1997. Member of staff Beth Israel Hospital. Visiting fellow Montreal (Canada) Neurological Institute, 1962, Mayo Clinic and Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota, 1962.
Associate electroencephalographer Yale-New Haven Medical Center, 1962-1963. Member of faculty Harvard Medical School, since 1963, lecturer, since 1968. Lecturer School Public Health, since 1978.
Member of faculty Boston University School Medicine, since 1963, professor neurology, since 1970, department chairman, since 1969, professor pharmacology, since 1977. Professor environmental health Boston University School Public Health chief neurology services Boston VA hospitals, 1968-1997. Member national field advisory group Neurology VA, 1972-1975.
Mem.sci. council Committee to Combat Huntington's Disease, 1972-1975. Chairman Zone 1 Professional Standards Review Organisation, 1973-1978. Member professional advisory board Epilepsy Foundation, 1976-1985.
Member of council science advisors National Institute Occupational Safety and Health, 1984-1990.
Achievements
Membership
Board of directors Postgraduate Medical Institute, 1973. Board directors Norfolk County Medical Society. Vice president Massachusetts Medical Society, 1973.
Fellow American Academy Neurology (councillor 1979-1984, vice president 1989-1991), Royal Academy Medicine. Member American Epilepsy Society (vice president since 1989), American Association Electromyography and Electrodiagnosis (certified), American Association University professors Neurology, Boston Society Psychiatry and Neurology (president 1972-1973), American Academy.Toxicology, American Neurological Association (2d vice president 1992-1993), Eastern Electroencephalogram Society, American Medical Electroencephalogram Association, American Heart Association (fellow stroke county), American Medical Association, Massachusetts Medical Society, APHA, Association American Medical Colls. (representative to county of academic societies 1991-1996), American Parkinson Disease Association Center Advanced Research (director since 1993), Boston University Medical Center Medical Dental Staff (president 1994-1995).
Connections
Married Gail Poliner, December 25, 1960. Children— John, Elise.
