Background
Kurnetz, Ruben Stanford was born on February 17, 1924 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Son of Samuel and Dora (Kannon) Kurnetz.
Kurnetz, Ruben Stanford was born on February 17, 1924 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Son of Samuel and Dora (Kannon) Kurnetz.
Bachelor of Science, University Michigan, 1945. Doctor of Medicine, University Michigan, 1948.
Chief of pediatrians, United States Naval Hospital, Pensacola, Florida, 1952-1953; instructor, Wayne State University, Detroit, 1954-1974; clinical assistant professor, Wayne State University, Detroit, 1974-1982; clinical associate professor, Wayne State University, Detroit, 1982-1991; clinical professor, Wayne State University, Detroit, since 1991; attending physician, Detroit Cerebral Palsy Society, 1957-1967; chief department of Pediatrics, William Beamont Hospital, Royal Oak, Michigan, 1969-1986; chairman, Michigan Association Pediatrics Program Dirs., 1984-1986; chairman emeritus, William Beamont Hospital, since 1986. Clinical associate professor Health & Behavioral Science, Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan, since 1985.
Active Michigan State Medical Society Committee on Child Abuse & Neglect, 1983-1988. Task force member Jewish Welfare Federation, 1988-1992. With United States Naval Reserve, 1952-1954, Korea, United States.
Fellow American Academy Pediatricians, American Academy Cerebral Palsy, New York Academy of Sciences, Irish American Pediatricians Society. Member United Pediatric Society (president 1981-1984), Metropolitan Detroit Pediatric Society (president 1990-1992), Michigan State Medical Society, Ambulatory Pediatric Association.
Married Bernice Sachs, June 17, 1948 (divorced 1979). Children: Sheila, Elizabeth, Sid.