Sanford Edgar Leeds

Background

Leeds, Sanford Edgar was born on November 14, 1909 in San Francisco, California, United States. Son of Louis and Amelia (Snoek) Levy.

Education

AB, University of California, Berkeley, 1931; Doctor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, 1936.

Career

Research associate, Vanderbilt Medical School, Nashville, 1936-1938; resident surgeon, University of California Medical School, San Francisco, 1938-1941; private practice, San Francisco, 1946-1980; director experimental surgery laboratory, Mount Zion Hospital, San Francisco, 1950-1990.

Achievements

• Sanford Edgar Leeds has been listed as a noteworthy surgeon by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Colonel Medical corpus, United States army, 1936-1939. Fellow American College of Surgeons. Member American Thoracic Surgical Association, Pacific Coast Surgical Association, San Francisco Medical Society, San Francisco Surgical Society (vice president 1960), Bay Area History of Medicine Club (president 1968), International Society Lymphology (council 1985-1989), Civil War Roundtable, Lake Merced Golf and Country Club.

Interests

• Avocations: history of medicine, book collecting.

Connections

Married Syra Florence Nahman, April 9, 1941 (deceased 1990).

Father:

Louis Levy

Mother:

Amelia (Snoek) Levy

Spouse:

Syra Florence Nahman