Shalom Zarach Hirschman

Background

Hirschman, Shalom Zarach was born on August 5, 1936 in Troy, New York, United States.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Yeshiva U., 1957; Doctor of Medicine Albert Einstein College Medicine, 1961; Doctor of Philosophy equivalent, National Institutes of Health Graduate School, 1966.

Career

Intern medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 1961-1962; resident, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 1962-1963; research associate, National Institutes of Health, National Institutions Arthritis, Metabolic and Digestive Diseases, 1963-1965; senior investigator, National Institutes of Health, National Institutions Arthritis, Metabolic and Digestive Diseases, 1965-1966; National Institutes of Health fellow in medicine, Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, New York City, 1966-1967; senior investigator, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, 1967-1969; instructor medicine, George Washington University School Medicine, 1963-1965; associate professor medicine, director division infectious diseases, Mount Sinai School Medicine, CUNY, 1969-1971; professor medicine, director division infectious diseases, Mount Sinai School Medicine, CUNY, since 1971; vice department chairman medicine, Mount Sinai School Medicine, CUNY, 1972-1975; attending physician, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York City, since 1971; director emeritus division infectious diseases, Mount Sinai Medical Center, since 1996. Member merit review board VA, 1976-1979. Member virology and microbiology exec.bd.

American Cancer Society, 1981-1986. President, Chief Executive Officer Advanced Viral Research Corporation,1996-.

Achievements

• Shalom Zarach Hirschman has been listed as a noteworthy Physician by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Founder, trustee Touro College, Touro Law School, New York City, 1970. Served with United States Public Health Service, 1963-1969. Fellow American College of Physicians, American Society Infectious Diseases (councillor New York chapter 1995-1996), American College Clinical Pharmacology, Royal College Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Biophysics Society, American Society Microbiology, Society General Virology, American Society Liver Diseases, Society Experimental Biology and Medicine, American Society Clinical Investigation, Association American Physicians, American Federation Clinical Research, American Federation Medical Research, New York Academy Sciences (chairman microbiology section 1975), Harvey Society.

Connections

Son of Meyer and Anne Hirschman. Divorced; children: Orin, Raquel. Married Frances E. Neumann Ron, 1995.

Father:

Meyer Hirschman

Mother:

Anne Hirschman

Spouse:

Frances E. Neumann Ron

child:

Raquel Hirschman

child:

Orin Hirschman