Background
Mellinkoff, Sherman Mussoff was born on March 23, 1920 in McKeesport, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Albert and Helen (Mussoff) Mellinkoff.
Mellinkoff, Sherman Mussoff was born on March 23, 1920 in McKeesport, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Albert and Helen (Mussoff) Mellinkoff.
Bachelor, Stanford University, 1941. Doctor of Medicine, Stanford University, 1944. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Wake Forest University, 1984.
Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Hebrew Union College, Los Angeles, 1988.
Intern assistant resident, Stanford University Hospital, San Francisco, 1944-1945; assistant resident, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, 1947-1949; chief resident, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, 1950-1951; instructor in medicine, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, 1951-1953; fellow in gastroenterology, Hospital of University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1949-1950; from assistant professor to professor medicine, University of California at Los Angeles School of Medicine, Los Angeles, 1962-1986; dean, University of California at Los Angeles School Medicine, Los Angeles, 1962-1986; emeritus professor of medicine, University of California at Los Angeles School Medicine, Los Angeles, since 1990; distinguished physician of VA, Wadsworth Veterans Administration Medical Center, Los Angeles, 1990-1993. Member science advisory panel Research to Prevent Blindness, Inc., New York City, 1975-1993. Member program development committee National Medical Fellowships, Inc., New York City, since 1984.
Appointed by Governor of California to McCone Committee, 1965. Master: American College of Physicians. Fellow: Royal College of Physicians.
Member: The Johns Hopkins Society of Scholars, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Institute of Medicine of National Academy of Sciences, Association American Physicians, American Gastroenterol. Association Association.
Married June Bernice O'Connell, November 18, 1944. Children: Sherrill, Albert.
