Siegfried M. Pueschel

Background

Pueschel, Siegfried M. was born on July 28, 1931 in Waldenburg, Germany. Came to the United States, 1961. Naturalized, 1971.

Education

Student, Braunschweig College, Germany, 1953-1955; student, Leibniz College, Tubingen, Germany, 1955-1956; student, University Tubingen, Germany, 1955-1957; student, Free U., Berlin, 1957-1958; student, University Freiburg, Germany, 1958; Doctor of Medicine summa cum laude, Medical Academy, Dusseldorf, Germany, 1960; Master in Public Health, Harvard University, 1967; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Rhode Island, 1985; Juris Doctor, Southern New England School Law, 1996.

Career

Intern, Mercer Hospital, Trenton, New Jersey, 1961-1962; junior resident in pediatrics, Children's Hospital, Honolulu, 1962-1963; assistant resident in pediatrics, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Boston, 1963-1964; assistant in mental retardation, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Boston, 1967-1968; associate in mental retardation, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Boston, 1968-1975; director Down Syndrome Program, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Boston, 1970-1975; director PKU Clinic, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Boston, 1972-1975; senior resident in pediatrics, Montreal Children's Hospital, 1964-1965; fellow in biochemical genetics/metabolism, Montreal Children's Hospital, 1965-1966; associate physician, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, 1975-1979; director child development center, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, 1975-1994; director PKU and Amino Acid Program, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, since 1975; director Down Syndrome Program, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, since 1978; physician, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, since 1979. Instructor pediatrics Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1968-1974, assistant professor in pediatrics, 1974-1975, lecturer in pediatrics, since 1975. Assistant professor in pediatrics Brown U., Providence, 1975-1977, associate professor in pediatrics, 1977-1985, professor in pediatrics, since 1985.

Consulting pediatrician Waltham (Massachusetts) Hospital, 1968-1975. Consultant in genetics Lying in Hospital, Boston, 1969-1975, Women and Infants Hospital, Providence, since 1975. Consultant Development Evaluation Clinic Children's Hospital Medical Center, Boston, since 1975.

Member prevention of mental retardation committee International League of Socs. for Persons with Mental Handicaps. Member research, prevention and program service committee Association for Retarded Citizens United States. Member of national conference on research perspectives in down syndrome National Institute Child Health and Rehabilitation Superior vena cava syndrome.

Member state-of-the-art conference on down syndrome Office Special Edition and Rehabilitation Superior vena cava syndrome unites states department Education. Member of national advisory child health and human development county National Institutes of Health, Washington. Member sub-commission on training, education and quality assurance-technical assistance Development Disabilities Council, Rhode Island.

Member medical advising committee Special Olympics.

Achievements

• Siegfried M. Pueschel has been listed as a noteworthy Pediatrician, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American Academy Pediatrics, American College Medical Genetics (founder). Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Association Mental Retardation (Professional Contribution award 1991), American Academy Cerebral Palsy and Development Medicine, American Pediatric Society, American Society.Human Genetics, National Down Syndrome Congress (past president, Recognitionfor Distinguished Svc. award 1980, Mid-Hudson Valley award 1983, Achievement in Research award 1988, Outstanding Physician award 1991), New York Academy Science, Rhode Island Medical Society, New England Regional Genetics Group, Society Inherited Metabolic Disorders, Down Syndrome Society Rhode Island (award 1985), Association for Children with Down Syndrome (board directors).

Connections

Widowed.