Sigmund Benham Kahn

Background

Kahn, Sigmund Benham was born on May 18, 1933 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Maxwell Louis and Clara (Parris) Kahn.

Education

Bachelor, University of Pennsylvania, 1954; Doctor of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 1958.

Career

Rotating intern, Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, 1958-1959; resident in internal medicine, Hospital of University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1959-1961; fellow in hematology, Hospital of University of Pennsylvania, 1961-1962; United States Public Health Service research fellow department hematology, Hospital of University of Pennsylvania, 1962-1963; associate in hematology medicine, Hahnemann U. Hospital, Philadelphia, 1963-1966; assistant, associate, then professor medicine, Hahnemann U. Hospital, 1966-1994; professor department neoplastic disease, Hahnemann University Hospital, Philadelphia, 1978-1994; director education, vice department chairman, Hahnemann University Hospital, 1978-1994; associate dean, Hahnemann U., Philadelphia, 1986-1994; professor department medicine division hematology/ medical oncology, Medical College Pennsylvania/Hahnemann U., Philadelphia, 1994-1995; associate dean education, Medical College Pennsylvania/Hahnemann U., Philadelphia, 1994-1995. Consultant, chairman dean's committee Wilkes-Barre (Pennsylvania) Veterans Administration Hospital., 1987-1992.

Achievements

• Sigmund Benham Kahn has been listed as a noteworthy internist and dean by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Institutional representative Boy Scouts American, 1970-1975. President Temple Beth Sholom, CherryHill, New Jersey, 1977-1980. Member medical board Lupus Foundation, Delaware Valley, 1977-1979.

Member American Medical Association, American College of Physicians, Philadelphia County Medical Society, Philadelphia Hematology Society, Pennsylvania Medical Society, American Federation Clinical Research, American Hematology Society, American Association Cancer Research, American Society Clinical Oncology, American Association Cancer Education, American Cancer Society (chairman patient service committee Philadelphia division 1981-1983, chairman medical subcommittee professional education committee 1979-1981, finance committee 1981), Phi beta Kappa, Alpha Omega Alpha.

Connections

Married Joanne Pokras, June 11, 1955. Children: Marc L., Elissa Kahn Petrosky, Hillary Kahn Roth, Lauren B.

Father:

Maxwell Louis Kahn

Mother:

Clara (Parris) Kahn

Spouse:

Joanne Pokras

child:

Lauren B. Kahn

child:

Elissa Kahn Petrosky Kahn

child:

Hillary Kahn Roth Kahn

child:

Marc L. Kahn