Sir Avraham Goldberg

Background

Goldberg, Avraham was born on December 7, 1923 in Edinburgh, Scotland. Son of Julius and Rachel (Varinofsky) Goldberg. He was the youngest of five children of immigrant parents from Lithuania and Ukraine.

Education

Sir Avraham Goldberg was educated at George Heriot's School in Edinburgh and the University of Edinburgh.

He got the gegree of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery in University of Edinburgh, 1946. Then he became Doctor of Medicine with Gold Medal (1956) and Doctor of Science, University of Glasgow (1966).

Career

Avraham Goldberg was Visiting Professor in Tel Hashomer Hospital (1966); Regius Professor of Materia Medica in Glasgow University (1970-1978). He held the position of Chairman of the Biomedical Research Committee (Scottish Home and Health Department) (1977-1983); Chairman of the UK Committee on Safety of Medicine (1980-1986). He was Founding President of Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine in Royal College of Physicians of U.K. (1989-1991); Goodall Memorial Lecturer (1989); Chairman of Glasgow Friends of Shaare Zedek Medicine Centre in Jerusalem; Editor, Scottish Medicine Journal (1962-1963).

GOLDBERG, Sir Avraham was a member of Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians, Fellowship of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.

Achievements

• Abraham Goldberg has been listed as a noteworthy medical educator by Marquis Who's Who.
  
  Doctor of Medicine, Doctor in Sciences, Emeritus Regius Professor of Practice of Medicine

Works

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• book

  • Disorders of Porphyrin Metabolism 1987
  • Recent Advances in Haematology 1971

• Other Work

  • various papers on clinical & investigative medicine

Membership

Served to honorary major Royal Army Medical Corps, 1947-1949. Fellow Royal Society Edinburgh, 1971, Royal College Physicians London (Fitzpatrick lecturer 1988), Royal College Physicians Edinburgh, Royal College Physicians and Surgeons Glasgow. Member Association Physicians Great Britain.

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  Royal Army Medical Corps , United Kingdom

  1947 - 1949

• Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians , United Kingdom

  1988

• Fellowship of the Royal Society of Edinburgh , United Kingdom

  1971

Interests

• Medical history, literature, writing, walking, swimming.

Connections

Avraham Goldberg was married Clarice Cussin (September 3, 1957). He had 3 children: David, Jennifer, Richard.

Father:

Julius Goldberg

Mother:

Rachel (Varinofsky) Goldberg

Spouse:

Clarice Cussin

child:

Richard Goldberg

child:

Jennifer Goldberg

child:

David Goldberg