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Steven B. Heymsfield was born on July 15, 1944, in Brooklyn, New York, United States. He is the son of Herbert Heymsfield, a mathematician and educator, and Lillian (Gitterman) Heymsfield, an educator as well.
New York, United States
Hunter College, City University of New York
New York, United States
Mount Sinai School of Medicine, City University of New York
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Emory University
New York, United States
Columbia University
New York City, New York, United States
St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital
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educator physician scientist writer
Steven B. Heymsfield was born on July 15, 1944, in Brooklyn, New York, United States. He is the son of Herbert Heymsfield, a mathematician and educator, and Lillian (Gitterman) Heymsfield, an educator as well.
Heymsfield graduated from the Hunter College of the City University of New York as a Bachelor of Arts in 1966. Five years later he obtained Doctor of Medicine degree from the Mount Sinai School of Medicine of the City University of New York.
Heymsfield's career began at the Emory University in 1971, when he was appointed as a medical intern, he held that position for a year. From 1972 till 1973 he served as a medical resident at the university, changing his position to a fellow in medicine for 2 years from 1973. During the period 1975 - 1978 Heymsfield worked as an assistant professor at the university. Simultaneously, he served as an assistant director of Clinical Research Facility at that same educational institution for eight years from 1975. Heymsfield became an associate professor of medicine at the Emory University in 1978, staying at that position till 1986. He was also a director of Division of Nutrition at the university from 1980 to 1984.
In 1986 Heymsfield moved to the Columbia University and became an associate professor there, he held that post till 1994. In 1990 he was an associate professor of applied physiology at Teachers College of the Columbia University. From 1994 he was a professor of medicine there.
In addition, Heymsfield worked as a director of Human Body Composition Laboratory and Weight Control Unit of Obesity Research Center of the St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital in 1986. He worked as a deputy director of Obesity Research Center of the St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital in 1990.
During his career, Heymsfield was also a visiting scientist of the Department of Energy at the Brookhaven National Laboratory, as well as a visiting physician at the Rockefeller University. Heymsfield was a lecturer at institutions in the United States and abroad, including the Karolinski Institute, the Cambridge University and the University of Curitaba.
Nowadays, Heymsfield serves as a professor and director of the Body Composition-Metabolism Laboratory at the Pennington Biomedical Research Center of the Louisiana State University System in Baton Rouge.
He is also a contributor to medical books and contributor of more than three hundred articles and reviews to medical journals. During some time Heymsfield served as an editor of the Nutrition, the Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, the Nutrition in Clinical Practice and the American Journal of Human Biology. Heymsfield has published more than 600 articles and documents on such topics as obesity, malnutrition, cachexia, body composition and caloric expenditure.
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Quotations: “My father was an educator scientist, and I share his joy for research and writing. I write primarily educational material for other health care workers, but also to a lesser extent for public education. I emulate the style set down by classical medical writers, but I have also been heavily influenced by education and communication specialists.”
Heymsfield is a member of the North American Society for the Study of Obesity, as well as a member of board of directors and a past president of the American Society of Perenteral and Enteral Nutrition. Heymsfield is a member of the American Society of Clinical Nutrition, the American Federation of Clinical Research, the American Institute of Nutrition, the Southern Society of Clinical Investigation and the Phi Sigma. He is also an honorary member of the American Dietetic Association, the New York Dietetic Association, the Argentine Medical Association and the Latin American Medical Association.
Heymsfield married Beverly Goss on August 20, 1975. The couple has 2 children - Chesley Anna and Jill Haynes.