Background
Gellis, Sydney Saul was born on March 6, 1914 in Claremont, New Hampshire, United States. Son of Morris Aaron and Minnie (Bernstein) Gellis.
Gellis, Sydney Saul was born on March 6, 1914 in Claremont, New Hampshire, United States. Son of Morris Aaron and Minnie (Bernstein) Gellis.
AB magna cum laude, Harvard University, 1934. Doctor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, 1938.
Resident in pediatrics, Yale-New Haven Hospital, 1938-1939; resident in pediatrics, Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, 1939-1941; chief resident in pediatrics, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, 1941-1942; captain armed forces epidemiological board Medical Corps, epidemiology board, United States Army, European Theatre of Operations, 1942-1946; assistant professor pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, 1946-1955; chief outpatient and emergency, Children's Hospital, Boston, 1946-1953; professor, chairman pediatrics, Boston University Medical School, 1955-1965; dean, Boston University Medical School, 1963-1965; pediatrician-in-chief, Boston City Hospital, 1955-1965; professor, department chairman pediatrics, Tufts U. Medical School, Boston, 1965-1983; professor pediatrics, New England Medical Center, Boston, since 1965; pediatrician-in-chief, New England Medical Center, Boston, 1965-1983.
Fellow American Academy Pediatrics (Jacobi award 1978, lifetime Medical Education award, 1993). Member American Pediatric Society (John Howland medal award 1994), Pediatric Research Society (secretary-treasurer 1946-1952, president 1972). Correspondent member Academy Pediatrics (France), New Zealand Pediatric Society.
Married Matilda Lichter, March 6, 1939. Children: Beth Louise Gellis Crocker, Stephen E.