Background
Greenfield, Val Shea was born on April 20, 1932 in New York City. Son of Frank Lynne and Helen (Meyers) Greenfield.
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Val Shea Greenfield
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Student, Brown U., 1948-1949, 50-51; student, St. John's U., 1949; Bachelor cum laude, Brooklyn College, 1952; Doctor of Medicine, Yale University, 1956.
Career
Intern, Walter Reed Army Hospital, Washington, 1956-1957;
assistant chief, United States Army Dispensary, Philadelphia, 1957-1959;
chief, United States Army Dispensary, Philadelphia, 1959-1960;
postgraduate preceptorship in ophthalmological under co-chief ophthalmological, Presbyterian-University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Philadelphia, 1963-1966;
practice medicine specializing in obstetrics, Philadelphia, Riveride, New Jersey, 1960-1963;
practice medicine specializing in ophthalmology, Philadelphia, since 1966. Associate director, lecturer in neuro-ophthalmology Hahnemann U., Philadelphia, since 1978, from assistant professor to associate professor ophthalmology School Medicine, 1977-1988. Associate clinical professor Robert Wood Johnson Medical School-New Jersey U. Medicine and Dentistry, since 1988.
Attending surgeon in ophthalmology Frankford and Rolling Hills Hospitals, Philadelphia, since 1970. Lecturer Biblical topics United States, Israel, Europe, New Zealand, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics. Guest speaker television stations and clubs.
Achievements
Membership
Member of the board deacons Cmty. Church, Mount Laurel Chapel and Fellowship, since 1970. Board directors Hebrew Christian Outreach of Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ, since 1958.
Served to captain Medical Corps, United States Army, 1955-1960. Fellow American College of Surgeons, Philadelphia College Physicians. Member American Medical Association, Pennsylvania Medical Society, Philadelphia County Medical Society, American Academy Ophthalmology, New York State Ophthalmological Society, Pennsylvania Academy Ophthalmology, Pan-American Society Ophthalmology, Society Contemporary Ophthalmology, Christian Medical Society, American Society Cataract and Refracture Surgery, International Platform Society, American Judeo-Christian Fellowship, Alpha Kappa Kappa.
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American
Awards
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Inducted into Chapel of 4 Chaplains, Temple University, 1981. Inducted Honorary Brave Cherokee Indians by Chief Rising Sun, Chief and High Priest of North America and South America Indian Tribes and Couns., 1947. Recipient American Medical Association Physicians Recognition award in medical education, tri-annually, since 1974.Inducted into Chapel of 4 Chaplains, Temple University, 1981. Inducted Honorary Brave Cherokee Indians by Chief Rising Sun, Chief and High Priest of North America and South America Indian Tribes and Couns., 1947. Recipient American Medical Association Physicians Recognition award in medical education, tri-annually, since 1974.