Background
Pinsker, Walter was born on March 27, 1933 in Bay Shore, New York, United States. Son of Albert and Irene (Kuchlick) Pinsker.
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Walter Pinsker
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Bachelor, U. Rochester, 1954; Doctor of Medicine, Chicago Medical School U. Health Science, 1958.
Career
Intern, Long Island Jewish Hospital, New Hyde Park, New York, 1958-1959; resident internal medicine, Brooklyn Veterans Administration Hospital., 1959-1960; resident internal medicine, Long Beach (California) Veterans Administration Hospital., 1960-1961; resident allergy and immunology, Long Beach (California) Veterans Administration Hospital., 1961-1962; chief of allergy, Letterman Army Hospital, San Francisco, 1962-1964; president, Bay Shore Allergy Group, 1964-1994. Attending physician Mather Hospital, Port Jefferson, New York, St. Charles Hospital, Port Jefferson, 1981, Southside Hospital, Bay Shore, since 1964, Good Samaritan Hospital, West Islip, New York, since 1964, assistant clinical professor medicine State University of New York, Stony Brook, since 1968. Member physicians advising committee Group Health, since 1997.
Achievements
Membership
Board visitors Pilgrim Eastern State Hospital, Brentwood, New York, 1974-1977. President Suffolk Association Children with Learning Difficulties, New York, 1972-1974. Trustee Leeway School, Stony Brook, 1974-1975, Bay Shore Jewish Center, 1974-1984.
Committee for handicapped West Islip Schools, since 1971. Captain United States Army, 1962-1964. Fellow American Academy Allergy and Immunology, American College Allergy and Immunology, American Association Certified Allergists, American College Chest Physicians, Am.Assn.- Study of Headaches, New York Academy Sciences, Suffolk Academy Medicine, Nassau-Suffolk Allergy Society (officer, board directors since 1970, president 1980-1982).
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Married Tillene Giller, June 15, 1958. Children: Neil, Andrew, Susann.
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American
Awards
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Named Co-Humanitarian of Year Long Island Adults and Children with Learning and Developmental Disabilities, 1994. Recipient Physician's Recognition award American Medical Association, since 1969.Named Co-Humanitarian of Year Long Island Adults and Children with Learning and Developmental Disabilities, 1994. Recipient Physician's Recognition award American Medical Association, since 1969.