Background
Abelmann, Walter H. was born on May 16, 1921 in Frankfurt, Germany. Son of Arthur and Else (Weill) Abelmann.
Abelmann, Walter H. was born on May 16, 1921 in Frankfurt, Germany. Son of Arthur and Else (Weill) Abelmann.
AB magna cum laude, Harvard College, 1943. Doctor of Medicine, University Rochester, 1946.
Professor medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, 1972-1991;
professor medicine emeritus, Harvard Medical School, Boston, since 1991;
professor medicine, Harvard-Massachusetts Institute of Technology Division Health Science & Technology, Cambridge, since 1974;
chief cardiology, Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, 1974-1978;
physician, Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, 1974-1988;
director cardiovascular research, Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, 1978-1988;
senior physician, Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, since 1989;
interim co-director, Harvard-Massachusetts Institute of Technology Division Health Science & Technology, Cambridge, 1990-1992. Consultant in cardiology Mount Auburn Hospital, Cambridge, since 1957. Lecturer medicine Tufts U., Boston, 1968-1991.
Consultant in cardiology Children's Hospital, Boston, 1970-1991.
Fellow American College of Physicians, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American College Cardiology. Member New England Cardiovascular Society (president 1965-1966), Association American Physicians, American Society Clinical Investigation, American University Cardiologists.
Married Rena J. White, June 8, 1958. Children: Karen, Nancy, Ruth, Arthur, Charles.