Arthur H. Rubenstein
Arthur Harold Rubenstein (* 1937 in South Africa ) is a South African -American endocrinologist and diabetologist at the University of Pennsylvania . He is best known for his translational work on diabetes mellitus .
Rubenstein was born in South Africa to Polish emigrants, his father was a pharmacist . He studied medicine at the Witwatersrand University in Johannesburg with an MBBCh. graduated in 1960. He completed his specialist training at Johannesburg General Hospital and Hammersmith Hospital in London . Since 1967 he worked at the University of Chicago , in 1968 he received his first professorship, from 1981 to 1997 he was head of internal medicine there. Rubenstein was also the director of the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine .
From 1997 to 2001 Rubenstein was Dean of the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City , from 2001 to 2011 Deputy Director of the University Hospital System at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia and Dean of the Faculty of Medicine there (Perelman School of Medicine) . Since 2011 he has held a professorship for endocrinology, diabetology and metabolism.
Rubenstein held numerous additional functions, including being President of the Association of American Physicians in 1995/1996 , co-editor of numerous medical journals , including Annals of Internal Medicine and Journal of Clinical Investigation, and a member of the Hadassah Medical Advisory Board . Rubenstein made a contribution to the education of medical professionals, for which the Association of American Medical Colleges presented him with the Abraham Flexner Award for Distinguished Service to Medical Education in 2009 .
Awards (selection)
- 1983 Banting Medal
- 1983 member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- 1987 member of the Institute of Medicine
- 1987 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
- 2001 honorary doctorate from the Witwatersrand University
- 2012 George M. Kober Medal
Web links
- CV, as of 2012 (PDF, 282 kB)
- Arthur Rubenstein, MBBCh at the Castleman Disease Collaborative Network (cdcn.org)
- Arthur H. Rubenstein, MBBCh, Named Executive Vice President Of The University Of Pennsylvania For The Health System And Dean, School Of Medicine
Individual evidence
- ↑ Arthur H. Rubenstein, MBBCh - Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. In: med.upenn.edu. Retrieved March 13, 2017 (English).
- ^ Penn's Arthur H. Rubenstein Receives Distinguished Service Award from AAMC - PR News. In: pennmedicine.org. November 5, 2009, accessed March 13, 2017 .
- ↑ Banting Medal for Scientific Achievement Award ( Memento from November 13, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Book of Members 1780 – present (PDF, 548 kB) at the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (amacad.org); accessed on March 9, 2017.
- ↑ George M. Kober Medal and Lectureship. In: aap-online.org. Retrieved March 9, 2017 .
- ↑ Kenneth S. Polonsky: Introduction of Arthur H. Rubenstein. (PDF, 1.8 MB) In: Journal of Clinical Investigation 2012; 122 (11): 4283-4287
- ^ Arthur H. Rubenstein: A fortunate life in academic medicine. In: Journal of Clinical Investigation 2012; 122 (11): 4288-4292 (on-line) .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rubenstein, Arthur H. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Rubenstein, Arthur Harold; Rubenstein, Arthur |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | South African-American endocrinologist and diabetologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1937 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | South Africa |