Hyam Isaacs
Hyam Isaacs (born May 9, 1927 in Johannesburg , † May 11, 2003 ) was a South African doctor and physiologist .
Life
After his first medical studies (until 1950), which he completed with a Bachelor of Medicine , he first began a specialist training in internal medicine at the Witwatersrand University , where he also received his doctorate in 1963.
His professional positions included the activities as an assistant doctor at Johannesburg General Hospital (1951–1953), as research officer at Memorial Hospital in Krugersdorp (1954), also practicing as a freelancer since 1955, and as medical officer for the mining district at Duff Scott Memorial Hospital in Stilfontein , then in London for the Hospital Service (1957–1958) and as a medical specialist in the provincial administration of the Transvaal (1959–1961).
Later, however, Isaacs switched to physiology with a teaching position as a senior lecturer (1961–1990) at the Witwatersrand University and parallel work in private practice. From 1965 he was Medical Director of the Muscular Research Foundation of South Africa in Johannesburg.
In 1961 he described Isaac Mertens Syndrome, which was later named after him .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c PRABOOK: Hyam Isaacs . on www.prabook.com (English)
- ↑ Norman A. Blumberg: In Memoriam. Hyam Isaacs . In: The South African Medical Journal, Vol. 93 (2003), Issue 8, p. 596
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| SURNAME | Isaacs, Hyam |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | South African physiologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 9, 1927 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Johannesburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 11, 2003 |