Murray Feingold
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Murray Feingold | |
|---|---|
| Born | July 20, 1930 |
| Died | July 17, 2015 (aged 84) |
| Occupations | Pediatrician, geneticist |
Murray Feingold (July 20, 1930 – July 17, 2015) was an American pediatrician, geneticist, and founder of the Feingold Center for Children in Waltham, Massachusetts. He was also the founder and president of The Genesis Foundation for Children.
Early life and career
[edit | edit source]Feingold was born in Hazleton, Pennsylvania, in 1930.[1] He was a graduate of Jefferson Medical School (now Thomas Jefferson University) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He has served on the faculty of Tufts University School of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, and Boston University School of Medicine. He previously served as chief of the division of ambulatory services and chief of genetics and birth defects at Boston Floating Hospital for Children and director of genetics at Franciscan Children's Hospital and Rehabilitation Center. Feingold was the medical editor at CBS Boston WBZ-TV and WBZ Radio for 30 years.[2] He died on July 17, 2015, three days shy of his 85th birthday.[3]
Feingold syndrome was named after him, as he was the first to describe it in the medical literature in 1975
Publications
[edit | edit source]- Genetics and Birth Defects in Clinical Practice, a standard medical textbook, co-author.[4]
- Normal values for selected physical parameters: an aid to syndrome delineation.[5]
Feingold authored 180 articles that have been published in the medical literature. He described three genetic syndromes, one bearing his name, Feingold syndrome. He wrote a weekly newspaper column entitled "Second Opinion" that appeared in 80 newspapers. Feingold also had a daily medical feature on WBZ-CBS Radio in Boston entitled "Medical Minute."
References
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- ^ Dr. Murray Feingold Archived 2011-08-01 at the Wayback Machine. CBS Boston. Retrieved January 27, 2016.
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- ^ Feingold, Murray, and Hermine M. Pashayan. Genetics and Birth Defects in Clinical Practice. Boston: Little, Brown, 1983. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). WorldCat
- ^ Birth defects original article series, 1974
External links
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