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Bennett Lorber, MD. DSc
(Hon)
Thomas M. Durant Professor of Medicine
Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
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Chief, Section of Infectious Diseases
Temple University School of Medicine and Hospital
Philadelphia, PA
Phone: 215-707-3536; Fax: 215-707-4414
e-mail: lorberb@TUHS.temple.edu
Personal:
Born in
Philadelphia on April 1, 1943; married, 2 children
Education:
Swarthmore
College, BA, 1964; University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, MD, 1968;
Resident in Internal Medicine, Temple University Hospital, 1968-1971; Fellow in
Infectious Diseases, Temple University Hospital, 1971-1973.
Current Appointments:
Thomas
M. Durant Professor of Medicine, Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, and
Chief, Section of Infectious Diseases, Temple University School of Medicine and
Hospital; Consultant in Infectious Diseases, Fox Chase Cancer Center,
Philadelphia, PA.
Research Interests:
Listeriosis; Anaerobic infections; Relationships between chronic illness and
infectious diseases; Impact of societal change on patterns of infectious
diseases.
Other:
Lifetime Achievement
Award from IDSA 2003; 11-time recipient of Golden Apple Teaching Award, Temple
University School of Medicine; Lindback Foundation Award for Distinguished
Teaching; Temple University Great Teacher Award; Honorary Doctor of Science,
Swarthmore College; presenter of the Infectious Diseases Update, Annual Meeting
of American College of Physicians (ACP), 2002, 2004, 2006; Clinical Practice
Award, Pennsylvania Chapter of ACP, 2003; Associate Editor ACP Medical Knowledge
Self-Assessment Programs, 1991-2003, including both ID subspecialty programs;
American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) Subspecialty Board on Infectious
Diseases, 2004-present; Board of Trustees, College of Physicians of
Philadelphia (Secretary, 2002-2004); Anaerobe Society of the Americas (Charter
member, Council, 2000-2004, Secretary 2005); Physicians for Human Rights.
Board of Managers,
Swarthmore College 2002-; Pennsylvania Horticultural Society; Philadelphia
Folksong Society; guitar player and professional painter.
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