- Mervyn Gotsman
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Mervyn S. Gotsman 
Born 1935
Hermanus, South AfricaResidence Jerusalem, Israel Citizenship Israeli Fields Cardiology Institutions Groote Schuur hospital, Cape Town
Hadassah Medical Center, JerusalemAlma mater University of Cape Town Influenced Cardiology in Israel Notable awards Distinguished Citizen of Jerusalem Mervyn S. Gotsman is Professor Emeritus of Cardiology at the Hebrew University-Hadassah School of Medicine, Jerusalem, Israel.
Professor Mervyn Samuel Gotsman, M.D. was born in 1935 in the town of Hermanus in South Africa to Benjamin, a physicist, and Ada, a housewife. The family originally came to South Africa from Lithuania, with an intermediate station in England.
He studied medicine at the University of Cape Town, graduating summa cum laude. In 1958, following a relatively early death of his father, he worked as a general practitioner in a small mining town in Rhodesia (Zimbabwe today).
In the early sixties, he specialized in tropical medicine, and later completed his internship in internal medicine and cardiology in London and Birmingham, England. In 1964 he returned to South Africa and joined the cardiac clinic at the Groote Schuur hospital in Cape Town. [1] In 1967 he referred Louis Washkansky for the first successful heart transplant performed by Professor Christiaan Barnard.
In 1968 he was appointed the director of the Department of Cardiology in Durban, South Africa, and was appointed professor of medicine at the University of Natal. [2] He served as the chief cardiologist of the former Natal Province.
In 1973, he immigrated to Israel with his family and served as the director of the Department of Cardiology in Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem, a position he held until his retirement in 2000. [3]
He has published numerous scientific papers regarding all aspects of clinical cardiology. [4]
He received the 'Distinguished Citizen of Jerusalem' award in 2007 for his contribution to cardiology in Israel. [5]
References
- ^ Piller, Laurence William (2000). The Cardiac Clinic, Groote Schuur Hospital 1951-1972. The Schrire Years. South Africa: comPress.
- ^ Nellen, M (1994). "Personal view - The Cardiac Clinic, Groote Schuur Hospital - a short history.". S Afr Med J. 84. http://archive.samj.org.za/1994%20VOL%2084%20Jan-Dec/Articles/01%20January/1.4%20PERSONAL%20VIEW%20-%20THE%20CARDIAC%20CLINIC,%20GROOTE%20SCHUUR%20HOSPITAL%20-%20A%20SHORT%20HISTORY.%20M.%20Nellen.pdf.
- ^ Siegel-Itzkovich (19 May 2007). "The heart's reward". The Jerusalem Post. http://new.jpost.com/HealthAndSci-Tech/Health/Article.aspx?id=61942. Retrieved 22 October 2011.
- ^ Gotsman, MS; Admon D (1998). "Paradigm shifts in coronary artery disease: The old new initiatives". Arch Intern Med 158 (9): 949–953. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9588428.
- ^ "Distinguished Citizen of Jerusalem award 2007 - Jerusalem Municipality Official Website (Hebrew)". http://www.jerusalem.muni.il/jer_main/TopSiteJeru.asp?newstr=3&src=/jer_sys/publish/HtmlFiles/1030/results_pub_id=24400.html&cont=895. Retrieved 25 October 2011.
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