Bennett Lorber

Bennett Lorber
Born (1943-04-01) April 1, 1943
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Residence Elkins Park, Pennsylvania
Education Swarthmore College (BA), Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania (MD)
Known for Medical educator, authority on the listeriosis bacterial infection in humans, and past president of both the College of Physicians of Philadelphia and the Anaerobe Society of the Americas

Bennett Lorber is the Thomas M. Durant Chair in Medicine and a professor of microbiology and immunology at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University. Between 1983 and 2006 he served as chief of that school's Section of Infectious Diseases. He is a master of the American College of Physicians, a fellow of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, and a fellow of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia where he served as president from 2010-2012. He was president of Anaerobe Society of the Americas,[1] an international scientific society, from 2008-2010.[2][3][4]

Career

Portrait of Bennett Lorber by Randall Exon, 2014

In 1971 Lorber joined the faculty of the Temple University School of Medicine[note 1] and was appointed a professor of medicine there in 1983. From 1983 to 2006 he served as chief of the school's Section of Infectious Diseases and, in 1988, was named the first recipient of the Thomas Durant Chair in Medicine, a position he holds concurrently with that of professor of microbiology and immunology.[5] When in 2017 an interviewer asked him which of his positions, honors, and other achievements had the most meaning for him, he said, unequivocally, it was his role as teacher.[6]

Lorber has about 135 publications to his credit, a significant number of which have been cited more than 100 times in professional literature.[note 2] An article of Lorber's asking "are all diseases infectious?" has been frequently cited in the medical literature and continues to be referenced some twenty years after its publication.[note 3] He has contributed to every edition of Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases, the authoritative textbook in the field of infectious diseases.[6]

Clinical work, hospital positions, and research interests

Lorber is a leading authority on listeriosis and anaerobic infections. He also studies the impact of societal changes on infectious disease patterns and the relationship between infectious agents and chronic illness.[11] Lorber was appointed to be a fellow at Temple University Hospital in 1971 with specialty in infectious diseases. He is an attending staff physician at Temple University Hospital and his position as Chief of the Section of Infectious Diseases included oversight of research and clinical practice at this hospital as well. He has been a consultant in infectious diseases at the Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia, the Germantown Hospital and Dispensary, the Philadelphia Geriatric Center, and the Jeanes Hospital, Philadelphia.[12][13]

Awards and honors

In 2013 the American College of Physicians Board of Regents presented Lorber with the Jane F. Desforges Distinguished Teacher Award which is given to a fellow or master of the college who "has demonstrated the ennobling qualities of a great teacher as judged by the acclaim and accomplishments of former students who have been inspired and have achieved positions of leadership in the field of medical education, primarily as teachers."[13] He has also received twelve Golden Apple Teaching Awards, conferred by the Temple University Chapter of the American Medical Student Association to members of the faculty in recognition of outstanding dedication, ability and zeal in furthering the education of medical students.[14] He received the Lindback Foundation Award for Distinguished Teaching in 1978 and Temple University's Great Teacher Award in 1991.[15][16][17] He is the only two-time recipient of the Russell and Pearl Moses Memorial Endowed Medical Award for excellence in clinical teaching (Temple University School of Medicine[note 1], 1985, 1990).[18] On two occasions the Temple University graduating medical school class has dedicated its yearbook to Lorber (1975, 1988).[19]

In addition to these honors, Lorber received the Alexander Fleming Lifetime Achievement Award from the Infectious Diseases Society of America (2003) granted "in recognition of a career that reflects major contributions to the acquisition and dissemination of knowledge about infectious diseases.".[20][21] In 2003 he also received the Clinical Practice Award of the Pennsylvania Chapter of the American College of Physicians. He was elected president of Anaerobe Society of the Americas in 2008 and of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia in 2010.[5] He was given an honorary doctorate of science by Swarthmore College in 1996. In 2012 he was named outstanding senior educator by the Department of Medicine, Temple University School of Medicine[note 1]. In 2004 he was elected to the Academy of Distinguished Educators in Medicine and in 2005 the alumni association of the Temple University School of Medicine[note 1] presented him with the Honored Professor Award. He has been frequently requested to give papers to members of medical societies and was selected as presenter of the infectious diseases update at the annual meeting of American College of Physicians in 2002, 2004, 2006, and 2013. In 2016 he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Anaerobe Society of the Americas at their biennial meeting held in Nashville.[12][18][22][23][24]

Professional organization memberships

Lorber is a member of the following organizations:.[25]

Certifications

Lorber holds a Pennsylvania State Medical License. He is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in Internal Medicine (1974) and infectious disease (1976).[25]

Education

Lorber attended Swarthmore College where he majored in zoology and art history and graduated with a bachelor of arts degree in 1964. He then attended the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and graduated as doctor of medicine in 1968. He served an internship (1968–69) and residency in internal medicine (1969–71) and was a Fellow in Infectious Diseases (1971-1973) at Temple University Hospital.[25]

Personal life

Lorber is a professional artist. Responding to an interview question in 2017 he said he did not paint as a hobby but rather as "a calling equal to my calling to be a physician."[6] In an article published in 2015 he wrote that the visual intelligence required of an artist was useful in clinical work, especially in solving diagnostic challenges.[26] Many of his paintings can be seen on a web site: Bennett Lorber.

Lorber is also an accomplished guitarist.[27]

Lorber was appointed to the Swarthmore College Board of Managers in 2002.[3]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 In 2015 the Temple University School of Medicine was renamed the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University.
  2. ↑ A search of the Google Scholar database performed on June 16, 2017, shows that Lorber has been lead or contributing author to more than 135 articles beginning in 1974 and eight of these articles have been cited 100 or more times.[7]
  3. ↑ The article, entitled "Are All Diseases Infectious?," appeared in the Annals of Internal Medicine in November 1996.[8] It has been cited at least eighty-seven times from that date through December 2016.[9] An article published in December 2016 uses it to support the assertion that "it is now recognized that many diseases, including cancers, and even obesity can have an infectious basis."[10]

References

  1. ↑ Anaerobe Society of the Americas
  2. 1 2 "Faculty Directory, Department of Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, Temple University". Retrieved 2014-04-29.
  3. 1 2 "Swarthmore College Board of Managers, Bennett Lorber '64". Retrieved 2014-04-29.
  4. ↑ "Brief Biographical Sketch". IDWeek 2013, Session 1854. Non-Infectious Causes of Fever. 2013. Retrieved 2014-04-29.
  5. 1 2 "Infectious Diseases Authority Bennett Lorber: President of Two Distinguished Medical Organizations" (PDF). Pulse: Newsletter of the Department of Medicine, Temple University School of Medicine. 2010. Retrieved 2014-04-29.
  6. 1 2 3 "Change Agent: Bennett Lorber on Definitions" (PDF). Temple Health Magazine: 34. Summer 2017. Retrieved 2017-06-16.
  7. ↑ "Google Scholar". Retrieved 2017-06-16.
  8. ↑ Bennett Lorber (1996-11-15). "Are All Diseases Infectious?". Annals of Internal Medicine. 125 (10): 844–851. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-125-10-199611150-00010. PMID 8928993.
  9. ↑ "Google Scholar". Retrieved 2017-06-16.
  10. ↑ Neeraj Beeknoo & Rodney P. Jones (December 2016). "The Demography Myth: How Demographic Forecasting Underestimates Hospital Admissions, and Creates the Illusion that Fewer Hospital Beds and Community-based bed Equivalents, will be Required in the Future" (PDF). British Journal of Medicine & Medical Research. 19 (2): 1–27. doi:10.9734/bjmmr/2017/29984. Retrieved 2017-06-16.
  11. ↑ "PubMed citations for Lorber, B." Retrieved 2014-04-29.
  12. 1 2 "Bennett Lorber, MD. DSc (Hon)". Antimicrobe, Infectious Disease and Antimicrobial Agents. Retrieved 2014-04-28.
  13. 1 2 "Temple Physician Bennett Lorber, MD, MACP, Receives Distinguished Teaching Award". 2013. Retrieved 2014-04-28.
  14. ↑ "Temple University School of Medicine Class of 2007 Awards Day Ceremony" (PDF). 2007. Retrieved 2014-04-28.
  15. ↑ "Fekete Succeeds Lorber as Chief of Infectious Diseases Section" (PDF). 2006. Retrieved 2014-04-28.
  16. ↑ "Lindback Award, Office of the Provost, Temple University". 2013. Retrieved 2014-04-28.
  17. ↑ "Lindback Distinguished Teaching Awards, Christian R. and Mary F. Lindback Foundation". Retrieved 2014-04-28.
  18. 1 2 "Temple University School of Medicine". Retrieved 2014-04-28.
  19. ↑ "Temple University Yearbooks, Temple University Libraries Digital Collections". Retrieved 2014-04-28.
  20. ↑ "Alexander Fleming Award Winners". Infectious Diseases Society of America 1300 Wilson Boulevard / Suite 300 / Arlington, VA 22209. 2013. Retrieved 2014-04-28.
  21. ↑ "Society of America Alexander Fleming Award" (PDF). 2011. Retrieved 2014-04-28.
  22. ↑ "Princeton president/Temple alumna Tilghman honored". Temple Times. Temple University. 2005-11-10.
  23. ↑ "Anaerobe Society of the Americas". Retrieved 2014-04-29.
  24. ↑ "American College of Physicians, Presenters: Bennett Lorber". Retrieved 2014-05-02.
  25. 1 2 3 "Bennett Lorber, MD, MACP | Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University". Retrieved 2017-06-16.
  26. ↑ Bennett Lorber (Autumn 2015). "Learn to Look and Be a Better Doctor". Perspectives in Biology and Medicine. 58 (4): 475. doi:10.1353/pbm.2015.0040. PMID 27397052.
  27. ↑ "The 2015 Louis and Dorothy Kovitz Visiting Professor" (PDF). School of Medicine, Stanford University. Retrieved 2017-06-16.
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