Murray Feingold

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.

Murray Feingold
Born(1930-07-20)July 20, 1930
Hazleton, Pennsylvania
DiedJuly 17, 2015(2015-07-17) (aged 84)
Boston, Massachusetts
NationalityAmerican
OccupationPediatrician, geneticist

Early life and career

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]

Publications
  • 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
  1. Fuller, Clarence C. (1969). "Records of Robert Fuller of Salem and Rehoboth and some of his descendants".
  2. Dr. Murray Feingold Archived 2011-08-01 at the Wayback Machine. CBS Boston. Retrieved January 27, 2016.
  3. "WBZ's Dr. Murray Feingold, Founder of Genesis Foundation, Passes Away at 84". 2015-07-17.
  4. Feingold, Murray, and Hermine M. Pashayan. Genetics and Birth Defects in Clinical Practice. Boston: Little, Brown, 1983. ISBN 978-0-316-27715-0 WorldCat
  5. Birth defects original article series, 1974
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