Edward Rosenbaum
Edward E Rosenbaum (May 14, 1915 – May 31, 2009), was an American physician and author. He is best known for the autobiographical chronicle of his experience with throat cancer, The Doctor, (initially published in as A Taste of My Own Medicine), which was the basis of the movie, The Doctor, starring William Hurt as a physician modeled on Dr. Rosenbaum. He was also the founder of the Division of Arthritis and Rheumatic Diseases at the Oregon Health & Science University, where a chair of medicine is named in his honor.
Early life
He was born in Omaha, Nebraska to Bessie Mittleman Rosenbaum and Sam Rosenbaum. He graduated from Omaha Central High School.
Training
He attended Creighton University and in 1934 transferred to a combined bachelors and doctoral degree program at the University of Nebraska College of Medicine, where he earned an M.D. in 1938. He interned at Jewish Hospital of St. Louis (1938–39), did a residency in metabolic disease at Michael Reese Hospital in Chicago (1939–40), and began a fellowship in internal medicine at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester (1940–41). After army service in World War II, he returned to the Mayo Clinic (1946–48) where he trained in rheumatology under future Nobel laureate Phillip Hench.
Rosenbaum
Rosenbaum is a surname of German and Yiddish (Jewish) origin, which translates as "rose tree" and which was given to people living in the proximity of rose bushes. Notable people with the surname include:
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