Michael Field (physician)
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BUMS (M.D. 1959)
Michael Field | |
|---|---|
| Born | July 20, 1933 London, UK |
| Died | August 23, 2014 (aged 81) |
| Education | University of Chicago (B.A. 1953) BUMS (M.D. 1959) |
| Known for | diarrhea |
| Awards | King Faisal International Prize in Medicine (1984) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | diarrheal disease |
| Institutions | Columbia University (1984-2001) University of Chicago (1977-84) Harvard Medical School (1964-77) |
Michael Field (1933 – 2014) was an American gastroenterologist celebrated for his work on diarrhea.[1]
Born in London and raised in Hamburg until the age of 5, Field and his family fled Germany the day before Kristallnacht[2] and relocated to Pueblo, Colorado.[1] He obtained his medical doctorate from Boston University Medical School in 1959, after first completing a degree in English literature at the University of Chicago, and conducted postdoctoral research at Harvard Medical School before joining the faculty as associate professor of medicine. Field returned to the University of Chicago as professor in 1977, and in 1984 was appointed chief of gastroenterology and professor of medicine at Columbia University where he remained until his retirement in 2001.[1]
