Shimon M. Glick ( he, שמעון גליק; born 1932) is an American-born

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

i physician.

Personal life

Glick was born in

New Jersey New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York; on the east, southeast, and south by the Atlantic Ocean; on the west by the Delaware ...

. Married to Brenda, his six children include the rabbi and former member of Knesset

Yehuda Glick Yehudah Joshua Glick (; born 20 November 1965), alternatively spelled "Yehuda Glick", is an American-born Israeli Orthodox rabbi, activist, and politician. As the President of Shalom Jerusalem Foundation, he campaigns for expanding Jewish access ...

. Additionally, his son, Rabbi Menachem Glick acts as the mashgiach of the reputable Bais Yisroel Yeshiva, founded 1985.

Career

Glick is a graduate of

SUNY Downstate Medical Center SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University (Downstate) is a public medical school and hospital in Brooklyn, New York. It is the southernmost member of the State University of New York (SUNY) system and the only academic medical center for health e ...

. * He did his medical training (internship, residency) at Yale University Medical Center * Residency Mount Sinai Hospital Internal Medicine in New York. * Research fellow, Endocrinology, at the

Bronx Veterans Administration Hospital The James J. Peters VA Medical Center, (also known as the Bronx Veterans Hospital), is a US Department of Veterans Affairs hospital complex located at 130 West Kingsbridge Road in West Fordham, Bronx, New York City. The hospital is the headquar ...

in the laboratory of Berson and Yalow (Nobel Laureate). * First to Isolate Growth Hormone – with Jesse Roth MD * First to measure Growth Hormone – with Jesse Roth MD * First to discover Growth Hormone – Insulin relationship with Jesse Roth MD * Before moving to Israel in 1974, Glick was Chief of Medical Services at the Coney Island Hospital in Brooklyn * Clinical Professor of Medicine at

Downstate Medical Center SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University (Downstate) is a public medical school and hospital in Brooklyn, New York. It is the southernmost member of the State University of New York (SUNY) system and the only academic medical center for healt ...

. * Gussie Krupp Chair of Internal Medicine – 1977 * Chairmam of Department of Medicine Soroka Medical Center, Beer Sheba, Israel 1974–1997 * President of Israel Society of Endocrinology 1979–82 * Dean of Ben Gurion University School of Heath Sciences 1986–1990 * Lord Immanuel Jakobavitz Chair of Medical Ethics – 1985 * Ombudsman of Israel Health ministry 1997–2008 * Director of Center of Medical Education – Ben Gurion University * Distinguished Citizen Award Beer Sheba 2012 * Considered World Leader in Medical Ethics and Medical Education * Editor of Israel Journal of Medical Science 1974–97

Awards and honors

* 2014 Bonei Zion (Builders of Zion) Prize * Member of the

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of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States * 1955 - The Mitchell Prize - Best qualified in Departments of Medicine - State University of NY * 1984 - Newman Award - on his courageous stand during The Doctors Strike * 1988- Outstanding Scientist - Samuel & Paula Elklis * 2004 - Lifelong Achievement Award - Israel Health Ministry * 2012 - Lifelong Achievement Award - Israel Society of Internal Medicine * 2014 - Lifelong Achievement Award - "Bonei Zion" Nefesh BeNefesh

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Glick, Shimon 1932 births Living people American emigrants to Israel American medical academics American Orthodox Jews Ben-Gurion University of the Negev faculty Bonei Zion Prize recipients Israeli Orthodox Jews Israeli endocrinologists Jewish educators Jewish physicians Members of the National Academy of Medicine Physicians from New Jersey SUNY Downstate Medical Center alumni