No. 649 Ronald Apfelbaum, 2011

File — Box: 68, Folder: 22

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Scope and Contents

Ronald Apfelbaum was born in Atlantic City, New Jersey, where he stayed until leaving for college. He talks about growing up and going to school in Atlantic City. Ronald attended Cornell University for three years as an electrical engineering student. He then opted for early acceptance into medical school at Hahnemann Medical College in Philadelphia. After finishing medical school Ronald took an internship in Chicago at Presbyterian St. Luke’s Hospital where he decided to go into neurosurgery. He did his residency at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx where he eventually became Associate Professor in the Department of Neurological Surgery. Ronald talks about his time as a captain in the US Air Force and his time in the New York Air National Guard. He was recruited to the University of Utah as a professor of surgery in 1986. Ronald discusses his career and his achievements while a surgeon at the University of Utah.

Dates

2011

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