Alfred Jaretzki | |
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Born |
Alfred Jaretzki August 11, 1919 Greenwich, Connecticut |
Died | May 29, 2014 New York City |
(aged 94)
Education | Morristown School |
Alma mater |
Harvard University Harvard Medical School |
Occupation | Surgeon, professor |
Spouse(s) | Sonia Lasell Alexandra Moltke Isles |
Children | 4 |
Parent(s) |
Alfred Jaretzki, Jr. Edna Astruck |
Alfred Jaretzki III (August 11, 1919 – May 29, 2014) was an American surgeon and medical professor. Early in his career, he co-authored a seminal journal article on developing synthetic vascular glands, which informed the growth of practices in aortic aneurism surgery. Jaretzki served as a professor of clinical surgery at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, a lecturer at the Columbia Presbyterian Hospital, and led the task force of the Medical Scientific Advisory Board of the Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America.
Jaretzki was born on August 11, 1919 in Greenwich, Connecticut to Alfred Jaretzki, Jr. (1892-1976) and Edna Astruck. He graduated from the Morristown School (now Morristown-Beard School) in Morristown, New Jersey in 1937. Jaretzki then earned his bachelor's degree at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1941. During his undergraduate studies at Harvard, Jaretzki played on the junior varsity football team, and he served as treasurer of The Harvard Lampoon, a humor magazine.
Jaretzki completed his medical degree at Harvard Medical School in 1944 and his internship at Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital. In 2002, the Society of the Alumni of the Presbyterian Hospital awarded Jaretzki their Distinguished Alumni Award during a ceremony at Low Memorial Library at Columbia University.
At the beginning of his career, he co-authored a seminal journal article on developing synthetic vascular glands, which informed the growth of practices in aortic aneurism surgery. Later in his career, Jaretzki served as president of the New York Thoracic Society. He also led the seven-member Task Force of the Medical Scientific Advisory Board of the Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America. The task force developed the 2000 report Myasthenia Gravis: Recommendations for Clinical Research Standards.