Edward Rosenbaum
| Edward E Rosenbaum | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 14, 1915 Omaha, Nebraska |
| Died | May 31, 2009 Portland, Oregon |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | M.D. |
| Alma mater | Creighton University, University of Nebraska |
| Occupation | Physician and author |
| Known for | Author of The Doctor |
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.
He was born in Omaha, Nebraska to Bessie Mittleman Rosenbaum and Sam Rosenbaum. He graduated from Omaha Central High School.
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.
While in medical training, he joined the US Army Reserve. In 1941 he was called to active duty. He was assigned to a mobile surgical unit that was deployed in the invasions of Africa, Sicily, and Normandy. In late 1944 Dr. Rosenbaum, who had suffered from burns, malaria, and hepatitis, was transferred back to the United States and then hospitalized for six months. He had been promoted to major and awarded the Bronze Star. He finished his Army service as chief of medical services for the Women’s Army Corps.
He moved to Portland, Oregon in January, 1948 where he joined Dr. Isadore Brill to practice internal medicine and rheumatology. He was soon joined in practice by his brother William M. Rosenbaum, M.D. and a few years later by John Flanery. M.D.
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