Robert Goldwyn
| Robert Malcolm Goldwyn | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1930 Worcester, Massachusetts, United States |
| Died |
March 23, 2010 (aged 79) Brookline, Massachusetts, United States |
| Alma mater |
Harvard Medical School (M.D.), Peter Bent Brigham Hospital (Residency), University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (Fellowship) |
| Occupation | Academic, editor-in-chief and plastic surgeon |
| Spouse(s) | Tatyana Robson Goldwyn, Roberta Goldwyn (deceased) |
Robert Malcolm Goldwyn (Worcester, Massachusetts, 1930–2010) was an American surgeon; an author, activist, Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School, and Chief of Plastic Surgery at the Beth Israel Hospital from 1972 to 1996. He was the editor-in-chief of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery for 25 years.
Goldwyn was senior class president and graduated from Worcester Academy in 1948 with second honors. He matriculated to Harvard College, then graduated as a M.D. from Harvard Medical School. During his internship and residency (1956–1961) at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts he was also the Harvey Cushing Fellow in Surgery. His training in plastic surgery was at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center from 1961 to 1963.
In 1960, he worked with Dr. Albert Schweitzer in Lambaréné, Gabon for two months. In 1972, he established The National Archives of Plastic Surgery in the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine.
He was a founding member of Physicians for Social Responsibility and wrote articles on world peace, opposition to chemical and biological warfare, and medical ethics.
When the New England Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons established the Robert M. Goldwyn Lifetime Achievement Award and made Goldwyn its first recipient, he stated, "I do not really deserve this. But as Jack Benny said, ‘I have arthritis and I don't deserve that either.’
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