Who is it? | Endocrinologist |
Birth Day | November 30, 1926 |
Birth Place | Wilno, Poland, American |
Age | 94 YEARS OLD |
Birth Sign | Sagittarius |
Education | McGill University |
Profession | Medicine |
Institutions | Baylor College of Medicine Tulane University University of Miami |
Specialism | Endocrinology |
Notable prizes | Albert Lasker Award (1975) Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1977) |
I was fortunate to survive the holocaust while living among the Jewish-Polish Community in Roumania. I used to speak Polish, Roumanian, Yiddish, Italian and some German and Russian, but I have almost completely forgotten them, and my French in which I used to excel is also now far from fluent.
Immediately after the war, in 1945, he moved via Italy and France to the United Kingdom. Schally received his education in Scotland and England. In 1952, he moved to Canada. He received his doctorate in endocrinology from McGill University in 1957. That same year he left for a research career in the United States where he has worked principally at Tulane University. Schally currently conducts research in Endocrinology at the Miami Veteran's Administration Medical Center in Miami, Fl. A Canadian citizen when he left Canada, Schally became a naturalized citizen of the United States in 1962. He was affiliated with the Baylor College of Medicine for some years in Houston, Texas.