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University
of California, San Francisco
350 Parnassus Avenue, Suite 600
San Francisco, CA. 94143-0328
phone:
415-476-1141
fax: 415-476-3526
email: ephraim@itsa.ucsf.edu
A native of San Jose, CA., Dr. Engleman had a brief musical career
as a professional musician before and while attending Stanford University
where he earned his B.A. He received his M.D. from Columbia University
in 1937. Following medical residencies at UCSF and Tufts University,
he was a Fellow at the Massachusetts General Hospital where he received
his training in rheumatology with Walter Bauer. He saw military
service as a Major during World War II, serving as Chief of the
Army's Rheumatic Fever Center. After the war, in 1947, he joined
the clinical faculty at UCSF and has continued at UCSF ever since.
At UCSF he was President (and co-founder) of the Association of
Clinical Faculty (1970-71) and President of Executive Medical Board
of the UC Hospital and Clinics, San Francisco (1973-74).
Over
the past six decades, Dr. Engleman has had major national and international
impact on rheumatology. In 1962-63 he was President of the American
Rheumatism Association (ARA) - now the American College of Rheumatology
(ACR); President of the National Society of Clinical Rheumatology
(1967-69); and in 1981-85, President of the International League
Against Rheumatism. In the latter position he made several trips
to mainland China and was influential in the creation of the Chinese
Rheumatology Association. He also served as Chairman of the World
Health Organization's Task Force on Arthritis and on several committees
of the National Institutes of Health.
In
1975-76 Dr. Engleman chaired the National Commission on Arthritis,
a Congressionally mandated task force charged with recommending
remedies for the inadequate status of arthritis research, teaching
and patient care in the United States. The National Arthritis Plan,
which summarized the Commission's recommendations, most of which
were implemented, included epidemiologic investigations and national
data systems in rheumatology, the creation of Multipurpose Arthritis
Centers, the creation of what is now the National Institute of Arthritis,
Musculo-skeletal and Skin Diseases, and tripling of the ongoing
federal budget for arthritis research. It also called attention
to the surprising number of medical schools with no curriculum in
rheumatology - a situation that changed quickly after the Plan's
publication.
In
1979, Dr. Engleman became founding Director of the Rosalind Russell
Medical Research Center for Arthritis at UCSF which was created
by Congressional mandate. He continues to serve as Director of the
Center, which, over the years, has attracted major contributions
from private individuals, enabling it to help underwrite numerous
research initiatives at UCSF and provide supplemental support to
the faculty and to more than 100 UCSF Rheumatology Fellows.
Some
of Dr. Engleman's additional honors are A Public Tribute by the
Arthritis Foundation and American Rheumatism Association; honorary
membership of the Arthritis Societies of Australia, China, France,
Japan, Spain and Uruguay; Award for Distinguished Contributions
to Clinical Programs at UCSF; Master of ACR; endowment of the Ephraim
P. Engleman Distinguished Professorship in Rheumatology at UCSF;
recipient of the Medal of Honor at UCSF, "the most prestigious
award given by UCSF"; recipient of the Presidential Gold
Medal Award of the American College of Rheumatology, the highest
national honor in the field of rheumatology; and recipient of Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons' Gold Medal for excellence in clinical medicine, the highest honor the school's alumni association can bestow.
Dr.
Engleman's bibliography is in excess of 100 references. Notably,
he co-authored with Walter Bauer the first report in the U.S. of
Reiter's syndrome. With Julius Schachter, he published the first
studies associating chlamydia with Reiter's syndrome; and with Milton
Silverman he co-authored "The Arthritis Book: A Guide for Patients
and Their Families". In addition, Dr. Engleman has served on
the editorial boards of several journals including Arthritis and
Rheumatism.
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