Jacob Baral
Dermatologist
Born Jul. 24, 1935, Krakow, Poland; son of Samuel and Franka (Feuer); married Gerri (Morganstein); children: Jonathan, Randolph, Edward
Education: Bachelor of Medicine (M.B.), Bachelor of Science (B.S.), University of Sydney (Australia).
Career: jr. resident, Bankstown District Hospital, Sydney, 1960-61; jr. resident, resident (pathology), Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children, 1961-62; in New York City - assistant resident (pediatrics), The Babies Hospital / Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, 1962-64, fellow, senior resident, Roosevelt Hospital, 1976-77, fellow (dermatology), director of pediatric dermatology, Metropolitan Hospital, 1977-79, fellow (dermatological surgery), New York University (NYU), 1980, clinical instructor (dermatology and pediatrics), 1980, assistant clinical prof., 1987, assistant attending, 1987, 1988, Department of Dermatology and Pediatrics, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, private office, 1980 -; associate attending, Department of Pediatrics and Dermatology, Beth Israel Medical Center, 1990.
Author: numerous medical articles in professional Australian and American journals.
Member of: Societas Internationalis Dermatologiae Tropicae; American Academy of Dermatology; American Association for Dermatological Surgery; American Academy of Pediatrics; Society for Pediatric Dermatology; American Venereal Disease Association; Dermatological Society of Greater New York; New York County Medical Society.
Honors: fellowship at Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children, Children Medical Research Foundation, 1965-67; Continuing Medical Education awards, American Medical Association (AMA), 1980-83, American Academy of Dermatology, 1985-88, 1989-92; Physician Recognition award, American Medical Association (AMA), 1982, 1985, 1988, 1989-92.
Languages: English, Polish, Hebrew, German, Romanian.
Hobbies: collecting art and antiques, exercise, travel.
Office: 210 Central Park South, New York, NY 10019
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation, New York, NY, 1996