Shimon Glick Explained

Shimon (Seymour) M. Glick (Hebrew: שמעון גליק; born 1932) is an American-born Israeli physician.

Personal life

Glick was born in New Jersey.^[1] He and his wife Brenda have six children including Yehuda Glick who is a rabbi and former Knesset member.

Career

Glick is a graduate of SUNY Downstate Medical Center.^[2]

• • He did his medical training (internship, residency) at Yale University Medical Center Residency Mount Sinai Hospital Internal Medicine in New York.
• Research fellow, Endocrinology, at the Bronx Veterans Administration Hospital in the laboratory of Berson and Yalow (Nobel Laureate).^[2]
• First to Isolate Growth Hormone – with Jesse Roth MD
• First to measure Growth Hormone – with Jesse Roth MD
• First to discover Growth Hormone – Insulin relationship with Jesse Roth MD
• Before moving to Israel in 1974, Glick was Chief of Medical Services at the Coney Island Hospital in Brooklyn
• Clinical Professor of Medicine at Downstate Medical Center.^[3]
• Gussie Krupp Chair of Internal Medicine – 1977
• Chairmam of Department of Medicine Soroka Medical Center, Beer Sheba, Israel 1974–1997
• President of Israel Society of Endocrinology 1979–82
• Dean of Ben Gurion University School of Heath Sciences 1986–1990^[4]
• Lord Immanuel Jakobavitz Chair of Medical Ethics – 1985
• Ombudsman of Israel Health ministry 1997–2008
• Director of Center of Medical Education – Ben Gurion University
• Distinguished Citizen Award Beer Sheba 2012
• Considered World Leader in Medical Ethics and Medical Education
• Editor of Israel Journal of Medical Science 1974–97

Awards and honors

• 2014 Bonei Zion (Builders of Zion) Prize^[5]
• Member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States
• 1955 - The Mitchell Prize - Best qualified in Departments of Medicine - State University of NY
• 1984 - Newman Award - on his courageous stand during The Doctors Strike
• 1988- Outstanding Scientist - Samuel & Paula Elklis
• 2004 - Lifelong Achievement Award - Israel Health Ministry
• 2012 - Lifelong Achievement Award - Israel Society of Internal Medicine
• 2014 - Lifelong Achievement Award - "Bonei Zion" Nefesh BeNefesh

Works

• Immunoassay of Human Growth Hormone in Plasma (August 1963), authored together with doctors Jesse Roth, Rosalyn S. Yalow & Solomon A. Berson.^[6]
• Loss of Antigen-Antibody Affinity with Storage of Antiserum at —20 C (September 1973)^[7]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Friedman. Adolph. Interview with Shimon The Endocrine Society Oral History Collection The Clark Sawin Library SHIMON M. GLICK, MD Interview conducted by Adolph Friedman, MD April 2, 2000. The Endocrine Society Oral History Collection The Clark Sawin Library. 30 October 2014.
2. Web site: Articles by Shimon Glick in MercatorNet . www.mercatornet.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130527161358/http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/multiple_author/Shimon_Glick . 2013-05-27.
3. Web site: Shimon Glick. JCT. 30 October 2014.
4. Web site: Faculty of Health Sciences - Professor Shimon Glick, MD . in.bgu.ac.il . Ben Gurion University . 19 May 2023.
5. Web site: Western immigrants honored at Knesset award ceremony. The Times of Israel.
6. Glick . S. M. . Roth . J. . Yalow . R. S. . Berson . S. A. . Immunoassay of Human Growth Hormone in Plasma . Nature . 19 May 2023 . 784–787 . 10.1038/199784a0 . 24 August 1963. 199 . 4895 . 14071191 . 1963Natur.199..784G . 4147784 .
7. Web site: Loss of Antigen-Antibody Affinity with Storage of Antiserum at —20 C . academic.oup.com . The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, Volume 37, Issue 3, 1 September 1973, Pages 461–462 . 19 May 2023.