Gerald Berenson
American cardiologist
Gerald Sanders Berenson (September 19, 1922 – November 22, 2018) was an American cardiologist, heart researcher, and public health specialist who specialized in researching the causes of heart diseases. Berenson's fundamental research revealed that adult heart disease arises from practices and behaviors that begin in childhood. He also discovered that atherosclerosis was significantly more pronounced in individuals who had three or four cardiovascular risk factors compared to those who had none.
Early life and education
Berenson was born into a family of Polish Jewish descent in Bogalusa, Louisiana, on September 19, 1922 to Meyer Berenson and Eva Singerman Berenson, who operated several businesses, including The State Theater and Berenson's Clothing Store. He had two older siblings, Sara Berenson Stone and Byrde Berenson Haspel.
Berenson completed his bachelor's in science from Tulane University in 1943. He received his medical degree from Tulane in 1945. He then served as a doctor in the US Navy from 1945 to 1948.
Career
Following his discharge from the U.S. Navy in 1948, he taught at Tulane University until 1952.
From 1952 to 1954, Berenson was then a research fellow at the University of Chicago, studying under the direction of the pediatric department chairman Albert Dorfman, with whom he conducted studies of rheumatic fever.
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