In memoriam

Publish date: March 10, 2017

 

Sylvan Lee Weinberg, MD, FCCP, MACC, a Past President of the American College of Chest Physicians (1983-1984), died Jan 17, 2017, in Dayton, Ohio. Dr. Weinberg was born in Nashville, TN, and received both his bachelor of science and doctor of medicine degrees from Northwestern University in Evanston, IL. He spent his time as an intern, medical resident, and fellow in cardiology at the Michael Reese Hospital in Chicago and went on to serve as a physician at Good Samaritan Hospital in Dayton, Ohio, for more than 40 years, ultimately becoming chief of cardiology and founder of the first coronary care unit in Ohio. Dr. Weinberg was also a clinical professor of medicine at the Wright State University School of Medicine in Dayton, and led a group cardiology practice until his retirement in 2000.

Dr. Sylvan Lee Weinberg

Dr. Sylvan Lee Weinberg

A past president also of the American College of Cardiology (ACC) and the Montgomery County Medical Society, Dr. Weinberg was the founding editor of the American Heart Hospital Journal, founding co-editor of Heart & Lung, and founding editor of the Journal of The Heart Institute of Dayton. He also was associate editor of the AMA Archives of Internal Medicine, the ACC Review Journal, and served on numerous editorial boards, including CHEST, the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, and the Clinical Cardiology and Heart Journal, formerly the British Heart Journal. He was editor-in-chief of ACC’s ACCEL audio journal for 15 years, recognized and known as, “the voice of cardiology,” traveling around the world and interviewing the world’s leaders in cardiology.

CHEST extends its heartfelt condolences to Dr. Weinberg’s family and friends.

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