James T. Rosenbaum (born September 29, 1949) is an American physician-scientist who is Senior Vice President for Research at Corvus Pharmaceuticals [1] and Chief of Ophthalmology emeritus at the Legacy Devers Eye Institute, Portland, Oregon, where he held the Richard Chenoweth Chair. [2] Previously, he was Chief of Arthritis and Rheumatic Diseases at the Oregon Health & Science University where he held the Edward E Rosenbaum Professorship in Inflammation Research. [3] Rosenbaum was the only practicing rheumatologist/non-ophthalmologist in the world to serve as a chief of ophthalmology. He is recognized for his description of an animal model of uveitis (inflammation inside the eye) resulting from injection of bacterial endotoxin (Nature, 286:611, 1980) and for more than 600 scholarly publications, mostly related to the intersection between rheumatology and ophthalmology. [4] He is a co-author of the book, "The Clinical Neurology of Rheumatic Diseases". [5]
Rosenbaum is a National Merit Scholar who graduated from Harvard College in 1971, magna cum laude. He graduated from Yale Medical School with honors in 1975. [4] He did an internship and residency in internal medicine at Stanford Medical Center from 1975 to 1978. He was a fellow of the Arthritis Foundation under the supervision of Hugh O. McDevitt at Stanford from 1978 to 1981. [6]
Rosenbaum is part of a notable family that includes ten physicians including his father, Edward E Rosenbaum, author of "A Taste of My Own Medicine: When the Doctor Is the Patient". [7] His maternal grandmother was Rose Naftalin.
Rosenbaum is an elected member of the American Society of Clinical Investigation and the Association of American Physicians. He was given a lifetime achievement award from the American Academy of Ophthalmology. He was awarded the Friedenwald Award from the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology in 2011, [6] the Gold Medal from the International Uveitis Study Group Eye Foundation in 2012, [8] the Cless Award from the University of Illinois, Chicago in 2012, [9] and the American College of Rheumatology Distinguished Clinician Scholar Award in 2013. [10] His first authored papers or essays have appeared in journals that include Science, [11] Nature, [12] the New England Journal of Medicine, [13] JAMA, [14] [15] Annals of Internal Medicine, [16] the Archives of Internal Medicine [17] and the online source for physicians, UpToDate.
James T. Rosenbaum (born September 29, 1949) is an American physician-scientist who is Senior Vice President for Research at Corvus Pharmaceuticals [1] and Chief of Ophthalmology emeritus at the Legacy Devers Eye Institute, Portland, Oregon, where he held the Richard Chenoweth Chair. [2] Previously, he was Chief of Arthritis and Rheumatic Diseases at the Oregon Health & Science University where he held the Edward E Rosenbaum Professorship in Inflammation Research. [3] Rosenbaum was the only practicing rheumatologist/non-ophthalmologist in the world to serve as a chief of ophthalmology. He is recognized for his description of an animal model of uveitis (inflammation inside the eye) resulting from injection of bacterial endotoxin (Nature, 286:611, 1980) and for more than 600 scholarly publications, mostly related to the intersection between rheumatology and ophthalmology. [4] He is a co-author of the book, "The Clinical Neurology of Rheumatic Diseases". [5]
Rosenbaum is a National Merit Scholar who graduated from Harvard College in 1971, magna cum laude. He graduated from Yale Medical School with honors in 1975. [4] He did an internship and residency in internal medicine at Stanford Medical Center from 1975 to 1978. He was a fellow of the Arthritis Foundation under the supervision of Hugh O. McDevitt at Stanford from 1978 to 1981. [6]
Rosenbaum is part of a notable family that includes ten physicians including his father, Edward E Rosenbaum, author of "A Taste of My Own Medicine: When the Doctor Is the Patient". [7] His maternal grandmother was Rose Naftalin.
Rosenbaum is an elected member of the American Society of Clinical Investigation and the Association of American Physicians. He was given a lifetime achievement award from the American Academy of Ophthalmology. He was awarded the Friedenwald Award from the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology in 2011, [6] the Gold Medal from the International Uveitis Study Group Eye Foundation in 2012, [8] the Cless Award from the University of Illinois, Chicago in 2012, [9] and the American College of Rheumatology Distinguished Clinician Scholar Award in 2013. [10] His first authored papers or essays have appeared in journals that include Science, [11] Nature, [12] the New England Journal of Medicine, [13] JAMA, [14] [15] Annals of Internal Medicine, [16] the Archives of Internal Medicine [17] and the online source for physicians, UpToDate.