Professor George E. Ehrlich, Adjunct Professor of Rheumatology at the University of Pennsylvania Medical School, and Professor Isaac Rabino, University Professor of Biology at the State University of New York, recently joined Atlantic Legal Foundation’s Advisory Council.
George E. Ehrlich is an Adjunct Professor of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania Medical School, and formerly a full professor at that school, and is an adjunct professor at New York University School of Medicine. He is a world-known expert in Rheumatology, with special interest in osteoporosis, fibromyalgia and Behcet’s disease.
Dr. Ehrlich is a Master of the American College of Rheumatology and Fellow of the American College of Physicians and the Royal College of Physicians (Edinburgh). e served on the Arthritis Advisory Committee of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) from 1991 to 1996, the last three years as Chairman, and subsequently on the Council of Chair and he is Chairman of the Expert Advisory Panel on Chronic Degenerative Diseases of the World Health Organization (WHO) and a member of several medical and scientific advisory boards in the United States, Canada and Europe. Dr. Ehrlich has been decorated or honored by governments and organizations internationally. In 2004 he received the Dr. Joseph Lee Hollander Award is for excellence and achievement in the field of rheumatology of the Pennsylvania Arthritis Foundation. Dr. Ehrlich is editor of twelve medical books and author of more than 180 peer-reviewed articles and he has served as editor or on the editorial boards of several journals, including the Journal of Rheumatology.
Professor Isaac Rabino is University Professor of Biology and Health Sciences at the State University of New York. In 2004 he won the SUNY Distinguished Professor Award, and in 1996 he received the Empire State College Award for Excellence in Scholarship. His scholarly work focuses on science, politics and society and on the social implication of the revolution in genetics. He has published more than 20 articles on cellular and developmental biology and on the social policy implications of genetic research and genetic engineering.
