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Norman H. Edelman M.D.
Norman H. Edelman, M.D. is Professor of Preventive Medicine, Internal Medicine, and Physiology and Biophysics at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. From 1996 – 2006, he served in a dual capacity as Vice President for Health Sciences and Dean of the School of Medicine at Stony Brook. A graduate of Brooklyn College, Dr. Edelman received his M.D. degree from New York University, where he was elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha honor medical society. He received postgraduate training at Bellevue Hospital in New York City and went on to be a Research Associate at the National Institutes of Health, National Heart Institute, and then Visiting Fellow in Medicine and Advanced Research Fellow of the American Heart Association, Cardiorespiratory Laboratory, Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Presbyterian Hospital.
After three years on the faculty of the University of Pennsylvania, Dr. Edelman joined the faculty of UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (then Rutgers Medical School) in 1972. He served there as Chief of the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Associate Dean for Research, Chief of the Medical Service of Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, Acting Chair and Vice Chair of the Department of Medicine, and Interim Director of the Center for Advanced Biotechnology and Medicine. He served as Dean from 1987-1995. During his tenure as Dean, he supervised the establishment of the Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute, the Center for Advanced Biotechnology and Medicine and the NCI designated Cancer Institute of New Jersey.
At Stony Brook, he supervised the change in leadership of several schools and numerous departments and developed the Cancer Institute of Long Island by gathering support from federal, state and philanthropic sources. During his administrative tenure, he focused on the development of interdisciplinary and interdepartmental programs such as a Masters in Public Health, and several centers of excellence. He has served in a variety of positions for the Association of American Medical Colleges, the Association of Academic Health Centers, Liaison Committee on Medical Education, and The Associated Medical Schools of New York. He is a member of the New York State Council on Graduate Medical Education.
Dr. Edelman is Board Certified in Internal Medicine and in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine and has published extensively in the field of pulmonary diseases and control of breathing. In 1990 he was named a recipient of a MERIT award from the National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, culminating in 26 years of continuous funding from the NIH.
Dr. Edelman is a member of the Association of American Physicians, American Society for Clinical Investigation, American Physiological Society and American Thoracic Society. He is a fellow of the American College of Physicians, the American College of Chest Physicians and the American Association for Advancement of Science. Dr. Edelman was a member of the Editorial Boards for the Journal of Applied Physiology, the American Review of Respiratory Diseases, and Chest. As a consultant, he serves as the Chief Medical Officer of the American Lung Association.
Married to the former Ida Nadel and the father of three, Dr. Edelman resides in Old Field, NY.
