Barry Hoffbrand, Born 1934.
PHYSICIAN, TEACHER AND EDITOR
Barry Hoffbrand grew up in Bradford, the son of a tailor whose parents fled in 1901 from the persecution of Jews in Latvia. He went to Bradford Grammar School and The Queen’s College, Oxford and thence to University College Hospital where he qualified in 1958. He was appointed Consultant Physician to the Whittington Hospital in 1970. He had a strong specialist interest in renal disease and hypertension and published very widely. He held several offices of the Royal Society of Medicine (RSM), serving as Vice-President, and founding their Nephrology section. He edited the Postgraduate Medical Journal for many years. He was a member of the Royal College of Physicians Council. He served as President of the Harveian Society of London and of the London Jewish Medical Society – now the Jewish Medical Association – where he was a regular and enthusiastic attender.
Connected life stories:
His father: Hoffbrand, Philip. Born 1896. (12 pages). Tailor.
His brother: Hoffbrand, Victor. Born 1935. (204 pages). Professor of Haematology.