Sidney Rothbard, MD Papers

Sidney Rothbard was born on December 28, 1907 in Suffern, NY. He graduated from Colegate University in 1931 and University of Rochester Medical School in 1935. He completed his residency at Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester, N.Y. The next seven years he was at Rockefeller Institute. He was appointed to the Cornell University Medical College faculty in July 1938 as an Instructor in Pathology. He left Cornell University Medical College in the 1940s to work at Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (1941-1948) and Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons (1948-1951). In 1951, he was appointed Associate Professor of Medicine at Cornell University Medical College and Assistant Attending Physician at New York Hospital. He became Professor of Medicine at Cornell University Medical College in 1969 and Attending Physician at New York Hospital. He retired in 1973.

Although his primary field was internal medicine, he was a basic researcher studying rheumatic fever. In the 1950s, he collaborated with Dr. Robert Watson on a study of the antigenicity of collagen. The studies provided a basic understanding of the immunology of collagen and its relationship to rheumatic fever. He also researched the streptococcal and other infectious diseases.

He died on June 20, 1981.