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Dr. Joseph. B Kirsner, Minnie Kirsner
Dr. Joseph B. Kirsner, Minnie Kirsner, Hanna Grey (University of Chicago President), and Millie Cohen
Dr. Joseph B. Kirsner, Bernice Goldblatt, Dr. David Sales, and Dr. Charles Winans
Honorary Dr. Joseph B. Kirsner Drive Naming
1963 GIRF inaugural dinner honoring Dr. Joseph B. Kirsner
Dr. Joseph B. Kirsner with Dr. David T. Rubin
Dr. Joseph B. Kirsner with Dr. David T. Rubin and Dr. Stephen B. Hanauer
Dr. Joseph B. Kirsner with Seymour "Sy" Taxman and Nancy Taxman
Dr. Joseph B. Kirsner with Howard Grill, GIRF President, at his 100th birthday party in 2009.
Dr. Joseph B. Kirsner and Bee Crain
Dr. Joseph B. Kirsner and Dr. David T. Rubin
Dr. Joseph B. Kirsner served in the Army from 1943-1946. He first served in Europe, where he cared for the wounded on both sides of the conflict. Doctors at Liege University in Belgium consulted with him on how to properly re-nourish Holocaust survivors. Soon after VE Day, the army sent Dr. Kirsner to the Philippines to aid in the treatment of ex-prisoners of war which included Dutch POWs who were held near Nagasaki when the atomic bomb was dropped.
Dr. Joseph B. Kirsner with Dr. Helen Te at his 100th birthday party in 2009.
Dr. Joseph B. Kirsner with Dr. Gerald Rogers at his 100th birthday party in 2009.
Dr. Joseph B. Kirsner, here in his lab in the 1930s, established the first academic gastrointestinal research lab.
Dr. Joseph B. Kirsner in his lab in the 1930s. The University of Chicago was the first institution to establish a full-time department of gastroenterlology.
Dr. Joseph B. Kirsner in 1935 when he began his career at the University of Chicago
Invitation to the 1963 GIRF inaugural dinner honoring Dr. Joseph B. Kirsner