Farhi, Leon E. (Leon Elie), 1923-

Leon E. Farhi was born in Cairo, Egypt and received his medical degree from the Université Saint-Joseph (Beirut, Lebanon) in 1947. he competed postdoctoral fellowships at the University of Rochester Medical School in 1953-1954 and at John Hopkins University in 1954-1955. He joined the faculty of the University of Buffalo in 1958 and was promoted to full professor in 1966. he served as Chair of the Dept. of Physiology from 1982 to 1991. he was named SUNY Distinguished Professor in 1989. Dr. Farhi received many awards during his career, including the Stockton Kimball Award. He was also named an Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Senior Fellow. He was active in the American Physiological Society and held appointments to the editorial boards of various journals including the Journal of Physiology, Journal of Applied Physiology, and Respiration Physiology. Dr. Farhi's significantly contributed to the fields of pulmonary medicine, environmental physiology and bioengineering for over thirty five years. His studies included physiological problems of human lung gas exchange and he was closely involved in developing new methods for measuring cardiac output and distribution of respiratory gases in the lung and tissues of the human body.

From the description of Leon E. Farhi papers, 1964-2003. (SUNY at Buffalo). WorldCat record id: 64695704