Berliner, Robert W., 1915-2002

Renal physiologist, former Dean of Yale University School of Medicine, Professor Emeritus of Cellular and Molecular Physiology and Professor Emeritus of Internal Medicine. Collaborated with Dr. James A. Shannon who subsequently was appointed Director of Research at the National Heart Institute. Dr. Berliner was one of the first investigators recruited by Dr. Shannon to join him at the NIH in 1950, at which time Dr. Berliner was named Chief, Laboratory of Kidney and Electrolyte Metabolism at the National Heart Institute. He remained at the NIH successively as Director of Intramural Research at the National Heart Institute and as Deputy Director for Science for NIH. Left NIH for Yale in 1973,

From the guide to the Robert Berliner papers, (History of Medicine Division. National Library of Medicine)