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Gilbert Burnett Forbes (1915-2003) was an academic pediatrician who held appointments at Children's Hospital, St. Louis, MO; Southwest Medical School, Dallas, TX; and the University of Rochester Medical Center. He was an international expert on measuring body composition and pediatric nutrition and a clinician, educator, journal editor, and prolific author.
Education and Career
editGilbert Burnett Forbes was born in Rochester, NY, to Gilbert de Leverance Forbes, MD, doctor for the town of Kendall, NY, and Lillian Burnett Forbes on November 9, 2015, the oldest of three children. He was the seventh generation of a branch of the Forbes family that emigrated from Scotland to NYC in 1713. He graduated from Kendall Central School at age 16, spent a year at Genesee Wesleyan Seminary in Lima, NY, and matriculated at the University of Rochester in 1932, graduating in 1936. He graduated from the University of Rochester Medical School in 1940.
He married Grace Ann Moehlman, daughter of theologian Conrad Henry Moehlman and Bertha Young Moehlman, on July 8, 1939. They had two daughters, Constance Citro (June 9, 1942) and Susan Martin (October 16, 1944).
He interned in pediatrics at Strong Memorial Hospital, Rochester, NY, in 1940-41; completed his residency in pediatrics at St. Louis Children's Hospital, St. Louis, MO, in 1941-43; and was instructor, assistant professor, and associate professor of pediatrics at the Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 1943-1950 (with a year as pediatrician at the Los Alamos Hospital, Los Alamos, NM, in 1946-47). He served as chair of the Department of Pediatrics, Southwestern Medical School; medical director, Texas Children’s Hospital; and chief of pediatric staff, Parkland Hospital--all in Dallas, TX, in 1950-53. In 1953, he returned to the University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry, where he was associate professor (1953-57), professor (1957-1992), and professor emeritus from 1992 until his death on June 26, 2003.
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editDr. Forbes