Continuing Education

Lecture - Rosenfeld

The Rosenfeld Lecture<BR>

James W. Rosenfeld
1884-1961

The James W. Rosenfeld lectureship has been established in tribute to a man who was involved in the growth of pediatrics in Oregon. Through the lectureship, outstanding professors will be invited to the OHSU campus to share their knowledge.

Born in Portland, Oregon, James W. Rosenfeld received his premedical education from Stanford University in 1906. He received his medical degree from Johns Hopkins University Medical School in 1910.

After graduation, he served as assistant to Professor Clemens Von Pirquet at the University of Breslau and University of Vienna, Austria from 1910 to 1912. He taught at the University of Oregon Medical School from 1912 to 1957 and was Professor Emeritus of Clinical Pediatrics at the time of his death.

Dr. Rosenfeld was a member of the Oregon State Child Welfare Commission from 1919 through 1934. As a board member and medical adviser to the Visiting Nurse Association from 1919 through 1945, he established well-baby clinics.
He was honorary vice president and an executive board member of the Boy Scouts of America-Portland Area Council, and a member of the American Medical Association. The American Academy of Pediatrics was formed in his home in 1928 and has since grown to a membership of over 60,000.

Other memberships included: North Pacific Pediatric Society, Oregon State Medical Society, Portland Academy of Medicine, Multnomah County Medical Society, and the Portland Academy of Pediatrics, of which he was president. He was a staff member of St. Vincent Hospital, Good Samaritan Hospital, Emanuel Hospital, University of Oregon Medical School and Doernbecher Children's Hospital.

He continued in the active practice of pediatrics in Portland from 1912 to the time of his final illness.