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About Dr. Burman
Dr. Burman retired from the active practice of surgery in April 2005. Based on his many years of experience, Dr. Burman now provides information to people who are interested in penis enhancement surgery. His impressive Curriculum Vitae is available below for download.
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SHELDON O. BURMAN, MD, FACS
In April 2005, Dr. Burman retired from the active practice of surgery. Based on his many years of experience, Dr. Burman now provides information to men who are interested in penis enhancement surgery.
During the 54 years in which Dr. Burman did practice as a surgeon he has been:
PROFESSOR AND CHAIR, Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Sherbrooke Faculty of Medicine, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada.
PROFESSOR AND CHAIR, Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Health Sciences/Chicago Medical School.
PROFESSOR AND CHIEF, Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery University of Illinois (Chicago) College of Medicine at the West Side VA Hospital and
ASSISTANT CHIEF OF SURGERY, West Side VA Hospital.
CAREER SCIENTIST, Health Research Council, City of New York.
SPECIAL RESEARCH FELLOW, Medical Research Council of Great Britain at the Hammersmith Hospital in London, England.
FOUNDER AND DIRECTOR, Male Sexual Dysfunction Institute, Chicago.
FOUNDER AND CHIEF, Erectile Dysfunction Department, Belmont Hospital, Chicago
Dr. Burman inaugurated the era of biological heart valve replacement in the U.S. in 1967 when hefirst replaced a diseased heart valve in a human patient with a valve transplanted from a calf.
Dr. Burman is a Fellow or Member of approximately 30 professional societies in America, England and Canada. He has published about 100 original papers and abstracts, and chapters in 4 textbooks.
He has lectured and/or performed operations in Brazil, Greece, Turkey, Israel, Germany, Spain, Egypt, South Africa, and Singapore.
EDUCATION:
Regents Scholar, Syracuse University.
M.D., Syracuse University College of Medicine, where his father also received his B.A. and M.D. degree
Dr. Burman is a Veteran of both World War II and the Korean conflict.
MEMBERSHIPS AND AFFILIATIONS:
- Sigma Alpha Mu Fraternity
- Nu Sigma Nu Medical Fraternity
- National Commisioner, Anti-Defamation League
- Board Member, AIPAC
- Member, Dean’s Committee on International Affairs, Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago
- Standard Club, Chicago
- Founder, Board Member, Secretary/Treasurer, American Academy of Phalloplasty Surgeons
- Board Member, Music in the Loft, Chicago
- Board Member, Highland Park Historical Society
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