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| Dr. Georges Halpern | ||
| gmhalpern@ellacheong.com |
Medical Consultant
Dr. Georges Halpern attended the
Sorbonne, then the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Paris where he
received his M.D. degree in 1964. He subsequently qualified in Nuclear
Medicine and was board certified in General Medicine, Internal Medicine and
Allergy & Clinical Immunology. In 1992 he received his Ph.D./D.Sc. degree
with highest honours and jury honours from the Faculty of Pharmacy,
University of Paris XI for his thesis on “Skin hyperreactivity and
Histamine”. Dr. Halpern practiced Internal Medicine, Allergy/Immunology in
Paris, served as an outside consultant for WHO and conducted research in
allergy, immunology, psychopharmacology, nutrition and public health.
After a Visiting Professorship and Research Scholarship at Stanford
University, Dr. Halpern was Adjunct Professor of Medicine at the University
of California at Davis, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of
Rheumatology, Allergy & Clinical Immunology, and Professor of Nutrition,
College of Agriculture & Environmental Sciences. He is currently Emeritus.
Dr. Halpern has published 17 books, 56 book chapters, 138 original papers
and hundreds of reviews and abstracts, and has lectured in 76 countries. He
held a part-time position (Pathology; Chinese Medicine; Pharmacology) at the
University of Hong Kong and is currently Distinguished Professor of
Pharmaceutical Sciences at the Polytechnic University of Hong Kong. Dr.
Halpern is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine (London) and of 26
other prestigious national, foreign and international academies and
scientific societies.
Dr. Halpern’s working languages are English, French and Italian.
Qualifications
MD (Medicine) University of Paris (France)
PhD / DSc (Hons) (Pharmacy) University of Paris XI (France)