Bennett Lorber

[1] He served an internship (1968–69) and residency in internal medicine (1969–71) and was a Fellow in Infectious Diseases (1971–1973) at Temple University Hospital.

[5] In 1988 he was named the first recipient of the Thomas Durant Chair in Medicine, a position he held concurrently with that of professor of microbiology and immunology.

[10] He was an attending staff physician at Temple University Hospital and Chief of the Section of Infectious Diseases.

[3][11] During his teaching career Lorber received thirteen Golden Apple awards, conferred by the Temple chapter of the American Medical Student Association for a teacher's outstanding dedication, ability and zeal.

[12] He is the only two-time recipient of the Russell and Pearl Moses award for excellence in clinical teaching at Temple (1985, 1990).

In 2016 he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Anaerobe Society of the Americas at their biennial meeting held in Nashville.

[17] In an article published in 2015 he wrote that the visual intelligence required of an artist was useful in clinical work, especially in solving diagnostic challenges.

Portrait of Bennett Lorber by Randall Exon, 2014