[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.