-Dr. Sydney Gellis
Dr Sydney S. Gellis is Chairman Emeritus, Department of Pediatrics, Tufts University School of
Medicine. He graduated from Harvard Medical School in 1938, did an internship in pediatrics at Yale University School of Medicine, and was an assistant pediatric resident at Children's Hospital in Cincinnati, where he also did a research fellowship in neonatology. He then moved on to be chief resident in pediatrics at Johns Hopkins Hospital. After active duty in the US Army, he joined the faculty of Harvard Medical School, served as professor and chairman of the Department of Pediatrics of Boston University School of Medicine, and then professor and chairman of the Department of Pediatrics, Tufts University School of Medicine. He is also currently pediatrician-in-chief emeritus at New England Medical Center. He is a prolific author of 186 published medical articles and former editor of Current Pediatric Therapy andYearbook of Pediatrics. His awards include the prestigious John Howland Award from the American Pediatric Society and the Jacobi Award from the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Medical Association, as well as the Lifetime Achievement Award in Pediatric Education from the American Academy of Pediatrics.
