Murray Feingold

Murray Feingold (July 20, 1930 – July 17, 2015) was an American pediatrician, geneticist, and founder of the Feingold Center for Children in Waltham, Massachusetts.

Early life and career

Feingold was born in Hazleton, Pennsylvania in 1930. He was a graduate of Jefferson Medical School (now Thomas Jefferson University) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He has served on the faculty of Tufts University School of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, and Boston University School of Medicine. He previously served as chief of the division of ambulatory services and chief of genetics and birth defects at Boston Floating Hospital for Children and director of genetics at Franciscan Children's Hospital and Rehabilitation Center. Feingold has been the medical editor at CBS Boston WBZ-TV and WBZ radio for 30 years. He died on July 17, 2015.

Publications

• Genetics and Birth Defects in Clinical Practice, a standard medical textbook, co-author.
• Normal values for selected physical parameters: an aid to syndrome delineation.

Feingold has written over 180 articles that have been published in the medical literature. He has described three genetic syndromes, one bearing his name, the Feingold Syndrome. He writes a weekly newspaper column entitled "Second Opinion: that appears in 80 newspapers. Feingold also has a daily medical feature on WBZ-CBS radio in Boston entitled "Medical MInute."