One of the most influential physicians of his generation, Professor Sir Abraham Goldberg was remarkable for the breadth of his achievements, excelling as a clinician, a researcher, a teacher and an administrator.
Regius Professor of the Practice of Medicine in the University of Glasgow, 1978-89, and one-time chairman of the Committee on Safety of Medicines for the UK, Goldberg had an influence on the medical profession that extended from Glasgow’s hospitals throughout Britain and worldwide.
A world authority on porphyria (a disease which results from inherited enzyme deficiencies in the biochemical process) Goldberg was chairman of the Biomedical Research Committee of the Chief Scientist Office, Scottish Executive Health Department. He served too as chairman of the grants committee of the clinical research board of the