Emanuel Rubin

Emanuel Rubin (born December 5, 1928) is an American pathologist known for his contributions to the study of liver disease, cardiomyopathy and alcoholic tissue injury, and as the editor of Rubin’s Pathology, a medical textbook first published in 1988, now in its eighth edition.

Rubin obtained a B.S. degree from Villanova University in 1950, and an M.D. degree from Harvard Medical School in 1954. He served as an officer in the U.S. Navy from 1955 to 1957. Subsequently, he trained in pathology at the Mount Sinai Hospital from 1958 to 1962.

Rubin joined the attending staff ofMt. Sinai Hospital in 1962.  He was appointed Professor of Pathology in 1968, and Chairman of the Department in 1972, at Mt. Sinai School of Medicine.In 1977, he moved to Philadelphia, where he was Chairman of Pathology at Drexel University Medical School. In 1986, he transferred to the Jefferson Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University. In 2004, Rubin was named Distinguished Professor of Pathology, Anatomy and Cell Biology and Chairman Emeritus of the Department

Rubin has authored numerous original contributions in the fields of liver disease, cardiomyopathy and alcoholic tissue injury. His work has been based on clinical studies of patients, volunteers and laboratory investigations of the effects of alcohol on cells and organs. He is the founder and editor of Rubin’s Pathology, a textbook first published in 1988, now in its seventh edition.

• American Medical Writer’s Award for Best Medical Textbook of the Year, 1989
• Doctor Honoris Causa, University of Barcelona, Spain, 1994
• The F.K. Mostofi Distinguished Service Award of U.S.-Canadian Academy of Pathology, 1996
• Tom Kent Award of Group for Research in Pathology Education (GRIPE), 2001
• Distinguished Service Award, Association of Pathology Chairs, 2006
• Gold Medal Award, International Academy of Pathology, 2006
• Gold-headed Cane Award, American Society of Investigative Pathology, 2006
• Lifetime Achievement Award, Research Society on Alcoholism, 2015
• Robbins Distinguished Educator Award, 2018

• Advances in the biology of disease.  Rubin, E. and Damjanov. I., Eds., Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, Md., 1984.
• Alcohol and the cell, Rubin, E., Ed., Ann. NY Acad. Sci., New York, Vol. 492, 1987.
• Rubin's pathology, Editions 1-7, Lippincott-Williams and Wilkins, 1988-2015.
• Pathology reviews,1989, Rubin, E. and Damjanov, I., Eds., Humana Press, Clifton, N.J., 1989.
• Pathology: a study guide, Damjanov, I. and Rubin, E.: J.B. Lippincott Co.,  Philadelphia, Pa., 1990, 1995.
• Essentials of Rubin’S pathology, Editions 1-6, Lippincott-Williams and Wilkins, 1990-2014.
• Molecular and cellular mechanisms of alcohol and anesthetics. Rubin, E., Miller, K.W. and Roth, S.H., Eds., Ann. NY Acad. Sci., New York, Vol. 625, 1991.
• Review of pathology. Damjanov, I. and Rubin, E.: J.B. Lippincott Co., Philadelphia, Pa., 1994.
• Pathology study guide: learning objectives with short answers.  Damjanov, I., Fenderson B.A., Rubin, E. Eds., Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, 1997.
• Illustrated Q & A review of Rubin's pathology.  2nd ed., Fenderson, D.A., Strayer, D.S., Rubin, R. and Rubin, E., Lippincott-Williams and Wilkins, 2011.
• Principles of Rubin’s Pathology, 7th Ed., Rubin, E. and Reisner, H. Ed.,Lippincott-Williams and Wilkins, 2018.