DR. ELLIOT D. WEITZMAN, EXPERT ON SLEEP, DIES – NYTimes.com
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Dr. Weitzman … joined the New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, of which the Institute of Chronobiology is part, last year.
Chronobiology is the study of the biological rhythms of life processes.
Previously, he had directed the Sleep-Wake Disorders Center, a diagnosis and treatment facility, at the Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx and was professor of neurology and neurosciences at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, also in the Bronx. Studied Night Workers
In 1961, he joined Einstein, becoming chairman of the department of neurology in 1971. He was named chief of the department of neurology at Montefiore in 1969. At Montefiore, Dr. Weitzman also directed the Laboratory for Human Chronophysiology, a research unit.
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http://www.nytimes.com/1983/06/16/obituaries/dr-elliot-d-weitzman-expert-on-sleep-dies.html