A Life Well Lived

About the Book

Every Family has a history. Few People know theirs. I thought it would be interesting, enlightening and fun to explore mine and make our family history available to my wife, my children, my grandchildren, close relatives and their future descendants.

About the Author

JOEL H. GOLDSTEIN IS A GRADUATE OF WILLIAMS COLLEGE AND THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE. AFTER SPENDING A YEAR DOING AN INTERNAL MEDICINE INTERNSHIP AT BOSTON CITY HOSPITAL, HE SPENT TWO YEARS AS A GENERAL MEDICAL OFFICER IN THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE, THEN THREE YEARS AS AN OPHTHLMOLOGY RESIDENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE. THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY 40 YEARS IN THE PRIVATE PRACTICE OF OPHTHALMOLOGY IN DENVER COLORADO. HE THEN WAS INVITED TO JOIN THE OPHTHALMOLOGY FACULTY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE WHERE HE IS CURRENTLY AN ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR. HE HAS BEEN HAPPILY MARRIED TO ELAINE (LANIE) GOLDSTEIN FOR OVER 60 YEARS AND IS THE PROUD FATHER OF THREE WONDERFUL CHILDREN AND EIGHT FABULOUS GRANDCHILDREN.