Professor of anatomy
Born and educated in Vienna, Bergmann attended the University of Vienna and graduated as Doctor of Medicine in 1932. From 1929 to 1931 he was demonstrator of anatomy and from 1931 to 1934 assistant at the department of anatomy of the University of Vienna. In the years 1934-1935 he was assistant pathologist at the National Medical College, Shanghai. Upon his return to Austria, Bergmann volunteered in internal wards of Vienna hospitals. In 1937 he opened his private practice as physician in Vienna. About a year later, following the Nazi persecutions, Bergmann immigrated to the USA.
From 1939 to 1943 he served as associate professor of anatomy. From 1943 to 1944 he was professor at Middlesex University School of Medicine (later Brandeis University), Waltheim, Massachusettes. Concurrently, from 1940 to 1944, he was guest researcher at Harvard University, Neurological Unit, Boston City Hospital. From 1944 to 1946 he was member of faculty at the New York University School of Medicine. From 1944 to 1950 he rose from instructor to assistant professor; in 1950 he became associate professor and finally in 1956 a full professor. From 1946 he was also professor of anatomy at the New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York.
L.L. Bergmann was a member of the American Association of Anatomysts; of the New York Academy of Sciences; of the Massachusettes Medical society; Sigma Xi; the American Alpine Club. Bergmann was author of articles on neuropathology, on Parkinson’s disease and other topics.