Haim Ernst Wertheimer

Haim Ernst Wertheimer (; August 24, 1893 – March 23, 1978) was an Israeli biochemist.

Biography Wertheimer was born in Bühl, Germany in 1893 and studied in his native town and in Baden-Baden. He commenced studying medicine in 1912, initially in Berlin, Bonn and Kiel, before his studies were interrupted by World War I, where he served in a medical capacity in Flanders and Italy, and was awarded the Iron Cross, second class, and other decorations. Following the war, he completed his medical studies in Heidelberg University.

In 1920–21 Wertheimer worked as a doctor at Berlin's municipal orphanage, and subsequently received a position at the Institute for Physiology, University of Halle.

Awards In 1956, Wertheimer was awarded the Israel Prize, for medicine. In 1964, he received the Solomon Bublick Award of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. In 1964 he received the Banting Medal for Scientific Achievement Award.