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Dr. Heimberg, captured by the Nazis, built renowned practice in Memphis
 
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Dr. Murray Heimberg, 98, sits in his home office in East Memphis. Dr. Heimberg has earned numerous military and academic awards and honors. (Houston Cofield/Special to The Daily Memphian)
 

Dr. Murray Heimberg, 98, sits in his home office in East Memphis. Dr. Heimberg has earned numerous military and academic awards and honors. (Houston Cofield/Special to The Daily Memphian)

He helped perfect the early science of lipids, the fats in the blood that cause high blood pressure and strokes. The clinic he started at the VA Medical Center in 1985 is busier than ever. 

 
 

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