Rudolph van Dam studied medicine in Groningen. In 1937 he sat for his medical finals. On 28 March 1941 he was awarded a PhD degree for his thesis about cerebellar gliomas. In July 1940 he received a one-year appointment as anatomist-curator of the pathology laboratory of the Groningen state university as the successor of E. Behr.
J.H. Coppenhagen, Anafiem Gedoe‘iem. Overleden joodse artsen uit Nederland 1940-1945 (Rotterdam 2000) 88
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