 He was also a prolific author of scientific papers, was involved with numerous medical charities and had a decades-long surgical career at Hammersmith Hospital, London.Goldman was born in London in 1938 to Carl and Berthe Goldman, both Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany.Although he was briefly detained as an enemy alien, Carl Goldman served in the British Army during World War II, and established a successful medical practice in London; he later treated famous individuals such as Elizabeth Taylor and Rex Reed.