Interview with Edward Dwyer, MD by Norma M.T. Braun, MD

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Interview with Edward Dwyer, MD by Norma M.T. Braun, MD

• August 29, 2017 (Creation)

1 DVD (1:30:56)

In an interview with cardiologist Edward Dwyer, MD, he describes his attraction to medicine as a youngster after listening to a weekly science program on the radio; his decision to attend Columbia University on a baseball scholarship, and staying at Colombia for medical school (College of Physicians and Surgeons class of ’57); changes in science and medical practice between the 1950s and 1960s, and the merger between Roosevelt and St. Luke’s Hospitals in 1979, as well as other details of his medical career and life.

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DVD was a DVD-R containing MP4 file; received and copied to Azure 11/13/2017. Video sent to MediaScribe for transcription 11/20/2017.

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