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This collection consists of interviews with physicians and staff of the Hospitals done in conjunction with the St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center Alumni Association. The interviews were carried out starting in 2017, but some of the additional materials included with the recordings date back to the 1990s. Additional materials include a transcript of the recordings, the curriculum vitae of the narrators, and occasionally other materials they wished to include in the documentation of their careers. The St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center joined the Mount Sinai Health System in 2013 and the hospitals were renamed Mount Sinai Morningside and Mount Sinai West.
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Native New Yorker Gerard M. Turino attended Princeton University, and then Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons (currently Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons) graduating with the Class of 1948. After graduating, he interned at Bellevue Hospital, where he became acquainted with Dr. André F. Cournand and Dr. Dickinson W. Richard. He considers this the most transforming time in his life. He served his residency at the Yale School of Medicine, during which time the Korean Conflict began. Turino fulfilled his war service obligation at the National Research Council (a part of the National Academy of Sciences), on a team researching the creation of a substitute for plasma. The team developed a product, Dextran, a plasma volume expander, which is still in use today. After the war, Turino became Chief Resident at Bellevue Hospital on the Columbia University service, and then completed a cardiopulmonary fellowship. However, circumstances made it a pulmonary fellowship that introduced him to alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency and eventually to chronic obstructive lung disease.
Dr. Turino came to St. Luke’s-Roosevelt in 1983 as the first chairperson of the newly merged Department of Medicine, leaving Columbia University where he was a Professor of Medicine in the Medical School and an Attending Physician in the Hospital. In 1998, he became the founding director of the James P. Mara Center for Lung Disease. The center has focused on lung matrix structure and cellular enzyme injury in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) including alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency (AATD) emphysema.
Dr. Turino was the first to hold the John H. Keating, Sr. Professor of Medicine chair at Columbia P&S. He has served in many professional organizations including being president of the New York Heart Association, and the American Thoracic Society and as founding chairperson of the COPD Foundation. He was a J. Burns Amberson Lecturer and received the Edward Livingston Trudeau Medal for Research, Teaching and Clinical Care from the American Thoracic Society. Throughout his career, he served as a consultant to the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute.
Dr. Norma Braun (neé Wang Mai Tsen) was born in Shanghai, China during the third Japanese invasion, before the World War II. Prior to the war her family was well off and very well educated. Both her grandfather and father spent time in American universities. Norma, however did not attend school until age 10, because of the war. In 1949, she, her mother and siblings relocated to Philadelphia. Norma, who desired to be a doctor from a young age, started medical school at Temple University but transferred to Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons (Class of 1963) after being offered a scholarship. She completed her internship and residency at Bellevue Hospital and began working at St. Luke’s Hospital in 1982, as a cardio-pulmonary fellow under A. Loomis Bell, MD, who ran the cardiopulmonary laboratory. Eventually she narrowed her specialty to pulmonary medicine, and continues to work in that area at St. Luke’s, now Mount Sinai Morningside.
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The interview topics include Dr. Turino’s childhood, college and medical school years, and the research he did after medical school (Class of 1948), in particular, his Korean War service working at the National Research Council where his team created Dextran, a substitute for plasma. He describes his fellowship experiences that started in a cardiopulmonary laboratory, to focus on cardio function, but led to studying lung function. Significant mentions include a fellowship with the NY Heart Association, and his time as an investigator for the City of New York. A collaboration with Ines Mandl, PhD, whose special interest is the elastic tissue of the body, led to investigating mechanisms of lung injury, and this lead to studying alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency, and desmosine and isodesmosine as biomarkers in COPD.
Dr. Turino relates how he established the James P. Mara Center for Lung Disease, how he became the first John H. Keating Professor of Medicine at the St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center (SLR), and his efforts to make SLR a top tier research hospital. He discusses several of the outstanding researchers he recruited to SLR, and his work with several professional organizations. Of particular interest are his accounts of fund raising with American Lung Association and his involvement with the start of promoting asthma research, as well as his current clinical trials with the hyaluronan as a potential therapy for alpha-1 antitrypsin patients.
He touches on family life, wife and children, and their directions in life early in the interview and his recreational choices later in the conversation. Dr. Braun asks his opinion on the merger of St. Luke’s and Roosevelt Hospitals, and his vision for the future of medical science.
Significant names or topics mentioned in the interview include: Dr. André Frédéric Cournand; Dr. Dickinson W. Richard; Alfred Fishman; Karl Meyer, MD, PhD; Ines Mandl, PhD; James P. Mara Center for Lung Disease; Jahar Bhattacharya MD, DPhil; Alan Rozanski, MD; David J. Volsky, PhD; Seymour Lieberman; Yong Y. Lin, PhD; AIDS/HIV; American Thoracic Society; Shuren Ma, PhD; hyaluronan; hyaluronic acid; Jerome Cantor; Matrix Therapeutics; Medical Science Institute; Dr. Arthur J. Antenucci.
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Dr. Norma Braun (neé Wang Mai Tsen) was born in Shanghai, China during the third Japanese invasion, before the World War II. Prior to the war her family was well off and very well educated. Both her grandfather and father spent time in American universities. Norma, however did not attend school until age 10, because of the war. In 1949, she, her mother and siblings relocated to Philadelphia. Norma, who desired to be a doctor from a young age, started medical school at Temple University but transferred to Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons (Class of 1963) after being offered a scholarship. She completed her internship and residency at Bellevue Hospital and began working at St. Luke’s Hospital in 1982, as a cardio-pulmonary fellow under A. Loomis Bell, MD, who ran the cardiopulmonary laboratory. Eventually she narrowed her specialty to pulmonary medicine, and continues to work in that area at St. Luke’s, now Mount Sinai Morningside.
Dr. VanItallie attended Harvard University and Columbia University's College of Physicians and Surgeons, completing his Internship and Residency at St. Luke's Hospital. He spent several years at Harvard's Peter Bent Brigham Hospital before returning to St. Luke's as Chief of Medicine (1957 to 1975). His main goal as Chief was to build not only a fine medical center by attracting the best and brightest in medicine, but an outstanding research medical center by affiliating with Columbia University and becoming a university hospital. His own research pursuits revolved around metabolic nutritional issues in obesity. In 1975 St. Luke's Hospital created the first National Institute of Health-funded obesity research center under Dr. VanItallie. Collaborating with Sami Hashim, MD, they were the first to discover and publish their research on the use of cholestyramine in the treatment of hypercholesterolemia and primary biliary cirrhosis in 1960. This was the first such drug developed to lower cholesterol. As of the time of this interview, Dr. VanItallie, age 98, is retired, but still working on a supplement he and Dr. Hashim developed which, in genetically modified Alzheimer's mice, has been shown to slow down and even halt or prevent Alzheimer's disease. It has FDA approval for clinical trials in humans if he can produce a better tasting product.
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Theodore B. VanItallie, MD spent the bulk of his medical career as Chief of Medicine at St. Luke’s Hospital Center (1957 to 1975). Dr. VanItallie discusses his early life and influences, his medical interests and mentors; his time as Chief of Medicine and his work towards bringing St. Luke’s up to full university hospital status and a research center affiliated with Columbia University, and how these plans were thwarted, in his opinion, by Hospital administration; his opinions on the merger of St. Luke’s and Roosevelt hospitals and the more recent merger of SL-R with Mount Sinai Medical Center; and conflicts between senior and junior Attendings. During his interview Dr. VanItallie mentions John H. Keating, Sr., MD, Sami A. Hashim, MD, Henry B. Guthrie, W. Henry Sebrell, Jr., MD, F. Xavier Pi-Sunyer, MD, Gerard M. Turino, MD, Solomon A. Berson, MD, Rosalyn Yalow, PhD, Nancy Kemeny, MD. Includes extended footage of informal conversation in VanItallie's home and Drs. Braun, VanItallie, and Hashim in the garden.
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Dr. George E. Green was born and raised in Brooklyn, NY. He attended Yale College and Yale Medical School. He returned to New York to intern at Bellevue Hospital and complete a residency at Saint Vincent's Hospital and the Veterans Administration Hospital. He also completed a residency in thoracic and cardiovascular surgery at New York University Medical Center. Green began working with microsurgery techniques while working with Dr. Max Sones at Beth Israel Medical Center. Dr. Sones was looking for a better solution to the reconstruction of the esophagus post cancer treatment. In order to improve on the technique, Green introduced himself to Julius H. Jacobson, MD who was newly arrived at Mount Sinai Medical Center, and was the first American to publish about using a surgical microscope to anastomose the smallest blood vessels. Green was given access to Jacobson's lab to practice the same procedure. In 1965, while presenting a paper on these procedures, Green met Donald B. Effler, MD, of the Cleveland Clinic, who was lecturing on the Vineberg Procedure, which was named for Arthur M. Vineberg, MD, who successfully used the internal thoracic, or mammary, artery, to tunnel it into the heart muscle to establish collateral circulation to the coronary vessels. This meeting produced many trips to the Cleveland Clinic for Green, collaborating with their physicians which eventually led to Green performing the ITA bypass procedure on a person. In 1970 Dr. Green was hired to establish St. Luke's Hospital cardiac surgery program, and by 1982 St. Luke's was doing approximately 1800 cases a year, which was the biggest program in the state. In 1986 his work was verified by Dr. Airlie Cameron, who conducted a fifteen-year follow-up study of the coronary artery bypass surgery and presented documentation of improved survival rates with the internal thoracic artery compared with the saphenous vein bypass. The first of its kind, the study was published in 1986, with a 20-year follow-up study is published in 1995.
Dr. Norma Braun (neé Wang Mai Tsen) was born in Shanghai, China during the third Japanese invasion, before the World War II. Prior to the war her family was well off and very well educated. Both her grandfather and father spent time in American universities. Norma, however did not attend school until age 10, because of the war. In 1949, she, her mother and siblings relocated to Philadelphia. Norma, who desired to be a doctor from a young age, started medical school at Temple University but transferred to Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons (Class of 1963) after being offered a scholarship. She completed her internship and residency at Bellevue Hospital and began working at St. Luke’s Hospital in 1982, as a cardio-pulmonary fellow under A. Loomis Bell, MD, who ran the cardiopulmonary laboratory. Eventually she narrowed her specialty to pulmonary medicine, and continues to work in that area at St. Luke’s, now Mount Sinai Morningside.
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Dr. George E. Green is an innovator in the application of micro-suture techniques to coronary artery surgery. He is also the first American surgeon to perform a left coronary artery bypass graft using the internal thoracic artery sutured to the left anterior descending coronary artery to bypass obstruction to the heart circulation. He developed these techniques in 1968, and in 1970 brought them to St. Luke’s Hospital to establish a cardiac surgery program that by 1982 was seeing approximately 1,800 cases a year - the biggest program in the state.
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Dr. Norma Braun (neé Wang Mai Tsen) was born in Shanghai, China during the third Japanese invasion, before the World War II. Prior to the war her family was well off and very well educated. Both her grandfather and father spent time in American universities. Norma, however did not attend school until age 10, because of the war. In 1949, she, her mother and siblings relocated to Philadelphia. Norma, who desired to be a doctor from a young age, started medical school at Temple University but transferred to Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons (Class of 1963) after being offered a scholarship. She completed her internship and residency at Bellevue Hospital and began working at St. Luke’s Hospital in 1982, as a cardio-pulmonary fellow under A. Loomis Bell, MD, who ran the cardiopulmonary laboratory. Eventually she narrowed her specialty to pulmonary medicine, and continues to work in that area at St. Luke’s, now Mount Sinai Morningside.
Peter R. Holt, MD was born into a Jewish German family in Berlin, Germany and left in 1939, with his parents, shortly after Kristallnacht. The family relocated to England, where he pursued medical studies at The London Hospital Medical College and following an internship at The London, two years in the Royal Army Medical Corps. He came to the United States to pursue additional medical studies, being accepted for a residency at St. Luke’s Hospital, and later a research fellowship in Gastroenterology at the Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School. He was invited to establish the Department of Gastroenterology at St. Luke's Hospital, later St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center, where he trained over 100 gastroenterologists. In 2000 he resigned from St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center to pursue clinical translational research interests. For the past decade, he has been a Senior Research Scientist at The Rockefeller University using its nutritional and metabolic facilities to conduct translational human studies in cancer prevention.
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Peter R. Holt, MD, is the physician responsible for establishing the Department of Gastroenterology at St. Luke’s Hospital, and served as its Chief from 1962-2000. In this interview he briefly mentions his childhood in Berlin, Germany and England during WWII, his decision to further his medical studies in the US, finding his way to St. Luke’s Hospital almost accidently. He discusses his fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, his early research, moving into gastroenterology, and his return to St. Luke’s. He touches on the general culture of St. Luke’s in the 1960s-1970s, for example encouraging nursing staff to join patient rounds, the hospital mergers under Continuum Health Partners, his eventual decision to leave St. Luke’s, and the positions he has held at the American Health Foundation, The Strang Cancer Prevention Center, and his current post at the Rockefeller University. He mentions interactions with the following colleagues: G. Jarvis Coffin, MD; Robert B. Case, MD; Richard N. Pierson, MD; John H. Keating, Sr., MD; Theodore B. VanItallie, MD; Kurt J. Isselbacher, MD; Charles A. Flood MD; Miles J. Schwartz, MD; Richard S. McCray, MD; David Chalfin, MD, PhD; Steven Mezey, MD; Stanley E. Bradley, MD; Norton Rosenzweig, MD; Steven Moss, MD; Albert Attia, MD; and Harry A. Roselle, MD.
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Dr. Norma Braun (neé Wang Mai Tsen) was born in Shanghai, China during the third Japanese invasion, before the World War II. Prior to the war her family was well off and very well educated. Both her grandfather and father spent time in American universities. Norma, however did not attend school until age 10, because of the war. In 1949, she, her mother and siblings relocated to Philadelphia. Norma, who desired to be a doctor from a young age, started medical school at Temple University but transferred to Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons (Class of 1963) after being offered a scholarship. She completed her internship and residency at Bellevue Hospital and began working at St. Luke’s Hospital in 1982, as a cardio-pulmonary fellow under A. Loomis Bell, MD, who ran the cardiopulmonary laboratory. Eventually she narrowed her specialty to pulmonary medicine, and continues to work in that area at St. Luke’s, now Mount Sinai Morningside.
Born and raised just south of Beirut, Lebanon, Dr. Sami Hashim attended an American-based high school and completed his BA at the American University of Beirut. Originally working towards a PhD in biochemistry, a meeting with an American professor from the University of Buffalo (New York) redirected him to medical school there. Hashim completed his internship, residency, and research fellowship in nutrition at Harvard University while working at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, where he met Dr. Theodore VanItallie. A few years later Dr. VanItallie became Chief of Medicine at St. Luke’s Hospital in New York, and invited Dr. Hashim to join St. Luke’s staff where he rose to the position of Director of the Division of Metabolism and Nutrition in the Department of Medicine. Dr. Hashim’s research into lipid metabolism led to the development of MCT (Medium Chain Triglycerides) as a supplement to infant formula for premature babies and as the basis for a drug to treat Alzheimer’s disease, among other applications. Collaborating with Dr. VanItallie, they developed cholestyramine, the first cholesterol lowering medication. Both doctors, though retired from Hospital service, continue their research ventures and currently are collaborating on is a new treatment for Alzheimer’s disease.
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Dr. Sami Hashim discusses his education and career development, his research on lipid metabolism and its derivatives, the ketogenic diet, the development of MCT (Medium Chain Triglycerides) which today has in many nutritional and medicinal applications and his collaboration with Dr. Theodore VanItallie which produced cholestyramine, the first cholesterol lowering medication. Dr. Hashim remarks on his family life and children, his hobbies, and his acquaintances with the Royal family in Kuwait and meeting the former President of Algeria, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt, Nobel Laureate Linus Pawling, IRA member Bobby Sands, and Arctic Explorer Vilhjalmur Stefansson.
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Dr. Axelrod was born and raised in Massachusetts, where her father was a general practice physician. Her interest in medicine grew from his influence, as she joined him in making house calls as a young girl, and enjoyed reading through his medical textbooks, finding her interest drawn to the chapters on microbiology, and bacteriology and immunology. She was pre-med at Wellesley College, where she was encouraged to pursue medical school by her Dean. She graduated from Cornell University Medical College, and spent a year of residency at Montefiore Hospital, transferring to Mount Sinai for the second year and Fellowship training (1969-1972). She was hired by Dr. Theodore VanItallie for the Infectious Disease Division of the St. Luke's Hospital Department of Medicine at the end of her fellowship, and was the head of the unit between 1976 and 1980.
Dr. Norma Braun (neé Wang Mai Tsen) was born in Shanghai, China during the third Japanese invasion, before the World War II. Prior to the war her family was well off and very well educated. Both her grandfather and father spent time in American universities. Norma, however did not attend school until age 10, because of the war. In 1949, she, her mother and siblings relocated to Philadelphia. Norma, who desired to be a doctor from a young age, started medical school at Temple University but transferred to Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons (Class of 1963) after being offered a scholarship. She completed her internship and residency at Bellevue Hospital and began working at St. Luke’s Hospital in 1982, as a cardio-pulmonary fellow under A. Loomis Bell, MD, who ran the cardiopulmonary laboratory. Eventually she narrowed her specialty to pulmonary medicine, and continues to work in that area at St. Luke’s, now Mount Sinai Morningside.
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Judith L. Axelrod, MD is on the staff of the Division of Infectious Diseases of Department of Medicine at St. Luke’s Hospital. She speaks about her early influences, her training, professional relationships, her experience as a woman working in medicine in the 1970s through the 2000s, and how her work meshed with her family life. Dr. Axelrod also discusses the beginnings of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. During her interview, Dr. Axelrod speaks about Donna Mildvan, MD, Arthur Ashe, John Hutchinson, MD, Solomon A. Berson, MD, Theodore B. VanItallie, MD, Michael H. Grieco, MD., Jeanne Baer, MD, Airlie Cameron, MD, and Sami A. Hashim, MD.
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Dr. Stanley Cortell came to the St. Luke’s Hospital Center as the Division of Nephrology Chief in 1975. Between 1979 and 1983 he also served as the Director of the Medical Service there. He stayed at St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center through its merger with Mount Sinai Medical Center, retiring in 2014. He was born in Boston, MA, attended public schools and then studied metallurgy at MIT with the intent to follow his father into the jewelry business. His professional goals changed to medicine when he spent a summer working as an orderly at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital. He changed his major to Quantitative Biology to prepare for medical school, attended Tuffs Medical School. He dabbled in several specialties before settling in nephrology, and practiced in the New England Medical Center Hospitals before relocating to New York.
Dr. Norma Braun (neé Wang Mai Tsen) was born in Shanghai, China during the third Japanese invasion, before the World War II. Prior to the war her family was well off and very well educated. Both her grandfather and father spent time in American universities. Norma, however did not attend school until age 10, because of the war. In 1949, she, her mother and siblings relocated to Philadelphia. Norma, who desired to be a doctor from a young age, started medical school at Temple University but transferred to Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons (Class of 1963) after being offered a scholarship. She completed her internship and residency at Bellevue Hospital and began working at St. Luke’s Hospital in 1982, as a cardio-pulmonary fellow under A. Loomis Bell, MD, who ran the cardiopulmonary laboratory. Eventually she narrowed her specialty to pulmonary medicine, and continues to work in that area at St. Luke’s, now Mount Sinai Morningside.
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Nephrologist Dr. Stanley Cortell relates stories of his life and career, his early years, his educational goals, changes in clinical focus, and his career at St. Luke's Hospital.
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Dr. Stanley Cortell came to the St. Luke’s Hospital Center as the Division of Nephrology Chief in 1975. Between 1979 and 1983 he also served as the Director of the Medical Service there. He stayed at St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center through its merger with Mount Sinai Medical Center, retiring in 2014. He was born in Boston, MA, attended public schools and then studied metallurgy at MIT with the intent to follow his father into the jewelry business. His professional goals changed to medicine when he spent a summer working as an orderly at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital. He changed his major to Quantitative Biology to prepare for medical school, attended Tuffs Medical School. He dabbled in several specialties before settling in nephrology, and practiced in the New England Medical Center Hospitals before relocating to New York.
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Jane Lattes is Director of Volunteer Services at the Morgan Library and Museum in New York City. She was married to Conrad Lattes, who was a surgeon and Director of the Renal Transplantation Service at St. Luke’s Hospital Center.
Dr. Norma Braun (neé Wang Mai Tsen) was born in Shanghai, China during the third Japanese invasion, before the World War II. Prior to the war her family was well off and very well educated. Both her grandfather and father spent time in American universities. Norma, however did not attend school until age 10, because of the war. In 1949, she, her mother and siblings relocated to Philadelphia. Norma, who desired to be a doctor from a young age, started medical school at Temple University but transferred to Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons (Class of 1963) after being offered a scholarship. She completed her internship and residency at Bellevue Hospital and began working at St. Luke’s Hospital in 1982, as a cardio-pulmonary fellow under A. Loomis Bell, MD, who ran the cardiopulmonary laboratory. Eventually she narrowed her specialty to pulmonary medicine, and continues to work in that area at St. Luke’s, now Mount Sinai Morningside.
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This interview is with Jane Lattes, wife of the late surgeon, Dr. Conrad Lattes, who relates stories about Conrad’s birth in Torino, Italy, and how he came to the U.S. with his father, Raffaele Lattes, who became head of surgical pathology for many years at Columbia, in either 1940 or 1941. She adds some additional information on Raffaele, and how his family were physicians going many years back. She then continues to tell the story of how she and Conrad met at Swarthmore College, how he choose a medical specialty and his early days at a physician and how his career progressed at St. Luke’s. She adds some facts about their children and her current life and husband.
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Albert Lawrence Attia, MD is a gastroenterologist who studied at Columbia University's College of Physicians and Surgeons and completed his internship/residency at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center where he continues to practice, following in his father Albert's footsteps.
Syrian born Dr. Hassan Khouli is the Chief of the Critical Care Section at Mount Sinai St. Luke’s (now Mount Sinai Morningside) and Mount Sinai West, a Professor of Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, and the Director for Center for Advanced Medical Simulation at Mount Sinai West and Mount Sinai St. Luke’s.
Dr. Ira S. Meisels, MD is a nationally recognized expert in Nephrology and Dialysis, specializing in adult nephrology. He graduated from Yale School of Medicine in 1990 and is a Professor of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and is affiliated with Mount Sinai West, The Mount Sinai Hospital, and Mount Sinai Morningside.
Dr. Norma Braun (neé Wang Mai Tsen) was born in Shanghai, China during the third Japanese invasion, before the World War II. Prior to the war her family was well off and very well educated. Both her grandfather and father spent time in American universities. Norma, however did not attend school until age 10, because of the war. In 1949, she, her mother and siblings relocated to Philadelphia. Norma, who desired to be a doctor from a young age, started medical school at Temple University but transferred to Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons (Class of 1963) after being offered a scholarship. She completed her internship and residency at Bellevue Hospital and began working at St. Luke’s Hospital in 1982, as a cardio-pulmonary fellow under A. Loomis Bell, MD, who ran the cardiopulmonary laboratory. Eventually she narrowed her specialty to pulmonary medicine, and continues to work in that area at St. Luke’s, now Mount Sinai Morningside.
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Interview is with Lawrence Attia, MD, Hassan Khouli, MD, Ira Meisels, MD, and Norma M.T. Braun, MD who share reminisces about the late James Jones, MD, a Mount Sinai West (formerly Roosevelt Hospital) a beloved physician and administrator who died suddenly in December 2016.
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Native New Yorker C. Redington Barrett, (“Rud”) was raised on the Upper Eastside and in Greenwich, CT, graduated from Yale University (1955) and studied medicine at Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons. Rud spent his entire career at St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center, retiring in 2005 after serving as Acting Head of Pulmonology. He was also Director of the hospital’s critical care units. He pioneered fiber optic bronchoscopy procedures at St. Luke’s. He was devoted to medical research throughout his career, directing AIDS and breathing studies. He enjoyed teaching medical students and was known to be calm and empathetic with the families of his patients. https://www.eatonfuneralhomes.com/obituary/DrCRedington-BarrettJr
Dr. Norma Braun (neé Wang Mai Tsen) was born in Shanghai, China during the third Japanese invasion, before the World War II. Prior to the war her family was well off and very well educated. Both her grandfather and father spent time in American universities. Norma, however did not attend school until age 10, because of the war. In 1949, she, her mother and siblings relocated to Philadelphia. Norma, who desired to be a doctor from a young age, started medical school at Temple University but transferred to Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons (Class of 1963) after being offered a scholarship. She completed her internship and residency at Bellevue Hospital and began working at St. Luke’s Hospital in 1982, as a cardio-pulmonary fellow under A. Loomis Bell, MD, who ran the cardiopulmonary laboratory. Eventually she narrowed her specialty to pulmonary medicine, and continues to work in that area at St. Luke’s, now Mount Sinai Morningside.
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Dr. Barrett relates details of his early years, educational choices and his career as former Chief of the Pulmonary Division at at St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center.
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Donna M Mendes, MD is a nationally and internationally recognized vascular surgeon. A 1977 graduate of Columbia University’s College of Physicians & Surgeons, she continued training at Mount Sinai St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center where she has practiced since 1984. Drawn to vascular surgery during the very early development of that field, she is the first black woman to board certified by the American Board of Surgery in vascular surgery. Dr. Mendes was also the first Chief of Vascular Surgery at Mount Sinai St. Luke’s (1992-1998), is very active in professional associations, and mentoring young women interested in pursuing a career in surgery.
Dr. Norma Braun (neé Wang Mai Tsen) was born in Shanghai, China during the third Japanese invasion, before the World War II. Prior to the war her family was well off and very well educated. Both her grandfather and father spent time in American universities. Norma, however did not attend school until age 10, because of the war. In 1949, she, her mother and siblings relocated to Philadelphia. Norma, who desired to be a doctor from a young age, started medical school at Temple University but transferred to Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons (Class of 1963) after being offered a scholarship. She completed her internship and residency at Bellevue Hospital and began working at St. Luke’s Hospital in 1982, as a cardio-pulmonary fellow under A. Loomis Bell, MD, who ran the cardiopulmonary laboratory. Eventually she narrowed her specialty to pulmonary medicine, and continues to work in that area at St. Luke’s, now Mount Sinai Morningside.
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Dr. Mendes shares stories from her career as a vascular surgeon, mentioning her early years, educational and training choices, her clinical research on venous disease in African Americans, and her time at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center
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Virginia Helen Kanick was born in Coaldale, PA, and moved with her family to Richmond, VA as a child. She relocated to NYC to attend Barnard College where she graduated Summa Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa in 1947. She studied medicine at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. After medical school, she interned at Case Western Reserve and became a resident in radiology from 1952-55, at St. Luke's Hospital. Over her career at St. Luke's, she became an attending radiologist, the Deputy Director and Director of Radiology, the President of the Medical Board of St. Luke's - Roosevelt Hospital, and Clinical Professor of Radiology at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. Along the way, she published dozens of peer reviewed articles in medical journals, became a fellow of numerous medical societies, served on the Advisory Committee for Medical Devices at the Food and Drug Administration, and became a Director of the New York State Radiology Society and the New York County Medical Society.
Dr. Norma Braun (neé Wang Mai Tsen) was born in Shanghai, China during the third Japanese invasion, before the World War II. Prior to the war her family was well off and very well educated. Both her grandfather and father spent time in American universities. Norma, however did not attend school until age 10, because of the war. In 1949, she, her mother and siblings relocated to Philadelphia. Norma, who desired to be a doctor from a young age, started medical school at Temple University but transferred to Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons (Class of 1963) after being offered a scholarship. She completed her internship and residency at Bellevue Hospital and began working at St. Luke’s Hospital in 1982, as a cardio-pulmonary fellow under A. Loomis Bell, MD, who ran the cardiopulmonary laboratory. Eventually she narrowed her specialty to pulmonary medicine, and continues to work in that area at St. Luke’s, now Mount Sinai Morningside.
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Dr. Kanick relates stories of her life from childhood in the South to educational and training choices at Columbia University's College of Physicians and Surgeons to her work at St. Luke's Hospital Center, mentioning her involvement, as the first woman president of the hospital's Medical Board, in the merger of St. Luke's and Roosevelt Hospitals in 1979.
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Syrian born Dr. Hassan Khouli is the Chief of the Critical Care Section at Mount Sinai St. Luke’s (now Mount Sinai Morningside) and Mount Sinai West, a Professor of Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, and the Director for Center for Advanced Medical Simulation at Mount Sinai West and Mount Sinai St. Luke’s.
Dr. Norma Braun (neé Wang Mai Tsen) was born in Shanghai, China during the third Japanese invasion, before the World War II. Prior to the war her family was well off and very well educated. Both her grandfather and father spent time in American universities. Norma, however did not attend school until age 10, because of the war. In 1949, she, her mother and siblings relocated to Philadelphia. Norma, who desired to be a doctor from a young age, started medical school at Temple University but transferred to Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons (Class of 1963) after being offered a scholarship. She completed her internship and residency at Bellevue Hospital and began working at St. Luke’s Hospital in 1982, as a cardio-pulmonary fellow under A. Loomis Bell, MD, who ran the cardiopulmonary laboratory. Eventually she narrowed her specialty to pulmonary medicine, and continues to work in that area at St. Luke’s, now Mount Sinai Morningside.
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In this interview, Dr. Hassan Khouli discusses his childhood in Syria, and immigration to the U.S. circa 1998 to continue to study medicine and develop his skills through several fellowships, which eventually brought him to Mount Sinai St. Luke’s. He discusses the various stages of study and the development of his interest in critical care and simulation medicine, as well as working at St. Luke’s, and more personal topics such as his family and hobbies.
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Dr. Xavier Pi-Sunyer is an endocrinologist and Professor of Medicine at Columbia University and Co-Director of the Nutritional Obesity Research Center. He was born in Spain, but spent his formative years France, Mexico, and the US. He studied medicine at Columbia University's College of Physicians and Surgeons (Class of 1959) and took his internship/residency at the former St. Luke’s Hospital. He was introduced to endocrinology at an exchange program at St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, London, England. Returning to the US, Pi-Sunyer pursued a degree in public health at Harvard University as well as a fellowship in endocrinology at Boston City Hospital. He was invited to return to St. Luke’s to help establish the Endocrine Division and to establish research laboratories for nutrition and metabolic research where the team carried out various grant-funded research projects, the most significant of which uncovered the hormone leptin. Dr. Pi-Sunyer left St. Luke’s Hospital Center in 2015 for the above mentioned positions, and as of 2017 was working on two large studies concerning diabetes prevention and heart disease prevention in diabetic patients.
Dr. Norma Braun (neé Wang Mai Tsen) was born in Shanghai, China during the third Japanese invasion, before the World War II. Prior to the war her family was well off and very well educated. Both her grandfather and father spent time in American universities. Norma, however did not attend school until age 10, because of the war. In 1949, she, her mother and siblings relocated to Philadelphia. Norma, who desired to be a doctor from a young age, started medical school at Temple University but transferred to Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons (Class of 1963) after being offered a scholarship. She completed her internship and residency at Bellevue Hospital and began working at St. Luke’s Hospital in 1982, as a cardio-pulmonary fellow under A. Loomis Bell, MD, who ran the cardiopulmonary laboratory. Eventually she narrowed her specialty to pulmonary medicine, and continues to work in that area at St. Luke’s, now Mount Sinai Morningside.
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At the time of this interview, Dr. Xavier Pi-Sunyer was a Professor of Medicine at Columbia University and Co-Director of the Nutritional Obesity Research Center. Dr. Pi-Sunyer discusses his formative years in Spain, France, Mexico, and finally the US. He highlights his internship/residency at the former St. Luke’s Hospital; introduction to endocrinology at St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, London, England, continued training in public health at Harvard University and his return to St. Luke’s, via Nigeria and Boston, where he became acquainted with Dr. Theodore Van Itallie. Dr. Van Itallie drew him back to New York to help establish the Endocrine Division and research laboratories for nutrition and metabolic research where the team carried out various grant-funded research projects. The most significant the discovery out of which is the hormone leptin. Dr. Pi-Sunyer also provides information on his own family, hobbies and interests, and comments on the mergers of St. Luke’s with Roosevelt Hospital and later the Continuum Health Partners.
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Dr. Norma Braun (neé Wang Mai Tsen) was born in Shanghai, China during the third Japanese invasion, before the World War II. Prior to the war her family was well off and very well educated. Both her grandfather and father spent time in American universities. Norma, however did not attend school until age 10, because of the war. In 1949, she, her mother and siblings relocated to Philadelphia. Norma, who desired to be a doctor from a young age, started medical school at Temple University but transferred to Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons (Class of 1963) after being offered a scholarship. She completed her internship and residency at Bellevue Hospital and began working at St. Luke’s Hospital in 1982, as a cardio-pulmonary fellow under A. Loomis Bell, MD, who ran the cardiopulmonary laboratory. Eventually she narrowed her specialty to pulmonary medicine, and continues to work in that area at St. Luke’s, now Mount Sinai Morningside.
Nancy Mary Panella, worked as the medical librarian at St. Luke’s Hospital Center from 1970 to 2010, when she moved into the position of Archivist for the historical collections (2010-2016). She was born and raised in New Jersey, graduated from the College of St. Elizabeth’s with a degree in Nutrition/ General Science, earned a Masters in Library Service from Catholic University, and a Doctorate in Library Service from Columbia. She was known for setting up the periodical room in the Bolling Library, which was dedicated to her, and for organizing the library to be very user friendly to all the staff. She was the first non-MD admitted to the Alumni Society of St. Luke’s Hospital.
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Nancy Mary Panella, served as the medical librarian at St. Luke’s Hospital Center from 1970 to 2010, when she moved into the position of Archivist for the historical collections (2010-2016). In this interview she discusses her background and fields of study leading to a Doctorate in Library Services, her coming to work at St Luke's Hospital and her feelings about the Hospital. She relays several stories about interacting with staff, and mentions the development of the library, and particularly the historical collections, and being honored with being the first non-MD to be welcomed in to the Alumni Society of St. Luke's Hospital, and having the periodical room named in her honor.
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Dr. George Dermksian was an internist and cardiologist at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center (Mount Sinai Morningside).
Dr. Norma Braun (neé Wang Mai Tsen) was born in Shanghai, China during the third Japanese invasion, before the World War II. Prior to the war her family was well off and very well educated. Both her grandfather and father spent time in American universities. Norma, however did not attend school until age 10, because of the war. In 1949, she, her mother and siblings relocated to Philadelphia. Norma, who desired to be a doctor from a young age, started medical school at Temple University but transferred to Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons (Class of 1963) after being offered a scholarship. She completed her internship and residency at Bellevue Hospital and began working at St. Luke’s Hospital in 1982, as a cardio-pulmonary fellow under A. Loomis Bell, MD, who ran the cardiopulmonary laboratory. Eventually she narrowed her specialty to pulmonary medicine, and continues to work in that area at St. Luke’s, now Mount Sinai Morningside.
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In this oral history interview, native New Yorker George Dermksian touches on his childhood background, college and medical training and continued training under Dr. John Keating at St. Luke’s Hospital. That was a time of significant changes in the hospital training program and the healthcare insurance industry and he has some interesting observations about both. He also provides some interesting background details on everyday life at the hospital, and about how he came to choose cardiology as a specialty.
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Dr. Linda Lewis, a neurologist at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center Dr. Lewis trained at St. Luke's Hospital Center where she was first female president of the house staff and where she met and later married the late Mr. Gary Gambuti, who was in leadership roles at Roosevelt Hospital from the 1960s, serving as President of St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center between 1979 and 1996 when he retired.
Dr. Norma Braun (neé Wang Mai Tsen) was born in Shanghai, China during the third Japanese invasion, before the World War II. Prior to the war her family was well off and very well educated. Both her grandfather and father spent time in American universities. Norma, however did not attend school until age 10, because of the war. In 1949, she, her mother and siblings relocated to Philadelphia. Norma, who desired to be a doctor from a young age, started medical school at Temple University but transferred to Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons (Class of 1963) after being offered a scholarship. She completed her internship and residency at Bellevue Hospital and began working at St. Luke’s Hospital in 1982, as a cardio-pulmonary fellow under A. Loomis Bell, MD, who ran the cardiopulmonary laboratory. Eventually she narrowed her specialty to pulmonary medicine, and continues to work in that area at St. Luke’s, now Mount Sinai Morningside.
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Dr. Linda Lewis, a neurologist at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center discusses her life, educational choices, and career, as well as her husband’s, Gary Gambuti. Dr. Lewis trained at St. Luke's Hospital Center where she was first female president of the house staff and where she met and later married the late Mr. Gambuti, who was in leadership roles at Roosevelt Hospital from the 1960s, serving as President of St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center between 1979 and 1996 when he retired.
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Dr. Linda Lewis, a neurologist at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center Dr. Lewis trained at St. Luke's Hospital Center where she was first female president of the house staff and where she met and later married the late Mr. Gary Gambuti, who was in leadership roles at Roosevelt Hospital from the 1960s, serving as President of St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center between 1979 and 1996 when he retired.
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Dr. Lawrence Scharer, a native New Yorker, is a Clinical Professor of Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai, and also Senior Attending Physician at Mount Sinai St. Luke’s/West Hospital System. He studied medicine at Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons. He completed his residency at Bellevue Hospital and was a chief resident there, and then spent two years at the University of California at San Francisco, where he did the first year of pulmonary fellowship. Eventually he returned to NY and to the former Roosevelt Hospital (Mount Sinai West), where he continues to practice.
Dr. Norma Braun (neé Wang Mai Tsen) was born in Shanghai, China during the third Japanese invasion, before the World War II. Prior to the war her family was well off and very well educated. Both her grandfather and father spent time in American universities. Norma, however did not attend school until age 10, because of the war. In 1949, she, her mother and siblings relocated to Philadelphia. Norma, who desired to be a doctor from a young age, started medical school at Temple University but transferred to Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons (Class of 1963) after being offered a scholarship. She completed her internship and residency at Bellevue Hospital and began working at St. Luke’s Hospital in 1982, as a cardio-pulmonary fellow under A. Loomis Bell, MD, who ran the cardiopulmonary laboratory. Eventually she narrowed her specialty to pulmonary medicine, and continues to work in that area at St. Luke’s, now Mount Sinai Morningside.
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Dr. Lawrence Scharer, a pulmonary specialist, discuss his life and career with Dr. Norma Braun. He describes his upbringing in the Bronx, his education at Columbia University and the College of Physicians and Surgeons and his career at Roosevelt Hospital (now Mount Sinai West). He also touches on his family life, and his time as a Captain in the Army Medical Corps, stationed in Seoul, S. Korea.
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Dr. Lawrence Scharer, a native New Yorker, is a Clinical Professor of Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai, and also Senior Attending Physician at Mount Sinai St. Luke’s/West Hospital System. He studied medicine at Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons. He completed his residency at Bellevue Hospital and was a chief resident there, and then spent two years at the University of California at San Francisco, where he did the first year of pulmonary fellowship. Eventually he returned to NY and to the former Roosevelt Hospital (Mount Sinai West), where he continues to practice.
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Edward Dwyer, MD, is a cardiologist who attended Columbia University on a baseball scholarship, and stayed at Colombia for medical school (College of Physicians and Surgeons, Class of ’57).
Dr. Norma Braun (neé Wang Mai Tsen) was born in Shanghai, China during the third Japanese invasion, before the World War II. Prior to the war her family was well off and very well educated. Both her grandfather and father spent time in American universities. Norma, however did not attend school until age 10, because of the war. In 1949, she, her mother and siblings relocated to Philadelphia. Norma, who desired to be a doctor from a young age, started medical school at Temple University but transferred to Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons (Class of 1963) after being offered a scholarship. She completed her internship and residency at Bellevue Hospital and began working at St. Luke’s Hospital in 1982, as a cardio-pulmonary fellow under A. Loomis Bell, MD, who ran the cardiopulmonary laboratory. Eventually she narrowed her specialty to pulmonary medicine, and continues to work in that area at St. Luke’s, now Mount Sinai Morningside.
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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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Dr. Ennio Gallozzi, was an anesthesiologist who was born, raised, and trained in Rome, Italy. He came to study in the US in 1958 and continue training at St. Luke’s as a resident in anesthesiology, eventually spending 44 years working at the hospital.
Dr. Norma Braun (neé Wang Mai Tsen) was born in Shanghai, China during the third Japanese invasion, before the World War II. Prior to the war her family was well off and very well educated. Both her grandfather and father spent time in American universities. Norma, however did not attend school until age 10, because of the war. In 1949, she, her mother and siblings relocated to Philadelphia. Norma, who desired to be a doctor from a young age, started medical school at Temple University but transferred to Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons (Class of 1963) after being offered a scholarship. She completed her internship and residency at Bellevue Hospital and began working at St. Luke’s Hospital in 1982, as a cardio-pulmonary fellow under A. Loomis Bell, MD, who ran the cardiopulmonary laboratory. Eventually she narrowed her specialty to pulmonary medicine, and continues to work in that area at St. Luke’s, now Mount Sinai Morningside.
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Dr. Ennio Gallozzi, an anesthesiologist who was born, raised, and trained in Rome, Italy, discusses his life, and how he came to study in the US and continue training at St. Luke’s as a resident in anesthesiology, eventually spending 44 years at the hospital. He mentions life growing up under Mussolini, and the devastation WWII wrought on Rome, and includes stories about colleagues and family life.
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Dr. Norma Braun (neé Wang Mai Tsen) was born in Shanghai, China during the third Japanese invasion, before the World War II. Prior to the war her family was well off and very well educated. Both her grandfather and father spent time in American universities. Norma, however did not attend school until age 10, because of the war. In 1949, she, her mother and siblings relocated to Philadelphia. Norma, who desired to be a doctor from a young age, started medical school at Temple University but transferred to Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons (Class of 1963) after being offered a scholarship. She completed her internship and residency at Bellevue Hospital and began working at St. Luke’s Hospital in 1982, as a cardio-pulmonary fellow under A. Loomis Bell, MD, who ran the cardiopulmonary laboratory. Eventually she narrowed her specialty to pulmonary medicine, and continues to work in that area at St. Luke’s, now Mount Sinai Morningside.
Dr. Farrokh Shahrivar was a neonatologist in New York, New York. He received his medical degree from Tehran University of Medical Sciences School of Medicine. Moving to the U.S. in 1969, he continued his training at New Rochelle Hospital, St. Luke’s Hospital, St. Christopher’s Hospital of Children, and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. He was appointed Attending in Pediatrics at St. Luke’s Hospital in 1974, serving as the Director, Neonatology Division and Newborn Services there from 1977. He also served as Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons from 1974. Dr. Shahrivar retired in 2014 as Emeritus Chairman, Pediatrics of St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital.
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During this interview with Dr. Shahrivar, he touches on his childhood, his love of basketball and being on the State team, his medical training in Iran, and moving to the U.S. to continue in rotating internship between pediatric, medicine, and surgery. He describes how his interests in obstetrics quickly moved to neonatology when he was drawn to premature babies that didn’t do well. He relates his experiences working in neonatology and the development of the field, including the establishment of board examinations, setting up a fellowship program at St. Luke’s, community response to focusing the NICU program at the former Roosevelt Hospital. He touches on being a consultant Department of Health of the State and the City of New York, and becoming involved with alcohol addiction, fetal alcohol syndrome and drug addiction. Significant names or topics mentioned include: Drs. Lucy Swift, Stuart Shelton Stevenson, Judy Frank, Tom Moore, Stanley James, Dick Berman, Waldo E. Nelson, Doris Wethers, and Bob Neuwirth; field day activities, St. Luke’s Alumni Association.
A copy of the interview was sent to the Archives via DVD in late 2017; Audio recording was sent to MediaScribe for transcription 11/20/2017. Curriculum vitae was supplied by Dr. Shahrivar.
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Dr. Rose Thayaparan was a Pathologist and a senior attending at St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital in New York, NY. She was born in Sri Lanka and completed medical school at The University of Sri Lanka, Colombo Campus, Faculty of Medicine, graduating in 1968. She practiced for five years as a primary practitioner before immigrating to the U.S. in 1974 and eventually becoming board certified by the American Board of Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology.
Dr. Norma Braun (neé Wang Mai Tsen) was born in Shanghai, China during the third Japanese invasion, before the World War II. Prior to the war her family was well off and very well educated. Both her grandfather and father spent time in American universities. Norma, however did not attend school until age 10, because of the war. In 1949, she, her mother and siblings relocated to Philadelphia. Norma, who desired to be a doctor from a young age, started medical school at Temple University but transferred to Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons (Class of 1963) after being offered a scholarship. She completed her internship and residency at Bellevue Hospital and began working at St. Luke’s Hospital in 1982, as a cardio-pulmonary fellow under A. Loomis Bell, MD, who ran the cardiopulmonary laboratory. Eventually she narrowed her specialty to pulmonary medicine, and continues to work in that area at St. Luke’s, now Mount Sinai Morningside.
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In this interview, Dr. Thayaparan relates information about her childhood family and schooling in Sri Lanka, the stories of Dr. Tom Dooley, a medical volunteer in Africa, that were the inspiration for her to be a doctor, her reasons for immigrating to the U.S. and the development of her career here, and what led her focus on pathology. She also mentions information about her own family and dealing with childcare issues while working at the Hospital, and some of her post-retirement activities.
A DVD of the recording was delivered to the Aufses Archives and added to the Azure Drive in 2017; a copy of the audio was sent to MediaScribe for transcription 11/20/2017. Curriculum vitae was supplied by Dr. Thayaparan.
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Dr. Dennis Allendorf, MD is a retired pediatrics specialist in New York, NY. He attended Georgetown University as an undergraduate and New York Medical College, graduating in 1970. He spent two years of residency at St. Luke’s Hospital (now Mount Sinai Morningside) and completed the third year at Columbia Presbyterian. He served as an Assistant Chair of Pediatrics, Director of the Residency Program at St. Luke’s, and Director of the Inpatient Service of St. Luke’s in Pediatrics.
Dr. Norma Braun (neé Wang Mai Tsen) was born in Shanghai, China during the third Japanese invasion, before the World War II. Prior to the war her family was well off and very well educated. Both her grandfather and father spent time in American universities. Norma, however did not attend school until age 10, because of the war. In 1949, she, her mother and siblings relocated to Philadelphia. Norma, who desired to be a doctor from a young age, started medical school at Temple University but transferred to Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons (Class of 1963) after being offered a scholarship. She completed her internship and residency at Bellevue Hospital and began working at St. Luke’s Hospital in 1982, as a cardio-pulmonary fellow under A. Loomis Bell, MD, who ran the cardiopulmonary laboratory. Eventually she narrowed her specialty to pulmonary medicine, and continues to work in that area at St. Luke’s, now Mount Sinai Morningside.
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In this interview Dr. Allendorf talks about how he became interested in pediatrics, and shares stories about his experiences working at St. Luke’s Hospital (Mount Sinai Morningside), and some of the significant people that influenced him and worked with him. Some of those names include: Leif Holgersen, Richard Stark, Lucy Swift, Sidney Bender, Miles Schwartz, Lou Cooper, Leo Wilking, John Driscoll, and Marilyn Menegus. Significant topics include residents’ skits lampooning the attending staff, Roosevelt Hospital library, Babies Hospital.
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Dr. Norma Braun (neé Wang Mai Tsen) was born in Shanghai, China during the third Japanese invasion, before the World War II. Prior to the war her family was well off and very well educated. Both her grandfather and father spent time in American universities. Norma, however did not attend school until age 10, because of the war. In 1949, she, her mother and siblings relocated to Philadelphia. Norma, who desired to be a doctor from a young age, started medical school at Temple University but transferred to Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons (Class of 1963) after being offered a scholarship. She completed her internship and residency at Bellevue Hospital and began working at St. Luke’s Hospital in 1982, as a cardio-pulmonary fellow under A. Loomis Bell, MD, who ran the cardiopulmonary laboratory. Eventually she narrowed her specialty to pulmonary medicine, and continues to work in that area at St. Luke’s, now Mount Sinai Morningside.
Michala Biondi is an Associate Archivist at the Arthur H. Aufses, Jr. MD Archives at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (2016- ). She is responsible for the various facets of the Mount Sinai Morningside and Mount Sinai West collections.
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In part one of a two-part interview, Dr. Braun recounts her childhood in Shanghai, China during the third Japanese invasion, before the World War II. She discusses her family's struggles to escape the war, her father and grandfather's relationship with the U.S.; her grandfather's various diplomatic roles for China and the Kuomintang; her parents' meeting in the US (her mother is from Poland) and their lives after marriage.
Audio capture by Archivist; recording sent to MediaScribe for transcription 11/20/2017. Curriculum vitae was supplied by the doctor.
Second part of interview with Dr. Braun is found at AA155.INT195
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Dr. George Todd is a retired vascular surgeon who trained as a general surgeon at the Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine (1974) and Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, completing a fellowship in vascular surgery at Columbia-Presbyterian in 1980. He was on staff there until 2000 when he was recruited to St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center.
Dr. Norma Braun (neé Wang Mai Tsen) was born in Shanghai, China during the third Japanese invasion, before the World War II. Prior to the war her family was well off and very well educated. Both her grandfather and father spent time in American universities. Norma, however did not attend school until age 10, because of the war. In 1949, she, her mother and siblings relocated to Philadelphia. Norma, who desired to be a doctor from a young age, started medical school at Temple University but transferred to Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons (Class of 1963) after being offered a scholarship. She completed her internship and residency at Bellevue Hospital and began working at St. Luke’s Hospital in 1982, as a cardio-pulmonary fellow under A. Loomis Bell, MD, who ran the cardiopulmonary laboratory. Eventually she narrowed her specialty to pulmonary medicine, and continues to work in that area at St. Luke’s, now Mount Sinai Morningside.
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In this interview, Dr. Todd touches on his medical school experiences, including time at the NIH as a medical student; how he eventually gravitated to vascular surgery from cardiac surgery; describes what St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center was like, even 21 years after the merger of the two hospitals, and mentions the Vietnam War draft, family life, and changes in surgery between the 1960s to current day, including changes in procedures and equipment. Significant names mentioned include: Drs. Richard Marx, Walter Wichern, Sigurd Ackerman, David Tilson, Andrew Morrow, Kathy McNicholas, Grace Kim, Ann Rogers, Jim McGinty; The Cleveland Clinic, Mount Sinai Medical Center, Roosevelt Hospital, St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center.
The recording was downloaded via DVD to the Aufses Archives Azure drive in 2017, and the audio was sent to MediaScribe for transcription 11/20/2017. Curriculum vitae was supplied by the doctor.
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Vivian Vreeland Clark was the third wife of William S. Clark, MD. They met while both were working at the Arthritis Foundation and were married for 25 years. Mrs. Clark also served with St. Luke’s Women’s Auxiliary for many years, is a former President of the Ladies Christian Union, now called the LCU Foundation, and volunteered with UNICEF among other charitable organizations.
Dr. Norma Braun (neé Wang Mai Tsen) was born in Shanghai, China during the third Japanese invasion, before the World War II. Prior to the war her family was well off and very well educated. Both her grandfather and father spent time in American universities. Norma, however did not attend school until age 10, because of the war. In 1949, she, her mother and siblings relocated to Philadelphia. Norma, who desired to be a doctor from a young age, started medical school at Temple University but transferred to Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons (Class of 1963) after being offered a scholarship. She completed her internship and residency at Bellevue Hospital and began working at St. Luke’s Hospital in 1982, as a cardio-pulmonary fellow under A. Loomis Bell, MD, who ran the cardiopulmonary laboratory. Eventually she narrowed her specialty to pulmonary medicine, and continues to work in that area at St. Luke’s, now Mount Sinai Morningside.
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Mrs. Vivian Clark speaks about her husband, Dr. William Clark, who completed his internship and residency at St. Luke’s Hospital (now Mount Sinai Morningside) and returned there as Chief of Medicine between 1975 and 1979. She discusses his childhood in Dayton, Ohio, and his move into medicine, his work with the National Foundation March of Dimes and The Arthritis Foundation, before returning to clinical practice at St. Luke’s Hospital. In a rather candid interview, Mrs. Clark presents some insider details leading to the merger of St. Luke’s and Roosevelt Hospitals in 1979, as well as reasons behind former Chief of Medicine Dr. Ted Van Itallie’s leaving St. Luke’s in 1975. She also contributes details of her own life and work in various charity organizations, particularly with the Women’s Auxiliary of St. Luke’s and their volunteers, how she met Bill Clark, what his family was comprised of prior to their marriage, and what their relationship dynamics were like. Significant names mentioned during the interview include: Cleveland Clinic, Massachusetts General Hospital, Case Western Reserve, the Arthritis Foundation, the National Foundation March of Dimes, John Stage-Davis, Charles Reagan, Chuck Christian, Theodore B. VanItallie, Seichi Shimomura, Miles Schwartz, Larry Huntington, Nick Christy, Gary Gambuti, St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center, Gerard M. Turino, and Stanley Cortell.
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Audio recording received from AV Dept. and downloaded into the Archives Azure drive; it was sent to MediaScribe for transcription 11/20/2017. Curriculum vitae was supplied by Mrs. Clark.
Michala Biondi, Associate Archivist; January 2023
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Dr. Bloom was born and raised in Rochester, Minn. As a youngster in Catholic school she felt a calling to be a medical missionary nun, perhaps also influenced by her radiation oncologist father. She attended medical school where she met her husband, Harrison Bloom, who also had interests in working in community medicine overseas and had already spent several years in the Peace Corps. As residents they pursued programs in public health or community medicine, which took them to Montefiore Hospital’s social medicine program. There they were recruited to join the founding of the Division of Geriatrics at Montefiore. When St. Luke’s Hospital was founding a geriatrics division, they were persuade to move to St. Luke’s (1989), which introduced a teaching component to Dr. Bloom’s career and an additional title of Associate Director of Medicine. Dr. Bloom left St. Luke’s in 2001 to became the vice chairman of Geriatrics at Mount Sinai Hospital and pursue options in international medicine.
Dr. Norma Braun (neé Wang Mai Tsen) was born in Shanghai, China during the third Japanese invasion, before the World War II. Prior to the war her family was well off and very well educated. Both her grandfather and father spent time in American universities. Norma, however did not attend school until age 10, because of the war. In 1949, she, her mother and siblings relocated to Philadelphia. Norma, who desired to be a doctor from a young age, started medical school at Temple University but transferred to Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons (Class of 1963) after being offered a scholarship. She completed her internship and residency at Bellevue Hospital and began working at St. Luke’s Hospital in 1982, as a cardio-pulmonary fellow under A. Loomis Bell, MD, who ran the cardiopulmonary laboratory. Eventually she narrowed her specialty to pulmonary medicine, and continues to work in that area at St. Luke’s, now Mount Sinai Morningside.
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Patricia Bloom discusses her early years in Minnesota, the roots of her interest in international community medicine; her medical education and meeting her husband, Harrison Bloom, in medical school; their joint interest in pursuing a social medicine program during residency; how she was introduced to geriatrics at Montefiore and then later was persuaded to move to St. Luke’s Hospital and help found their geriatrics program, and continue to develop her medical career. Dr. Bloom spends time discussing the challenges of raising children while working full time, international medical students in the U.S., and the challenges of medicine in Africa, particularly among the older population. She mentions a number of colleagues including David Hammerman, Gerard M. Turino, Michael Grieco, Greg Steinberg and Joel Barrish.
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Dr. Norma Braun (neé Wang Mai Tsen) was born in Shanghai, China during the third Japanese invasion, before the World War II. Prior to the war her family was well off and very well educated. Both her grandfather and father spent time in American universities. Norma, however did not attend school until age 10, because of the war. In 1949, she, her mother and siblings relocated to Philadelphia. Norma, who desired to be a doctor from a young age, started medical school at Temple University but transferred to Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons (Class of 1963) after being offered a scholarship. She completed her internship and residency at Bellevue Hospital and began working at St. Luke’s Hospital in 1982, as a cardio-pulmonary fellow under A. Loomis Bell, MD, who ran the cardiopulmonary laboratory. Eventually she narrowed her specialty to pulmonary medicine, and continues to work in that area at St. Luke’s, now Mount Sinai Morningside.
Michala Biondi is an Associate Archivist at the Arthur H. Aufses, Jr. MD Archives at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (2016- ). She is responsible for the various facets of the Mount Sinai Morningside and Mount Sinai West collections.
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In this second interview with Dr. Braun we clarify and elaborate on family history (one of the first Christian families in China) and Chinese family names; describe how her mother supported the family; moving the U.S.; starting school at age 10 in China and school experiences, good and bad, in the U.S. for her and siblings; getting into college and then medical school (Temple University); standing up to prejudices and the overt sexism of the early 1960s; switching to Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons on scholarship through an unexpected China contact; internship and residency at Bellevue and her developing medical career at Harlem Hospital, introduction to St. Luke’s and working with Drs. A. Loomis Bell, and Gerard M. Turino; choosing a specialty; meeting her future husband (neurologist Carl Braun, MD) and their relationship developments between NY and PA and their extended family responses; her children and grandchildren and the difficulties of being a working mother.
Recorded by Archivist and sent to MediaScribe for transcription 2/13/2018. Curriculum vitae was supplied by the doctor.
First part of interview with Dr. Braun is found at AA155.INT191
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Dr. Harvey J. Weiss received his AB from Harvard in 1951 and his MD from Harvard Medical School in 1955. He has had a long career at the Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons. He retired in 1999. From 1969-1996, he was the Director of the Division of Hematology-Oncology, first at Roosevelt Hospital, and later at St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital. Among his major contributions were the first reports that aspirin inhibited platelet aggregation and thrombus formation in experimental models. These observations form the basis for its current use in preventing heart attacks and strokes. He and his colleagues were the first to describe the two major functions of von Willebrand factor, specifically its role in promoting the deposition of platelets at sites of blood vessel injury, and as the carrier protein for Factor VIII in plasma that protects it from proteolysis.
Dr. Norma Braun (neé Wang Mai Tsen) was born in Shanghai, China during the third Japanese invasion, before the World War II. Prior to the war her family was well off and very well educated. Both her grandfather and father spent time in American universities. Norma, however did not attend school until age 10, because of the war. In 1949, she, her mother and siblings relocated to Philadelphia. Norma, who desired to be a doctor from a young age, started medical school at Temple University but transferred to Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons (Class of 1963) after being offered a scholarship. She completed her internship and residency at Bellevue Hospital and began working at St. Luke’s Hospital in 1982, as a cardio-pulmonary fellow under A. Loomis Bell, MD, who ran the cardiopulmonary laboratory. Eventually she narrowed her specialty to pulmonary medicine, and continues to work in that area at St. Luke’s, now Mount Sinai Morningside.
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Dr. Weiss offers insight into his career choices and development and includes some interesting stories from is experiences, background on the development of the Department of Medicine at Roosevelt Hospital, and experiences in his research.
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Dr. Robert C. Della Rocca joined St. Luke’s Hospital in 1975, and eventually became Site Chairman for Ophthalmology at St. Luke's, and Chief of Reconstructive Eye Surgery and Tumor Surgery at New York Eye and Ear Infirmary.
Dr. Norma Braun (neé Wang Mai Tsen) was born in Shanghai, China during the third Japanese invasion, before the World War II. Prior to the war her family was well off and very well educated. Both her grandfather and father spent time in American universities. Norma, however did not attend school until age 10, because of the war. In 1949, she, her mother and siblings relocated to Philadelphia. Norma, who desired to be a doctor from a young age, started medical school at Temple University but transferred to Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons (Class of 1963) after being offered a scholarship. She completed her internship and residency at Bellevue Hospital and began working at St. Luke’s Hospital in 1982, as a cardio-pulmonary fellow under A. Loomis Bell, MD, who ran the cardiopulmonary laboratory. Eventually she narrowed her specialty to pulmonary medicine, and continues to work in that area at St. Luke’s, now Mount Sinai Morningside.
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In this interview, Bronx native Robert Della Rocca talks about his youth and educational experiences, his time serving in the Vietnam War, which interrupted his medical training, his various training experiences in oculoplastic and orbital surgery afterwards, and his experiences working at St. Luke’s Hospital (now Mount Sinai Morningside) as well as New York Eye and Ear Infirmary. He highlights his family habit of volunteering, with his nursing-trained wife accompanying him as he operated in 15 countries through Latin America, the Dominion Republic, and the Middle East and training over 90 international fellows in his sub-specialty of reconstructive surgery in some of those places in over 22 years of volunteering. Dr. Della Rocca mentions his children, several of whom are following in his medical and volunteering footsteps, and his grandchildren, and touches on the reasons he is so fond of St. Luke’s Hospital.
A copy of the interview was given to Aufses Archives on a CD-R by the AV Department of Mount Sinai St. Luke's Hospital; it was downloaded in the archives' Azure drive and sent to MediaScribe for transcription. The CV was supplied by Dr. Della Rocca.
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Dr. Norma Braun (neé Wang Mai Tsen) was born in Shanghai, China during the third Japanese invasion, before the World War II. Prior to the war her family was well off and very well educated. Both her grandfather and father spent time in American universities. Norma, however did not attend school until age 10, because of the war. In 1949, she, her mother and siblings relocated to Philadelphia. Norma, who desired to be a doctor from a young age, started medical school at Temple University but transferred to Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons (Class of 1963) after being offered a scholarship. She completed her internship and residency at Bellevue Hospital and began working at St. Luke’s Hospital in 1982, as a cardio-pulmonary fellow under A. Loomis Bell, MD, who ran the cardiopulmonary laboratory. Eventually she narrowed her specialty to pulmonary medicine, and continues to work in that area at St. Luke’s, now Mount Sinai Morningside.
Dr. Thys retired as Chairman Emeritus of the Department of Anesthesiology (2008) at St. Luke's, and also Professor Emeritus at Columbia in the Department of Anesthesiology. He was born in Belgium and immigrated to the U.S. to continue his medical training in 1976, at Presbyterian Hospital, Mount Sinai Hospital, and Harvard University.
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Belgium-born Daniel M. Thys, MD relates stories including his high school studies and what drew him to medicine and away from engineering, his time in the Belgium Navy, how he was introduced to anesthesiologists, and why he came to the U.S. and restated his training at Mount Sinai in 1976, how he went to Columbia Presbyterian for a cardiac fellowship then moved to St. Luke’s-Roosevelt, eventually becoming Director of the Cardiac Anesthesia program at Mount Sinai. He makes some observations about the merger of St. Luke’s and Roosevelt Hospitals, the disposition of the School of Nurse Anesthesia, what he does in his downtime and professional associations he belongs to, and his experiences writing a text book.
Media transferred to Aufses Archives via Box and downloaded into the Azure Drive in 2017; audio sent to REV for transcription in 11/01/2019. Curriculum vitae was supplied by the doctor.
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Dr. Robin Dibner is a rheumatologist in New York City, currently affiliated with Lenox Hill Hospital (Northwell Health System). She received her medical degree from Wayne State University School of Medicine (1979), interned at Metropolitan Hospital (New York Medical College, 1979–1980) and completed her residency at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center, (1980-1985) where she served as Chief Resident (1984-85) and was appointed Attending at St. Luke’s-Roosevelt between 1985-1992. She was also a Rheumatology Fellow at Downstate Medical Center, State University of New York, Brooklyn, New York (1982-1984).
Dr. Norma Braun (neé Wang Mai Tsen) was born in Shanghai, China during the third Japanese invasion, before the World War II. Prior to the war her family was well off and very well educated. Both her grandfather and father spent time in American universities. Norma, however did not attend school until age 10, because of the war. In 1949, she, her mother and siblings relocated to Philadelphia. Norma, who desired to be a doctor from a young age, started medical school at Temple University but transferred to Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons (Class of 1963) after being offered a scholarship. She completed her internship and residency at Bellevue Hospital and began working at St. Luke’s Hospital in 1982, as a cardio-pulmonary fellow under A. Loomis Bell, MD, who ran the cardiopulmonary laboratory. Eventually she narrowed her specialty to pulmonary medicine, and continues to work in that area at St. Luke’s, now Mount Sinai Morningside.
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Dr. Dibner discusses her educational background and the influences that led her in to rheumatology, and brought her to St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital (SLR). She describes how her career developed and mentions the many people with whom she worked; some of the things she enjoyed the most while working at SLR; why she eventually left for other opportunities, and where that led. Some of topics and names she mentions in this interview include: closing hospitals in NYC in the 1970s; HIV and Black Wednesday and the increase in international med students in the hospital; the Norman Bethune Collective and its influence on her life; Chief Resident management courses; 9/11 her particular experience; her work at ACGME (Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education); some background stories about her family; Anthony Fauci, MD; Mary O'Sullivan, MD; Mitch Engler, MD; Stanley Cortel, MD; Peter Holt, MD; Dr. Xavier Pi-Sunyer, MD; Gerard Turino, MD; Charlotte Wagenberg Dave Barenberg, MD; Ethan Fried, MD; Jeff Brensilver, MD; Michael Grieco, MD
The recording of this interview was download from the AV department via box and added to the Archives' Azure drive. It was sent to REV on 11/14/2019 for transcription and returned to Aufses Archives the next day. Curriculum vitae was supplied by the doctor.
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Richard N. Pierson Jr., M.D. was a professor of clinical medicine, trained in internal medicine, nuclear medicine, and radiation biology. He was one of the founders of the ethics committee at St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital. He was the sixth consecutive member of his family to graduate from Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons (Class of 1918); his son is the seventh. Dr. Pierson conducted research at the Nutrition Research Center at St. Luke's Hospital. Dr. Pierson started the division of nuclear medicine at St. Luke's Hospital. He opened the residency program in nuclear medicine in 1972, and directed the laboratory and residency program until 1989, resigning to devote full time to research in the Nutrition Research Center.
Dr. Norma Braun (neé Wang Mai Tsen) was born in Shanghai, China during the third Japanese invasion, before the World War II. Prior to the war her family was well off and very well educated. Both her grandfather and father spent time in American universities. Norma, however did not attend school until age 10, because of the war. In 1949, she, her mother and siblings relocated to Philadelphia. Norma, who desired to be a doctor from a young age, started medical school at Temple University but transferred to Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons (Class of 1963) after being offered a scholarship. She completed her internship and residency at Bellevue Hospital and began working at St. Luke’s Hospital in 1982, as a cardio-pulmonary fellow under A. Loomis Bell, MD, who ran the cardiopulmonary laboratory. Eventually she narrowed her specialty to pulmonary medicine, and continues to work in that area at St. Luke’s, now Mount Sinai Morningside.
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In this interview, Dr. Pierson discusses his family and their tradition of graduating from Columbia University's College of Physicians and Surgeons, the development of his professional career, his changing interests from internal medicine to the obesity research. He includes some details on his own family and hobbies. Significant names mentioned include: Ted Van Itallie, Xavier Pi-Sunyer, Don Berwick, and Johnny Schillinger, Nutrition Research Center, and the Emeritus Professors in Columbia group.
Recording was downloaded from the AV database and added to the Azure drive in 2018; it was sent to REV for transcription on 10/23/2019. Curriculum vitae was supplied by the doctor.
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Robert Lombardo is a former attending physician from the Department of Medicine at St. Luke’s Hospital. Considered an internist, he also practiced gastroenterology. He attended the University of Notre Dame (1966) and then went to New York Medical College (1970). He interned at Metropolitan Hospital and was a resident in Internal Medicine at St. Luke’s Hospital. He completed a Fellowship in Gastroenterology at St Luke’s (1973-74) and also at Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (1974-75). He was appointed Chief, Gastroenterology Clinic at St. Luke’s Hospital between 1975 and 1985. He left St. Luke’s Hospital for Lenox Hill Hospital in 1995 and retired from medicine in 2016.
Dr. Norma Braun (neé Wang Mai Tsen) was born in Shanghai, China during the third Japanese invasion, before the World War II. Prior to the war her family was well off and very well educated. Both her grandfather and father spent time in American universities. Norma, however did not attend school until age 10, because of the war. In 1949, she, her mother and siblings relocated to Philadelphia. Norma, who desired to be a doctor from a young age, started medical school at Temple University but transferred to Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons (Class of 1963) after being offered a scholarship. She completed her internship and residency at Bellevue Hospital and began working at St. Luke’s Hospital in 1982, as a cardio-pulmonary fellow under A. Loomis Bell, MD, who ran the cardiopulmonary laboratory. Eventually she narrowed her specialty to pulmonary medicine, and continues to work in that area at St. Luke’s, now Mount Sinai Morningside.
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In this interview, Dr. Lombardo talks about fulfilling his father’s dream of becoming a doctor, and his interest in being a clinician and a researcher. He shares memories of being influenced by several professors at New York Medical College and St. Luke’s into studying gastroenterology, and shares stories about practicing at St. Luke’s, but also learning points of cardiology from Dr. Miles Schwartz, with whom he shared private practice space. He talks about his family, and his decision to retire, and what keeps him occupied post-retirement. He and Dr. Braun commiserate on their opinion of the state of medical education and training today. Significant names mentioned include Drs. Jersey Glass, Peter du Ray, Mike Grieco, Miles Schwartz, Richard McCray, Peter Holt, William Athos, and Robert Beakman. Dr. Jeanne Baer is also in attendance and speaks up near the end of the interview.
Recording was downloaded from the AV Dept. via Dropbox and added the Azure Drive in 2018; sent to REV for transcription on 01/17/2020. Curriculum vitae was supplied by the doctor.
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Carl Weineck Braun, is currently the Associate Chief Medical Officer for Mount Sinai Morningside and Mount Sinai West and is a senior attending neurologist and a Clinical Professor of Neurology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. He credits his interest in medicine to his mother, a nurse, who worked through the typhoid epidemics of Texas in the 1920s and early 1930s. Braun attended Harvard where he was in a pre-med track, but majored in political theory, because he wanted a broader undergrad experience. He graduated magna cum laude and was accepted to University of Pennsylvania for medical school. Moving to NYC to be with his wife, Norma M.T. Braun in 1963, he completed a two-year residency at St. Luke’s Hospital and then a three-year neurology residency at Columbia Presbyterian Neurological Institute (1964-67), where he was chief resident of neurology during his third year, after which he made St. Luke’s Hospital his professional home.
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In this interview Dr. Carl Braun relates stories of his small-town New Jersey upbringing, his time at Harvard, where he was pre-med but majored in political theory, because he wanted a broader undergrad experience, and where he enjoyed swimming, working at the radio station and rowing crew. He relates the stories about meeting and dating his future wife, Norma, and describes their growing relationship and marriage while he was in school in PA, and she was in NYC. He tells many stories about hospital life, interacting with colleagues, and other experiences, his outside interests in gardening, tennis, fishing, reading aloud to Norma while she cooks, and his thoughts on the various mergers St. Luke’s has endured over the years. He mentions several name of outstanding colleagues including, Houston Merritt , MD, Eppy [Edward Patterson] Childs (cardiology), A. Loomis Bell (pulmonology), Miles Schwartz (cardiology), Jack [John F.] Bertles, (hematology), Peter Holt (gastroenterology), Seiichi Shimomura (cardiology), and Sam Thomas (neurology).
Recording was downloaded from the AV Department Dropbox 4/29/19; sent to REV for Transcription 01/17/2020. Curriculum vitae was supplied by the doctor.
A second interview with Dr. Braun, conducted by Norma M.T. Braun, MD is available at AA155.INT204b.
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Carl Weineck Braun, is currently the Associate Chief Medical Officer for Mount Sinai Morningside and Mount Sinai West and is a senior attending neurologist and a Clinical Professor of Neurology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. He credits his interest in medicine to his mother, a nurse, who worked through the typhoid epidemics of Texas in the 1920s and early 1930s. Braun attended Harvard where he was in a pre-med track, but majored in political theory, because he wanted a broader undergrad experience. He graduated magna cum laude and was accepted to University of Pennsylvania for medical school. Moving to NYC to be with his wife, Norma M.T. Braun in 1963, he completed a two-year residency at St. Luke’s Hospital and then a three-year neurology residency at Columbia Presbyterian Neurological Institute (1964-67), where he was chief resident of neurology during his third year, after which he made St. Luke’s Hospital his professional home.
Dr. Norma Braun (neé Wang Mai Tsen) was born in Shanghai, China during the third Japanese invasion, before the World War II. Prior to the war her family was well off and very well educated. Both her grandfather and father spent time in American universities. Norma, however did not attend school until age 10, because of the war. In 1949, she, her mother and siblings relocated to Philadelphia. Norma, who desired to be a doctor from a young age, started medical school at Temple University but transferred to Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons (Class of 1963) after being offered a scholarship. She completed her internship and residency at Bellevue Hospital and began working at St. Luke’s Hospital in 1982, as a cardio-pulmonary fellow under A. Loomis Bell, MD, who ran the cardiopulmonary laboratory. Eventually she narrowed her specialty to pulmonary medicine, and continues to work in that area at St. Luke’s, now Mount Sinai Morningside.
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In this interview Dr. Carl Braun relates more details of his small-town New Jersey upbringing, his summer jobs picking berries or working for a burial vault company, and his relationship with character of his father and mother. He reviews his choices for college, his time at second-choice Harvard, where his aptitude tests showed negatively for science, yet he was pre-med, and worked very hard in those class. He majored in political theory, and discusses some of his non-science based classes. He tells many stories about hospital life, his time as resident (includes details on salaries, at that time), interacting with colleagues, and adventures working at various hospitals in Harlem and in the Bronx.
Downloaded from Dropbox 2/29/18; sent to REV for Transcription 01/17/2020. Curriculum vitae was supplied by the doctor.
Video interview with Carl W. Braun, MD by Michala Biondi, Associate Archivist, conducted on 12/17/17 is found at AA155.INT204a
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The transcription document mistakenly identifies Dr. Geliebter as an MD, when he holds a PhD.
Allan Geliebter, PhD. is a senior scientist in the Department of Psychiatry at Mount Sinai Morningside hospital (formerly the St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center), focusing on obesity, food intake, and eating disorders. He earned his PhD in 1976 and has been affiliated with Mount Sinai Morningside ever since. He pursued his undergrad work at City College and advanced degrees at Columbia University, (1970, biology; 1976, psychology).
Dr. Norma Braun (neé Wang Mai Tsen) was born in Shanghai, China during the third Japanese invasion, before the World War II. Prior to the war her family was well off and very well educated. Both her grandfather and father spent time in American universities. Norma, however did not attend school until age 10, because of the war. In 1949, she, her mother and siblings relocated to Philadelphia. Norma, who desired to be a doctor from a young age, started medical school at Temple University but transferred to Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons (Class of 1963) after being offered a scholarship. She completed her internship and residency at Bellevue Hospital and began working at St. Luke’s Hospital in 1982, as a cardio-pulmonary fellow under A. Loomis Bell, MD, who ran the cardiopulmonary laboratory. Eventually she narrowed her specialty to pulmonary medicine, and continues to work in that area at St. Luke’s, now Mount Sinai Morningside.
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In this interview, Dr. Allan Geliebter discusses his research in obesity and eating disorders, and the development of the obesity center programs at Mount Sinai Morningside (formerly St. Luke’s Hospital). He also mentions his family background (he was born in Frankfurt, Germany. His parents were Nazi concentration camp survivors and they met in the displaced persons camps. The family immigrated to New York City when he was age 2). He also touches on his teaching experience at Lehman College in the Bronx, Columbia, and Touro College.
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Ronald Ablow is Professor Emeritus of Radiology at Columbia University. He was born and raised in Salem, Massachusetts, went to Harvard University as a physics major and then to Harvard Business School, before the MD/MBA degree was popularized. He completed medical school at the University of Rochester, after a stint in the Army. After finishing medical training, Dr. Ablow worked in several hospitals on the east and west coasts, eventually coming to St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center as Director of Radiology (1984-1997) and serving as President and CEO of St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center between 1996 and 1998.
Dr. Norma Braun (neé Wang Mai Tsen) was born in Shanghai, China during the third Japanese invasion, before the World War II. Prior to the war her family was well off and very well educated. Both her grandfather and father spent time in American universities. Norma, however did not attend school until age 10, because of the war. In 1949, she, her mother and siblings relocated to Philadelphia. Norma, who desired to be a doctor from a young age, started medical school at Temple University but transferred to Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons (Class of 1963) after being offered a scholarship. She completed her internship and residency at Bellevue Hospital and began working at St. Luke’s Hospital in 1982, as a cardio-pulmonary fellow under A. Loomis Bell, MD, who ran the cardiopulmonary laboratory. Eventually she narrowed her specialty to pulmonary medicine, and continues to work in that area at St. Luke’s, now Mount Sinai Morningside.
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Former President and CEO of St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center, Dr. Ron Ablow, talks about his educational choices and training; experiences working as one of the earliest MD/MBAs and the benefits of that degree; his positions at Yale New Haven Hospital and Beth Israel Medical Center and Mt. Zion Hospital and Medical Center, San Francisco. Of note are the topics of prejudices against women, Jews and Blacks in medical schools, working with community boards, and his post-retirement work as a radiologist with a charitable children’s hospital in Cambodia, and his opinions on the Hospital’s name changes. Particular names that are mentioned include: Gary Gambuti; Lawrence Huntington; Farrokh Shahrivar, MD; Friends Without a Border; The C.V. Starr Hand Surgery Center; Ken Dallas, MD; and the topic of dynamic chest X-rays.
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Dr. Donald Kotler is currently the Chief of Gastroenterology at Jacobi Medical Center. Between 1979 and 2005 he was appointed Attending physician at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center New York, NY, and over that time served as the Director of the section of GI Immunology in Gastrointestinal Division, the Chief of Gastrointestinal Division and the Director the GI Training Program there.
Dr. Norma Braun (neé Wang Mai Tsen) was born in Shanghai, China during the third Japanese invasion, before the World War II. Prior to the war her family was well off and very well educated. Both her grandfather and father spent time in American universities. Norma, however did not attend school until age 10, because of the war. In 1949, she, her mother and siblings relocated to Philadelphia. Norma, who desired to be a doctor from a young age, started medical school at Temple University but transferred to Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons (Class of 1963) after being offered a scholarship. She completed her internship and residency at Bellevue Hospital and began working at St. Luke’s Hospital in 1982, as a cardio-pulmonary fellow under A. Loomis Bell, MD, who ran the cardiopulmonary laboratory. Eventually she narrowed her specialty to pulmonary medicine, and continues to work in that area at St. Luke’s, now Mount Sinai Morningside.
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In this interview Dr. Kotler talks about his childhood influences and interest in medicine, his schooling and his desire to not be a only a scientist but an academic physician; his early research that became heavily HIV-based and experiences around that research and patient care; he also touches on the subjects of changes in medical practice and equipment; writing grants and journal articles and those challenges, and comments on the changing names of Mount Sinai Health System hospitals. He mentions the following names: Drs. Russ Gaetz, Bill Ramey, John Scholes, Fred Clayton, Mike Lange, Yori Inada, Michael Greico, Michael Lange, Peter Holt, Mary O’Sullivan, Joe Sonnabend, Richard Pierson, Steve Heymsfield, Jack Wang, Anthony S. Fauci, Sami Hashem, Jan Orenstein, John H. Keating, Ted Van Itallie, Carl Hoffman, Jim Fingerhut, and George Cahill.
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Dr. Stephen Lynn, is the founding Chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine and Retired Associate Professor of Surgery (because there is no Emergency Medicine at Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons). He attended Swarthmore College in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, and then went to Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons. At that time, Columbia changed the curriculum and gave students a year and a half of electives. Lynn’s first elective was Emergency Medicine at the former Roosevelt Hospital (Mount Sinai West). Originally in the surgery program, he resigned from that and pursued Emergency Medicine, spending several years moving through other hospitals emergency departments before returning to Roosevelt.
Dr. Norma Braun (neé Wang Mai Tsen) was born in Shanghai, China during the third Japanese invasion, before the World War II. Prior to the war her family was well off and very well educated. Both her grandfather and father spent time in American universities. Norma, however did not attend school until age 10, because of the war. In 1949, she, her mother and siblings relocated to Philadelphia. Norma, who desired to be a doctor from a young age, started medical school at Temple University but transferred to Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons (Class of 1963) after being offered a scholarship. She completed her internship and residency at Bellevue Hospital and began working at St. Luke’s Hospital in 1982, as a cardio-pulmonary fellow under A. Loomis Bell, MD, who ran the cardiopulmonary laboratory. Eventually she narrowed her specialty to pulmonary medicine, and continues to work in that area at St. Luke’s, now Mount Sinai Morningside.
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Dr. Stephan Lynn was founding Chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine at the former Roosevelt Hospital (now Mount Sinai West) and in this engaging interview relates information about his youth and medical training, how he came to the Hospital, and how the Department of Emergency Medicine was established. He provides an "insider's view" of life in a hospital, and an overview of the development of emergency medicine as a field. He also relates many of the events which took place, most significantly, the hours after John Lennon's death at Roosevelt Hospital and the following media events.
Audio recording received on DVD-R from AV Dept. and downloaded into the Archives Azure drive 11/9/2018; sent to REV 01/21/2020 for transcription. Curriculum vitae was supplied by the doctor.
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Jeanne Baer, MD received her medical degree from the Columbia University College of Physician and Surgeons in 1970. Following a medical internship at Mount Sinai West, then Roosevelt Hospital, in 1965 and a medical residency at George Washington University Hospital in Washington, DC in 1967, she completed her radiology residency at Mount Sinai Morningside, then St. Luke’s Hospital, in 1970.
It was during this period that Dr. Baer met attending radiologist, Virginia Kanick, MD, former Director of Radiology, and President of the Medical Board of St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital. Under Dr. Kanick’s guidance and mentorship, she accepted a position as an attending radiologist with a sub-specialty in gastrointestinal (GI) radiology after completing her residency.
Throughout her career, Dr. Baer was passionate about mentorship and the growth of future physicians and clinicians at Mount Sinai. Dr. Baer led the Residency Training Program for 20 years before passing it on to Nolan Kagetsu, MD, who was her former student. In addition to her leadership, she published and was featured in multiple publications, advancing our understanding of GI radiology. With the encouragement of her mentor, Dr. Kanick, Dr. Baer became involved in the American College of Radiology, where she was eventually inducted as a Fellow. She also served as the President of New York Roentgen Society in 2005.
Dr. Baer was consistently recognized by peers for her leadership, mentorship, humility, and generosity. After she retired from practice in 2013, Dr. Baer was known to return to Mount Sinai Morningside, where she enjoyed connecting with new residents and catching up with her colleagues.
Dr. Norma Braun (neé Wang Mai Tsen) was born in Shanghai, China during the third Japanese invasion, before the World War II. Prior to the war her family was well off and very well educated. Both her grandfather and father spent time in American universities. Norma, however did not attend school until age 10, because of the war. In 1949, she, her mother and siblings relocated to Philadelphia. Norma, who desired to be a doctor from a young age, started medical school at Temple University but transferred to Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons (Class of 1963) after being offered a scholarship. She completed her internship and residency at Bellevue Hospital and began working at St. Luke’s Hospital in 1982, as a cardio-pulmonary fellow under A. Loomis Bell, MD, who ran the cardiopulmonary laboratory. Eventually she narrowed her specialty to pulmonary medicine, and continues to work in that area at St. Luke’s, now Mount Sinai Morningside.
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Dr. Jeanne Baer describes her family’s background in Germany and France in the years leading up to World War II, their life evading German troops in France, and their move to the US in 1948. She discusses her schooling in Pennsylvania, and her acceptance and training experiences in medical school through her residency in medicine. She provides interesting details of training in the 1960s including fellowship training in gastroenterology and finally her appointment to the radiology department at St. Luke’s Hospital and the work she did there. Baer particularly mentions Dr. Virginia Kanick with whom she formed a close friendship and training in the 60s and 70s as a woman in what was a man’s field.
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Angela Palazzo was appointed to the staff of the former St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center in 1986 and is Co- Director of Cardiology at renamed Mount Sinai Morningside. She became interested in pursuing medical training when her father developed coronary disease and his internist sent him to Dr. George Green at St. Luke's Hospital.
Dr. Norma Braun (neé Wang Mai Tsen) was born in Shanghai, China during the third Japanese invasion, before the World War II. Prior to the war her family was well off and very well educated. Both her grandfather and father spent time in American universities. Norma, however did not attend school until age 10, because of the war. In 1949, she, her mother and siblings relocated to Philadelphia. Norma, who desired to be a doctor from a young age, started medical school at Temple University but transferred to Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons (Class of 1963) after being offered a scholarship. She completed her internship and residency at Bellevue Hospital and began working at St. Luke’s Hospital in 1982, as a cardio-pulmonary fellow under A. Loomis Bell, MD, who ran the cardiopulmonary laboratory. Eventually she narrowed her specialty to pulmonary medicine, and continues to work in that area at St. Luke’s, now Mount Sinai Morningside.
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In this interview, Dr. Palazzo relates stories of her internship, residency and fellowship experiences, the mentors she had and how she became interested in cardiology and into clinical research. She and Dr. Braun also talk about women in medicine and her family and outside interests.
Recording was received via AV Dept. Dropbox, copied to the Archives' Azure drive 12/13/2018; sent to REV for transcription 01/27/2020. Curriculum vitae was supplied by the doctor.
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Dr. Norma Braun (neé Wang Mai Tsen) was born in Shanghai, China during the third Japanese invasion, before the World War II. Prior to the war her family was well off and very well educated. Both her grandfather and father spent time in American universities. Norma, however did not attend school until age 10, because of the war. In 1949, she, her mother and siblings relocated to Philadelphia. Norma, who desired to be a doctor from a young age, started medical school at Temple University but transferred to Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons (Class of 1963) after being offered a scholarship. She completed her internship and residency at Bellevue Hospital and began working at St. Luke’s Hospital in 1982, as a cardio-pulmonary fellow under A. Loomis Bell, MD, who ran the cardiopulmonary laboratory. Eventually she narrowed her specialty to pulmonary medicine, and continues to work in that area at St. Luke’s, now Mount Sinai Morningside.
Dr. Alejandro Prigollini hails from Buenos Aires, Argentina where he attended medical school and completed a full four-year residency in Internal Medicine. He also completed a fellowship in nephrology and took an extra year of training as the chief fellow, after which he decided to come to the United States. He arrived in 1996 to complete a rotation at Montefiore for several months, to become accustomed to the language and the American system, and started working at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center (at the Roosevelt Hospital, now Mount Sinai West, site) on July 1, 1997. He is currently the senior associate residency program director for Internal Medicine.
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During this interview Dr. Prigollini talks about his educational background in Argentina and his reasons for coming the US; he relates stories about his work in a diabetes study at Columbia and how he found his way to St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center and his work there.
Recording received from the AV Department via Dropbox and copied to the Archives' Azure drive 12/13/2018; sent to REV 01/27/2020 to produce the transcript. Curriculum vitae was supplied by the doctor.
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During this interview Dr. Prigollini talks about his educational background in Argentina and his reasons for coming the US; he relates stories about his work in a diabetes study at Columbia and how he found his way to St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center and his work there.
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Helen Catherine Daae Roosevelt, née Sparrow, the daughter of Edward Grant Sparrow and Catherine Groth Sparrow, was born in Paris, France on November 6, 1927 and spent her first 12 years there. She married John E. Roosevelt, the son of Philip Roosevelt and Jean Schermerhorn Roosevelt, in 1959 and they had three children, Robert, Andrew, and Cordelia. Mrs. Roosevelt served on the boards of St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital, The New York City Marble Cemetery, Youngs Memorial Cemetery, among other institutions. She was known as a generous and innovative hostess and a lifelong patron of the arts. She died on 25 May 2020 in New York City.
Andrew Emlen Roosevelt is the son of John E. Roosevelt and Helen D. (Sparrow) Roosevelt, and is a descendant of Cornelius V. S. Roosevelt, who was a grandfather of President Theodore Roosevelt. Andrew was born in New York City and runs his own financial business there. Both parents and son were trustees of St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center.
Dr. Norma Braun (neé Wang Mai Tsen) was born in Shanghai, China during the third Japanese invasion, before the World War II. Prior to the war her family was well off and very well educated. Both her grandfather and father spent time in American universities. Norma, however did not attend school until age 10, because of the war. In 1949, she, her mother and siblings relocated to Philadelphia. Norma, who desired to be a doctor from a young age, started medical school at Temple University but transferred to Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons (Class of 1963) after being offered a scholarship. She completed her internship and residency at Bellevue Hospital and began working at St. Luke’s Hospital in 1982, as a cardio-pulmonary fellow under A. Loomis Bell, MD, who ran the cardiopulmonary laboratory. Eventually she narrowed her specialty to pulmonary medicine, and continues to work in that area at St. Luke’s, now Mount Sinai Morningside.
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This is an interview with former Trustees Helen Roosevelt and her son Andrew E. Roosevelt, relatives of Roosevelt Hospital founder James H. Roosevelt. Helen Roosevelt speaks about her childhood and of her volunteer work at the Hospital, recounting several stories including hosting staff holiday parties, her children's relationship with the Hospital, acquaintances there and other highlights. Andrew Roosevelt describes his experiences at the Hospital including events during the September 11th attacks, moving the burial site of James H. Roosevelt from Hospital grounds to the family plot in the New York Marble Cemetery, and stories of Yoko Ono at the Hospital after John Lennon's murder.
Recording received from AV Department via Dropbox, copied to the Archives Azure drive on 12/18/2018; sent to REV 04/27/2022 for transcription. Curriculum vitae was supplied by the doctor.
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Daniel Wiener, MD practiced at St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center between 2000 and 2016 and was Chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine (1997-2012) and Associate Chief Medical Officer (2008-2015). He studied at the University of Rochester (1978), and Columbia University General Studies Program (1980) and completed his medical degree at the Boston University School of Medicine (1984). He currently works at the Morristown Medical Center as the Chair of the Emergency Department and the Regional Medical Director for the Atlantic Health System emergency departments.
Dr. Norma Braun (neé Wang Mai Tsen) was born in Shanghai, China during the third Japanese invasion, before the World War II. Prior to the war her family was well off and very well educated. Both her grandfather and father spent time in American universities. Norma, however did not attend school until age 10, because of the war. In 1949, she, her mother and siblings relocated to Philadelphia. Norma, who desired to be a doctor from a young age, started medical school at Temple University but transferred to Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons (Class of 1963) after being offered a scholarship. She completed her internship and residency at Bellevue Hospital and began working at St. Luke’s Hospital in 1982, as a cardio-pulmonary fellow under A. Loomis Bell, MD, who ran the cardiopulmonary laboratory. Eventually she narrowed her specialty to pulmonary medicine, and continues to work in that area at St. Luke’s, now Mount Sinai Morningside.
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In this interview Dr. Wiener describes his varied educational background and medical training, how he came to St. Luke’s Hospital (as of 2020 Mount Sinai Morningside) and then became interested in Emergency Medicine while training in Internal Medicine/Cardiology. He shares memories of 9/11/01, Hurricane Sandy, the supposed Ebola patient scare, the anthrax scare, and the 2009 US Airways Flight 1549 that ditched in the Hudson River in after both engines were disabled by a bird strike. He considers the changes in the character and nature of emergency medicine over time and how it has grown and changed, and commiserates with Dr. Braun over changes in the way medicine is done and the way it is taught now verses when they were training.
Recording received from the AV Department via Dropbox and copied to the Archives' Azure drive on 2/5/2019. It was sent to REV for transcription. Curriculum vitae was supplied by the doctor.
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David G. Wolinsky is a cardiologist. He currently is at the Cleveland Clinic Florida, where he is section head of Nuclear Cardiology and medical director of Cardiac Rehabilitation. He was born in Rochester, New York, attended Columbia University as an undergraduate and Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons, where he earned his medical degree. He completed his internship and residency at St. Luke’s Hospital from 1978 to 1981, and was a fellow from 1981 to 1983, and then an attending there until 1989. He is also former president of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology.
Dr. Norma Braun (neé Wang Mai Tsen) was born in Shanghai, China during the third Japanese invasion, before the World War II. Prior to the war her family was well off and very well educated. Both her grandfather and father spent time in American universities. Norma, however did not attend school until age 10, because of the war. In 1949, she, her mother and siblings relocated to Philadelphia. Norma, who desired to be a doctor from a young age, started medical school at Temple University but transferred to Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons (Class of 1963) after being offered a scholarship. She completed her internship and residency at Bellevue Hospital and began working at St. Luke’s Hospital in 1982, as a cardio-pulmonary fellow under A. Loomis Bell, MD, who ran the cardiopulmonary laboratory. Eventually she narrowed her specialty to pulmonary medicine, and continues to work in that area at St. Luke’s, now Mount Sinai Morningside.
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David G. Wolinsky, currently section head of nuclear cardiology and medical director of cardiac rehabilitation at the Cleveland Clinic Florida, trained and practiced at St. Luke’s Hospital (now MSM) from 1978 until 1989. In this interview he relates many stories of his work experiences and patients and his feelings about working there, and how his career developed as he moved onto other work sites. He and interviewer, Dr. Norma Braun, discuss the state of medical education and what they feel is lacking in it. They reminisce over the many old friends they hold in common.
Recording received on DVD-R from AV Dept.; copied to Archives Azure drive 2/1/2019; sent to REV 4/27/2022 for transcription. Curriculum vitae was supplied by the doctor.
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David G. Wolinsky, currently section head of nuclear cardiology and medical director of cardiac rehabilitation at the Cleveland Clinic Florida, trained and practiced at St. Luke’s Hospital (now MSM) from 1978 until 1989. In this interview he relates many stories of his work experiences and patients and his feelings about working there, and how his career developed as he moved onto other work sites. He and interviewer, Dr. Norma Braun, discuss the state of medical education and what they feel is lacking in it. They reminisce over the many old friends they hold in common
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Dr. Nicholas A. Romas is an urologist who spent 30 years at St. Luke’s Hospital (1984-2014) before moving to Columbia Presbyterian Hospital. He was born in Endicott, NY to Greek immigrant parents and had a twin brother with whom he went through school, until their college years. Nicholas earned his BA at Colgate University and his MD at Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons (1962). He completed his internship and residency in general surgery at New York Hospital and went on to a residency in urology at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center. He completed the required military service (1968-1970) and was appointed to New York Presbyterian Hospital in 1970 and Senior Attending and Chairman of Urology at St. Luke’s Roosevelt Hospital Center (1984-2014).
Dr. Norma Braun (neé Wang Mai Tsen) was born in Shanghai, China during the third Japanese invasion, before the World War II. Prior to the war her family was well off and very well educated. Both her grandfather and father spent time in American universities. Norma, however did not attend school until age 10, because of the war. In 1949, she, her mother and siblings relocated to Philadelphia. Norma, who desired to be a doctor from a young age, started medical school at Temple University but transferred to Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons (Class of 1963) after being offered a scholarship. She completed her internship and residency at Bellevue Hospital and began working at St. Luke’s Hospital in 1982, as a cardio-pulmonary fellow under A. Loomis Bell, MD, who ran the cardiopulmonary laboratory. Eventually she narrowed her specialty to pulmonary medicine, and continues to work in that area at St. Luke’s, now Mount Sinai Morningside.
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Dr. Romas is an urologist who worked at St. Luke’s Hospital from 1984 to 2014 before moving to Columbia Presbyterian Hospital. In this interview, he conveys information on his Greek background, his childhood life and schooling, medical training and as an administrator at St. Luke’s, as well as information about his family and personal interests. He also tells some interesting and funny experiences in practice.
Received on DVD-R; copied to Azure in Feb 2019; sent to REV 4-27 for transcription, returned 4-28-22
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Dr. Romas is an urologist who worked at St. Luke’s Hospital from 1984 to 2014 before moving to Columbia Presbyterian Hospital. In this interview, he conveys information on his Greek background, his childhood life and schooling, medical training and as an administrator at St. Luke’s, as well as information about his family and personal interests. He also tells some interesting and funny experiences in practice.
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After graduating from college and serving in the military for three years, Lawrence Huntington spent his career at the Fiduciary Trust Company International in New York City. He was President and Chief Executive Officer for more than 30 years and served as Chairman until his retirement in 2000.
He joined the Board of St Luke’s Hospital in 1970 and was elected Chairman in 1975. During his tenure, St Luke’s merged with the Roosevelt Hospital, and he continued as Chairman of the combined institutions. In 1980, he stepped down as Chairman but continued as a Trustee. In the early nineties, he again was elected Chairman and served for six years until St. Luke’s Roosevelt merged with the Beth Israel Hospital. He served as Trustee of the expanded system, known as Continuum Health Partners and, in 2008, was again elected Chairman, a post he held until his retirement in 2012.
He has served on numerous business, civic and non-profit boards, having chaired the NYC Citizens Budget Commission, The World Wildlife Fund, The Woods Hole Research Center, The New York Law School and the Josiah Macy Foundation. He was a board member of the Crum and Forster Insurance Companies, the New York State Retirement System, and the NASD International Markets Board. He also was a board member of the Commonwealth Fund.
He is a graduate of Harvard University and The New York Law School and holds an honorary degree of Doctor of Laws from the New York Law School.
He and his wife, Caroline, live in New York City and Westport, Massachusetts.
Dr. Norma Braun (neé Wang Mai Tsen) was born in Shanghai, China during the third Japanese invasion, before the World War II. Prior to the war her family was well off and very well educated. Both her grandfather and father spent time in American universities. Norma, however did not attend school until age 10, because of the war. In 1949, she, her mother and siblings relocated to Philadelphia. Norma, who desired to be a doctor from a young age, started medical school at Temple University but transferred to Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons (Class of 1963) after being offered a scholarship. She completed her internship and residency at Bellevue Hospital and began working at St. Luke’s Hospital in 1982, as a cardio-pulmonary fellow under A. Loomis Bell, MD, who ran the cardiopulmonary laboratory. Eventually she narrowed her specialty to pulmonary medicine, and continues to work in that area at St. Luke’s, now Mount Sinai Morningside.
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In this interview, Laurence Huntington, who worked in finance for 40 years, describes his early years and schooling, his military service (Coast Guard) and what drew him into each of his three terms as Chairman of the Board of St. Luke’s Hospital, including dealing with demonstrators in the late 1960s, handling the merger of St. Luke’s and Roosevelt Hospitals, the formation of the Continuum Health Partners, Inc. group in the 1990s, and the unwinding of the relationship with the Long Island College Hospital (LICH). He goes on to describe his later work with the World Wildlife Fund and Woods Hole Research Center, expressing some opinions about climate issues, and concludes discussing his family’s love of sailing, and his work with the South Street Seaport.
The recording was downloaded from the AV Department's Dropbox to the Aufses Archives' Azure drive on 4/3/19. It was sent to REV for transcription April 27, 2019.
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Danne Lorieo, MD is a native New Yorker who spent the majority of his child and young adulthood in the Morningside Heights neighborhood, attended the College of Physicians and Surgeons and spent the rest of his medical career at St. Luke’s Hospital Center, as a surgeon, retiring in February of 2020.
Dr. Norma Braun (neé Wang Mai Tsen) was born in Shanghai, China during the third Japanese invasion, before the World War II. Prior to the war her family was well off and very well educated. Both her grandfather and father spent time in American universities. Norma, however did not attend school until age 10, because of the war. In 1949, she, her mother and siblings relocated to Philadelphia. Norma, who desired to be a doctor from a young age, started medical school at Temple University but transferred to Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons (Class of 1963) after being offered a scholarship. She completed her internship and residency at Bellevue Hospital and began working at St. Luke’s Hospital in 1982, as a cardio-pulmonary fellow under A. Loomis Bell, MD, who ran the cardiopulmonary laboratory. Eventually she narrowed her specialty to pulmonary medicine, and continues to work in that area at St. Luke’s, now Mount Sinai Morningside.
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In this engaging interview, Dr. Lorieo describes episodes from his childhood, how he found his way to medicine, and surgery, how he was Influenced and mentored by Drs. Peter Bossart, Hugh Fitzpatrick, Bob Miller, Conrad Lattes, and his interest and involvement in setting up the kidney transplant program. He relates several colorful stories about being on the medical team for the Yankees, Madison Square Garden and the Metropolitan Opera, and the perks of working at these locations, (meeting Muhammad Ali, Clyde Frazier, playing basketball with Marv Albert, etc.).
Of interest is Dr. Lorie’s personal critique of the development of medicine from the 1960s to current practices and sub-specialties. He also briefly touches on how that has effected St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center.
He also talks about his wife, Jackie, an occupational therapist and a sculptor, and mentions some of the museums that display her artwork, and his two sons and their lives, his life-long model train hobby and his sports interests, as a young boy and more currently, and what activities he will be investing in after his retirement in 2020.
Downloaded from the AV Department Dropbox account and moved to the Archives' Azure Drive on 4/22/19. It was sent to REV for transcription on 4/27/22. The curriculum vitae was supplied by the doctor.
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Barbara Dennis was born and raised in Bellows Falls, Vermont, and wanted to be a nurse from childhood. She was raised in the Episcopal tradition, and when her youth group visited New York City, they were offered a tour of St. Luke’s Hospital by a hospital chaplain who was a friend of the group leader, which led to her decision to attend nursing school at St. Luke’s. She is a member of the Class of 1960. Ms. Dennis spent the vast majority of her career as a St. Luke's Hospital nurse.
Dr. Norma Braun (neé Wang Mai Tsen) was born in Shanghai, China during the third Japanese invasion, before the World War II. Prior to the war her family was well off and very well educated. Both her grandfather and father spent time in American universities. Norma, however did not attend school until age 10, because of the war. In 1949, she, her mother and siblings relocated to Philadelphia. Norma, who desired to be a doctor from a young age, started medical school at Temple University but transferred to Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons (Class of 1963) after being offered a scholarship. She completed her internship and residency at Bellevue Hospital and began working at St. Luke’s Hospital in 1982, as a cardio-pulmonary fellow under A. Loomis Bell, MD, who ran the cardiopulmonary laboratory. Eventually she narrowed her specialty to pulmonary medicine, and continues to work in that area at St. Luke’s, now Mount Sinai Morningside.
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In this interview, Barbara Dennis describes what life was like as a student nurse at The St. Luke’s Hospital School of Nursing in the late 1950s, working on the Hospital floors, the demands of the schedule, what kind of a social life they had within the Hospital and outside of it. She talks about the School of Nursing pin, the caps and uniforms they wore and some of the traditions in which they participated. She also mentions the Nursing Visitor Exchange Program, how she met her husband at the hospital, and then how her career at St. Luke’s and afterwards developed.
The recording was downloaded from the AV Department Dropbox and added the Aufses Archives Azure drive on 6/14/19; it was sent to REV for transcribing on 4/27/22. The curriculum vitae was supplied by Ms. Dennis.
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Amy Rabbit is a native New Yorker (Staten Island) who was inspired by her mother to become a nurse. She attended St. Luke's Hospital School of Nursing and was in the last graduating class of the school before it closed, the Class of 1974. Ms. Rabbit was hired straight from school to work at St. Luke's Hospital and remained there for 44 years, retiring in 2018.
Dr. Norma Braun (neé Wang Mai Tsen) was born in Shanghai, China during the third Japanese invasion, before the World War II. Prior to the war her family was well off and very well educated. Both her grandfather and father spent time in American universities. Norma, however did not attend school until age 10, because of the war. In 1949, she, her mother and siblings relocated to Philadelphia. Norma, who desired to be a doctor from a young age, started medical school at Temple University but transferred to Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons (Class of 1963) after being offered a scholarship. She completed her internship and residency at Bellevue Hospital and began working at St. Luke’s Hospital in 1982, as a cardio-pulmonary fellow under A. Loomis Bell, MD, who ran the cardiopulmonary laboratory. Eventually she narrowed her specialty to pulmonary medicine, and continues to work in that area at St. Luke’s, now Mount Sinai Morningside.
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In this interview Amy Rabbit relates stories of her experiences at the St. Luke's Hospital School of Nursing in the early 1970s and then working as a floating nurse in various wards at St. Luke's Hospital. She shares particular stories of patient interactions on the Geriatric Psych unit, caring for AIDS patients, working with various staff, and changes over time in the way nursing is carried out. She also shares stories about her parents, her husband and son, and her hobbies in retirement.
The recording was down loaded from the AV Department Dropbox on 12/4/19 and added to the Aufses Archives Azure drive; then sent to REV to transcribe on 04/27/2022. The curriculum vitae was provided by Ms. Rabbit.
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Texas native John Thomas Barnard completed his MD at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School (1976), and post-graduate training at St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center (1976-1981). He went on to complete a cardiology research fellowship at the College of Physicians & Surgeons (1981-1983), and then returned to St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center to serve as an attending physician (Cardiologist; 1983-2007) before moving over to Weill Cornell Medicine. He retired in June 2019.
Dr. Norma Braun (neé Wang Mai Tsen) was born in Shanghai, China during the third Japanese invasion, before the World War II. Prior to the war her family was well off and very well educated. Both her grandfather and father spent time in American universities. Norma, however did not attend school until age 10, because of the war. In 1949, she, her mother and siblings relocated to Philadelphia. Norma, who desired to be a doctor from a young age, started medical school at Temple University but transferred to Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons (Class of 1963) after being offered a scholarship. She completed her internship and residency at Bellevue Hospital and began working at St. Luke’s Hospital in 1982, as a cardio-pulmonary fellow under A. Loomis Bell, MD, who ran the cardiopulmonary laboratory. Eventually she narrowed her specialty to pulmonary medicine, and continues to work in that area at St. Luke’s, now Mount Sinai Morningside.
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Dr. Barnard relates stories about his childhood background, how he moved from an engineering major to pre-med, and how he found his way to St. Luke’s Hospital (now Mount Sinai Morningside) for residency training. He mentions several attendings that influenced him, some of the fun that was had during training, and some of the more serious cases he worked with, the reasons behind his move to Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons for several years to conducted research before returning to St. Luke’s to practice. He also mentions his hobbies, family adventures, and the changes in medical practice that led to his decision to retire.
Significant St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center names mentioned include Drs. William Clark, Mike Irwin, Theodore B. Van Itallie, Richard Pierson, A. Loomis Bell, C. Reddington [Rud] Barrett, Harvey Kemp, Michael Lesch, Ron Ablow,
The video recording was down loaded from the AV Department's Dropbox account on 12/3/19 and downloaded into the Archives' Azure Drive. The recording was sent to REV on 4/27/22 for transcription. The doctor provided his curriculum vitae.
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Native New Yorker Joan Leonardini was Director of Logistics for the Nursing Department at the former St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center (since 2020 Mount Sinai Morningside and and since 2015 Mount Sinai West). She retired on December 27, 2019.
Dr. Norma Braun (neé Wang Mai Tsen) was born in Shanghai, China during the third Japanese invasion, before the World War II. Prior to the war her family was well off and very well educated. Both her grandfather and father spent time in American universities. Norma, however did not attend school until age 10, because of the war. In 1949, she, her mother and siblings relocated to Philadelphia. Norma, who desired to be a doctor from a young age, started medical school at Temple University but transferred to Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons (Class of 1963) after being offered a scholarship. She completed her internship and residency at Bellevue Hospital and began working at St. Luke’s Hospital in 1982, as a cardio-pulmonary fellow under A. Loomis Bell, MD, who ran the cardiopulmonary laboratory. Eventually she narrowed her specialty to pulmonary medicine, and continues to work in that area at St. Luke’s, now Mount Sinai Morningside.
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In this interview Ms. Leonardini talks a bit about her background growing up in Greenwich Village, her family background, work background and developing interest in hospital administration and experiences working in the field and finally in St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center. She mentions some of the challenges of working in the field (hospital closures, dealing with homeless issues, AIDS), and what she hopes to do in retirement.
Audio recording received from AV Dept. Dropbox on 12/10/19 and downloaded into the Archives Azure drive; sent to REV for transcription on 4/27/22. The curriculum vitae was supplied by Ms. Leonardini.
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Dr. Constantine Anagnostopoulos is a Cardiothoracic Surgeon. He was born in Salonica, Greece and came to the US in 1958. He attended Georgetown University, and the University of Athens, Greece, and then trained for medicine at Columbia University, and Yale University. He taught at Yale University School of Medicine, The University of Chicago, SUNY Stony Brook before coming the St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center in the 1990s to establish the full-time Cardiothoracic Surgery service.
Dr. Constantine Anagnostopoulos is a Cardiothoracic Surgeon. He was born in Salonica, Greece and came to the US in 1958. He attended Georgetown University, and the University of Athens, Greece, and then trained for medicine at Columbia University, and Yale University. He taught at Yale University School of Medicine, The University of Chicago, SUNY Stony Brook before coming the St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center in the 1990s to establish the full-time Cardiothoracic Surgery service.
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This catalog record includes a video recording made by Dr. Anagnostopoulos, a digital copy of the transcript of that talk and a digital copy of his curriculum vitae and a digital collection of documents regarding the start of the Cardiothoracic Surgery Service. Dr. Constantine Anagnostopoulos dictates reminiscences from his career, focusing on the start of the full-time academic cardiothoracic surgery program at the former St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center of Columbia University in 1992, (AKA Mount Sinai Morningside). Materials include the recording, a transcript of the recording, a copy of Dr. Anagnostopoulos' curriculum vitae and a PDF scrapbook of documents, put together by Dr. Anagnostopoulos, relating to the start of the cardiothoracic program and its continued success.
All of these materials came directly from Dr. Anagnostopoulos in 2020.
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Dr. Constantine Anagnostopoulos dictates reminiscences from his career, focusing on the start of the full-time academic cardiothoracic surgery program at the former St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center of Columbia University in 1992, (AKA Mount Sinai Morningside). Materials include the recording, a transcript of the recording, a copy of Dr. Anagnostopoulos' curriculum vitae and a PDF scrapbook of documents, put together by Dr. Anagnostopoulos, relating to the start of the cardiothoracic program and its continued success.
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This document consists of pages of correspondence, graphs, charts, and photographs documenting the start and growth of the cardiothoracic program over time; they were scanned by Dr. Anagnostopoulos and given to the Aufses Archives along with the lecture. Note: The materials include an image of Dr. Anagnostopoulos at the podium during the celebration of 40 years of of open heart surgery at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center with an image projected on a screen behind him. The projected image, which is difficult to see and was labeled by Dr. Anagnostopoulos, displays a photograph of the heart/lung machine that was first used by Dr. Hugh Fitzpatrick to do open heart surgery in 1956, which is being operated by technician Wilbur Herrine.
Dr. Richard Gold is a former radiologist and attending physician at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital for close to 30 years. He retired in 2014 and now serves as an expert medical witness consulting in radiology.
Dr. Norma Braun (neé Wang Mai Tsen) was born in Shanghai, China during the third Japanese invasion, before the World War II. Prior to the war her family was well off and very well educated. Both her grandfather and father spent time in American universities. Norma, however did not attend school until age 10, because of the war. In 1949, she, her mother and siblings relocated to Philadelphia. Norma, who desired to be a doctor from a young age, started medical school at Temple University but transferred to Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons (Class of 1963) after being offered a scholarship. She completed her internship and residency at Bellevue Hospital and began working at St. Luke’s Hospital in 1982, as a cardio-pulmonary fellow under A. Loomis Bell, MD, who ran the cardiopulmonary laboratory. Eventually she narrowed her specialty to pulmonary medicine, and continues to work in that area at St. Luke’s, now Mount Sinai Morningside.
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Dr. Richard Gold relates stories of his work as a radiologist at various New York tri-state area hospitals, and how he found his way to Roosevelt Hospital (now Mount Sinai West). He also shares information on his children, changes in radiology technologies, his post-retirement work as an expert medical witness.
The recording was downloaded from link provided by AV Department videographer Sean Locket shortly after the interview and it was downloaded in the Archives' Azure drive. It was sent to REV on 4/27/22 for transcription. The curriculum vitae was provide by Dr. Gold on the day of the interview.
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Dr. Bernstein is a senior attending physician at Mount Sinai St. Luke's and Mount Sinai West, and an associate professor of medicine in the department of endocrinology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.
Dr. Norma Braun (neé Wang Mai Tsen) was born in Shanghai, China during the third Japanese invasion, before the World War II. Prior to the war her family was well off and very well educated. Both her grandfather and father spent time in American universities. Norma, however did not attend school until age 10, because of the war. In 1949, she, her mother and siblings relocated to Philadelphia. Norma, who desired to be a doctor from a young age, started medical school at Temple University but transferred to Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons (Class of 1963) after being offered a scholarship. She completed her internship and residency at Bellevue Hospital and began working at St. Luke’s Hospital in 1982, as a cardio-pulmonary fellow under A. Loomis Bell, MD, who ran the cardiopulmonary laboratory. Eventually she narrowed her specialty to pulmonary medicine, and continues to work in that area at St. Luke’s, now Mount Sinai Morningside.
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Dr. Bernstein discusses his early training and developing interest in endocrinology, which was fostered by his Vietnam War service spent in NIH, where he worked in the endocrinology division. Following a fellowship year studying endocrinology he was recruited to St. Luke’s Hospital by Theodore B. Van Itallie, the former Chief of Medicine, who established first metabolic research lab in the country, to be the clinical director. He discusses various experiences and changes in medical practice; mentions his outside hobbies and interests and those of his family’s.
The interview video was downloaded from the AV Dept. Dropbox account and added the Archives Azure drive shortly after the interview was conducted in 2019. It was sent to REV for transcription 4/27/2022. The CV was provided by Dr. Gold.
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Director of Respiratory Care Services at Mount Sinai Morningside and Mount Sinai West (the former St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center) since 2008.
Dr. Norma Braun (neé Wang Mai Tsen) was born in Shanghai, China during the third Japanese invasion, before the World War II. Prior to the war her family was well off and very well educated. Both her grandfather and father spent time in American universities. Norma, however did not attend school until age 10, because of the war. In 1949, she, her mother and siblings relocated to Philadelphia. Norma, who desired to be a doctor from a young age, started medical school at Temple University but transferred to Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons (Class of 1963) after being offered a scholarship. She completed her internship and residency at Bellevue Hospital and began working at St. Luke’s Hospital in 1982, as a cardio-pulmonary fellow under A. Loomis Bell, MD, who ran the cardiopulmonary laboratory. Eventually she narrowed her specialty to pulmonary medicine, and continues to work in that area at St. Luke’s, now Mount Sinai Morningside.
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Mark Collazo, born on Long Island but raised in Spain, talks about returning to NYC, how he came to work at St. Luke’s Hospital (now Mount Sinai Morningside) through volunteering first in the Respiratory Care Department moving the large oxygen cylinders, how he was hired for his first position at St. Luke’s, in the food services, and how he worked his way back to the Respiratory Care area. He mentions his educational history and goals, some of the doctors he has worked with or were encouraged by, relates some of his experiences with patients and shares his philosophy of working with respiratory care and giving the patients what they want, and the reasons he wishes to stay at St. Luke’s, despite other offers.
Transcript and video recording is available.
The video was downloaded from Dropbox link provided by videographer Sean Locket (AV Department). It was sent to REV 4/27/ 22 for transcription and returned 4/28/22; the resume was provided by Mr. Collazo.
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Dr. Chynn was an Attending Radiologist at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center and former Division Chief of Neuroradiology. He was also a Clinical Professor of Radiology at Columbia University's College of Physician's & Surgeons. He taught medical students, interns, residents, and fellows for over 20 years.
Dr. Chynn's name appears in differently in different places. Archival materials have York Kuo Chynn on them, and it is known that York is the name he commonly used among friends. Professional papers have been published under K. York Chynn and Kuo York Chynn.
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1 digital file of replies to questions posed to Dr. Chynn.
Materials were created by Dr. Chynn, with the aid of his son, and received at the Aufses Archives' St. Luke's-Roosevelt Alumni Association Oral History Project on January 20, 2022 via email.
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At the time of active interviewing, Dr. Chynn was unable to join us for a live meeting, but with the aid of his son, Dr. Emil Chynn, he submitted answers to our questions in writing; these are his unedited replies. Note that Dr. Chynn's name appears in differently in different places. Archival materials have York Kuo Chynn on them, and it is known that York is the name he commonly used among friends. Professional papers have been published under K. York Chynn and Kuo York Chynn.
Albert Lawrence Attia, MD is a gastroenterologist who studied at Columbia University's College of Physicians and Surgeons and completed his internship/residency at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center where he continues to practice, following in his father Albert's footsteps.
Albert Attia, MD is a gastroenterologist who completed his internship/residency at Roosevelt Hospital (Mount Sinai West) and continued his medical career there in the newly established Upjohn Gastrointestinal Section, becoming an attending and eventually an Associate Director in the Gastrointestinal Department at Roosevelt Hospital and a Clinical Professor of Medicine at Columbia University's College of Physicians & Surgeons and later at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.
Michala Biondi is an Associate Archivist at the Arthur H. Aufses, Jr. MD Archives at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (2016- ). She is responsible for the various facets of the Mount Sinai Morningside and Mount Sinai West collections.
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Father and son gastroenterologists, Albert and Larry Attia, relate stories of their early lives, education and training, and work with the St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center hospitals. The elder Attia shares stories of his birth family from Syria and Panama, as well as his training and early days of his specialty and the people with whom he worked there and a bit about the development of physical plant of Roosevelt Hospital. Son Larry continues telling his story of training and positions he held within St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center, working with the Smithers Alcoholism Treatment and Training Center for a time, and working with the team that transitioned the hospital to electronic records. Both doctors also relate stories of their children, outside interests.
The interview was recorded using a digital voice recorder. It was downloaded into the Azure drive on the day of the interview. The recording was sent to REV for transcription on 9/23/2022 and returned on 9/24/2022. The curriculum vitae were provided by the doctors on the day of the interview.
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