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Commonwealth Fund
NA1440 · Corporate body · 1918-

The Commonwealth Fund was incorporated in 1918 in New York. It awards fellowships to young, potential leaders from the U.K., Australia, and New Zealand for study and travel in the U.S.

Continuum Health Partners
NA0107 · Corporate body · 1997-2013

In 1997, the Beth Israel Medical Center merged with St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center and the Long Island College Hospital to form the Greater Metropolitan Health System, Inc., which was renamed Continuum Health Partners in 1998. In 1999, the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary joined Continuum. Long Island College Hospital withdrew from the corporation in 2011. Continuum Health Partners merged with The Mount Sinai Hospital and Mount Sinai School of Medicine in 2013 to form the Mount Sinai Health System.

NA0128 · Corporate body

The Dazian Foundation for Medical Research was created by the estate of Henry Dazian. His will stated that the mission of the Foundation was to have as "its fundamental and primary purpose the advancement of medical and allied scientific knowledge." A further definition of its objects and purposes is set forth in directions that the income be applied in part (1) for the creation of fellowships "to consist of post-graduate education along specialized lines in some science or subject directly or indirectly associated with medical science for persons already possessing a degree of doctor of medicine," and (2) in making contributions "to laboratories, hospitals or similar institutions not operated for profit, to be used in research or investigation for the advancement of medical or allied scientific knowledge." Many of the individuals on the Board of the Foundation were members of the Medical Staff of The Mount Sinai Hospital, and former members of the Hospital house staff received Fellowships. The Foundation supported Fellows in Latin American countries and some Fellows later went on to win Nobel Prizes.

NA0133 · Corporate body · 1929-1987

Doctors Hospital was a voluntary hospital on the Upper East Side of New York City which catered to affluent private patients. It was located at 170 East End Avenue between 87th and 88th Streets, overlooking Carl Schurz Park and Gracie Mansion.

The hospital was founded in the late 1920s by a group of socially prominent doctors and investors to meet the growing demand for private hospital rooms. Hospitals, by this time, had replaced the home as the primary site of medical treatment for patients of all social classes, but New York City's hospitals had a limited supply of rooms for affluent patients who did not want to be housed on public wards.

The cornerstone of the hospital building was laid on April 30, 1929, and the hospital opened to patients on February 19, 1930. On its opening, the fourteen-story building contained 264 private rooms, with an additional 32 hotel-like rooms in which patients' relatives could stay during treatment. It had no wards. Nicknamed the “hotel hospital" for its lavish interiors, its rooms were decorated in an early American style and included conveniences such as private iceboxes, which aimed at replicating the comforts of home for its wealthy patients. The founding medical staff of the hospital consisted of 182 doctors and surgeons.

The hospital was founded as a for-profit corporation and was expected to yield a return for its shareholders. In 1932, however, the shares of the hospital were turned over to a charitable foundation and the hospital was reorganized as a voluntary institution. Many believed this decision to have been motivated primarily by tax purposes. In 1941 the city brought a suit against the hospital for payment of back taxes, arguing that because it catered to private patients and did not offer charity care, it was not entitled to the hospital property tax exemption. The State Supreme Court ruled in favor of the city, but the ruling was overturned by the Appellate Division in 1944, which held that the exemption applied equally to all voluntary hospitals regardless of their patient demographics. Throughout the middle decades of the twentieth century the hospital continued to serve New York's social elite as a place for medical treatment in a genteel private setting.

NA0134 · Corporate body · 1929-1987

From its founding until its acquisition by Beth Israel in 1987, Doctors Hospital was governed by a Board of Directors. Following the acquisition, this body was reorganized as a Board of Trustees, and in 1992 it was renamed the Board of Trustees of Beth Israel Hospital North.

NA0144 · Corporate body

Mount Sinai School of Medicine affiliated with the City Hospital Center at Elmhurst, a part of the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation, in July 1964. This public hospital dates back to 1832 when it was known as the Charity Hospital on today's Roosevelt Island. In 1860, the name was changed to City Hospital. The hospital moved to Elmhurst Queens in 1957 and was re-named the City Hospital Center at Elmhurst. In the early 1990s, the name of the hospital changed to Elmhurst Hospital Center.