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David A. Dreiling, MD (1918-1991) graduated from Cornell University with a Bachelor's degree in 1938 and attended New York University School of Medicine from 1938-1942. Dr. Dreiling was a surgeon and researcher who spent his entire career associated with The Mount Sinai Hospital and Mount Sinai School of Medicine.

Samuel K. Elster was born in 1922. He attended City College and then New York University Medical College, graduating in April 1946. After graduation he served an internship at The Mount Sinai Hospital and then spent time in the U.S. Army Medical Corps. He returned to Mount Sinai in 1950 and spent the rest of his career at this institution. He specialized in cardiology and was a noted lecturer and teacher. He loved the practice of medicine and was a willing teacher and mentor. He was among the first to emphasize the study of aging populations in relation to heart disease. In 1976 Elster was appointed Dean of Mount Sinai's Page and William Black Post-Graduate School of Medicine. He served in that role until 1985. He retired from the practice of medicine in 1997. In 1986, Dr. and Mrs. Elster raised funds for the creation of the Dr. Amy and James Elster Professor of Molecular Biology (Connective Tissue Diseases) in honor of their two children who both died from connective tissue disease. Dr. Elster died in 2006.

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.

Sheldon R. Coons was born January 12, 1895 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. His early career was spent in advertising and public relations. At the age of 24 he came to New York to work at Gimbel Bros., leaving there in 1931 to join the advertising agency of Lord & Thomas, then run by Albert Lasker. In 1940 he created his own company, becoming a business counselor to various corporations, including RCA, Pepsi-Cola, Schenley Distillers, the National Broadcasting Company and others. He was brought onto the Board of Trustees of The Mount Sinai Hospital in 1936 because of his expertise in public relations. He was quickly put to work reviewing various publications that the Hospital produced, and advising on fundraising and media efforts. His contributions to the Board and Mount Sinai expanded well beyond its publicity efforts over the years. As Chairman of the Nominating Committee for over two decades, Mr. Coons played an important role in recruiting many of the Board members and officers of the Hospital and Medical School. Mr. Coons was instrumental in bringing the late Gustave L. Levy, Board Chairman, to Mount Sinai, and when Mr. Levy died, stepped in to fill the breach. Mr. Coons, who was for many years the First Vice Chairman of the three Medical Center Boards, actively served on many vital committees, including the Committee on Education, the Committee on Public Relations, and the Executive Committee, all as Chairman. In 1975, Coons was awarded a Jacobi Medallion by the Mount Sinai Alumni in recognition of his efforts on Mount Sinai?s behalf, and in 1979 received an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from the School. Mr. Coons died on September 21, 1979. He was survived by his wife, Elizabeth, his son Joseph, and daughter, Deirdre. Another son, Sheldon Coons, Jr., was killed in World War II, and Mr. Coons endowed a lecture room and a lecture in his honor.

Burrill B. Crohn (1884-1983) was born and raised in New York, attended City College (Class of 1902) and then received his medical degree from Columbia University's College of Physicians and Surgeons (1907). He joined The Mount Sinai Hospital as an intern in pathology and then trained in the Hospitals' house staff program. He served as a volunteer Assistant in pathology and then physiological chemistry from 1911 to 1923, when he was named Chief of Mount Sinai's Gastroenterology Clinic in the Department of Medicine. He joined the in-patient staff in 1926 and ultimately was associated with Mount Sinai for over sixty years. Crohn was President of the American Gastroenterological Association in 1953. Crohn authored four books and over 150 articles, primarily in his chosen specialty of gastroenterology. He is best remembered for his role in the first description of regional ileitis, or Crohn's Disease, along with Mount Sinai surgeons Leon Ginzburg and Gordon Oppenheimer.

Dorothea Danials, RN, was the Director of the Beth Israel School of Nursing circa 1936.

Dr. Eliasoph (1899-1970) was a long time member of the Department of Medicine at The Mount Sinai Hospital. He developed one of the first, if not the first, successful portable oxygen tent.

Ira Eliasoph, MD was a resident and then spent many years as a member of the Department of Ophthalmology at The Mount Sinai Hospital and Mount Sinai School of Medicine. He also served as an instructor in The Mount Sinai Hospital School of Nursing.

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.