In this interview, Dr. Newman discusses his recruitment to Beth Israel by his predecessor Ray Trussell, MD; his relationship with the Board of Trustees; BI’s role in the AIDS crisis and addiction treatment; the acquisition of Doctors Hospital and Kings Highway Hospital; the establishment of a Japanese-language medical practice; the affiliation with St. Luke’s-Roosevelt and creation of Continuum Health Partners. Individuals discussed include: Ray Trussell, MD; Charles Silver; Harold Fierman; Milton Petrie; Donna Mildvan; Harold Trigg, MD; Vincent Dole, MD and Marie Nyswander, PhD; Morton Hyman.

This is a collection of oral history interviews conducted primarily by Albert Lyons, MD, who was the founder of the Mount Sinai, now the Arthur H. Aufses, Jr. MD, Archives. The bulk of the interviews take place between the 1960s and the 1990s. Some of the later interviews were conducted by Archives Director Barbara Niss, and a hand full are conducted by various other persons. Early interviews focus on various physicians and researchers of note, and later interviews add other employees of the Hospital.

This collection consists of 26 audio or video interviews with medical, administrative and research staff from across the Hospital System, describing their personal experiences during the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Dr. Eileen Callahan relates her experiences and difficulties helping geriatric patients during the initial stages of the Covid-19 outbreak.

Khalid Islam discusses his experiences working as an EMS Training and Safety Manager at the Mount Sinai Hospital during the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic in spring 2020.