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.

1 digital file of replies to questions posed to Dr. Chynn.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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,

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.