Dr. Chalmers presents on the data associated with showing the efficacy of portacaval shunt surgery and other treatments, using these to discuss the value of randomized, controlled clinical trials, as well as the concept of obtaining informed consent.

Memos regarding attempts to cut costs across the Hospital, including surgical costs, laboratory costs, supply and drug costs, personnel costs, and food waste. Includes recommendations from the Medical Board's Committee on Economy.

Memos and correspondence regarding policies on payroll, absences, holidays, pensions, and employee roles. Memos describe considerations for implementing a time clock system for hospital employees. Contains three 1937 articles from the Modern Hospital Publishing Company on hospitals and labor unions.

Includes three items mounted inside a framed case: a telegram from the White House stating, "The President has asked me to invite you to witness the signing of the historical Medicare bill tomorrow, Friday, July 30," a letter from Lawrence O'Brien at the White House dated August 3, 1965, and the pen used to sign H.R. 6675, the Medicare Bill.

• https://friedmanbrain.icahn.mssm.edu/
• This website is for the Friedman Brain Institute at the Icahn School of Medicine. It primarily documents the 2021 Friedman Brain Institute Neuroscience Retreat, which brought together neuroscience researchers and clinicians from across the Mount Sinai Health System to discuss a variety of topics and generate new ideas.

• https://giving.mountsinai.org/
• This is the fundraising website for the Mount Sinai Health System Office of Development.

Correspondence with Robert K. Haas, a member of the Board of Trustees. Includes a list of Haas' gifts to the Hospital and gifts made to the Hospital in memory of Haas. Also included are clippings of Haas' obituaries and correspondence with his wife, Merle Haas, after his death.