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Plaque reads: "Pathological Laboratory Dedicated To Dr. I. W. Held in recognition of his meritorious services as physician and man. In Honor of his sixtieth birthday."
Kark discusses his life and training (originally from South Africa); his work in South African hospitals and the University of Natal medical school; his arrival at Mount Sinai as Director of the Dept. of Surgery; his impressions of the program; affiliations with Greenpoint Hospital and the City Hospital Center at Elmhurst and the reasons for them; his contributions; planning of space in Annenberg; why he resigned; his opinion of Drs. George James, Solomon Berson, Kermit Osserman, John Garlock, Ralph Colp, Leon Ginzburg and Samuel Klein; his opinion of the residency training program. (Interview starts on August 16, 1973 and is continued on August 21, 1973.)
Kark, Allan EugeneIn an interview with cardiologist Edward Dwyer, MD, he describes his attraction to medicine as a youngster after listening to a weekly science program on the radio; his decision to attend Columbia University on a baseball scholarship, and staying at Colombia for medical school (College of Physicians and Surgeons class of ’57); changes in science and medical practice between the 1950s and 1960s, and the merger between Roosevelt and St. Luke’s Hospitals in 1979, as well as other details of his medical career and life.
Dwyer, Edward M., 1936-In this interview, Dr. Glenn mentions his upbringing in Kentucky and being a southerner in a northern city, and family background and education, and work in former positions. He delves into the his interview process for the job of President of the Medical Center and Acting Dean of the School of Medicine; his impressions of the Medical Center; what stands out positively and what needs to be improved in the physical plant, going into the building project he is undertaking for the Hospital, the staffing, the departments, the research specialties and the students. The topic of women in medicine and particularly surgery is touched on, as is his personal specialty urology.
Glenn, James F. (James Francis), 1928-Dr. Turner, former Director of Mount Sinai Hospital, mentions his early years of school and medical training, his experiences in the Army and how he came to work at Mount Sinai Hospital. He describes his working relationships with Dr. Goldwater and Mr. Blumenthal, mentioning facts of their work habits and personalities; he also comments on the same for A.A. Berg, A.V. Moschcowitz, Eli Moschcowitz, and Edwin Beer. He makes interesting observations on levels of service for private, semi-private and wards, and for the working situations of non-medical staff in the early to mid-20th century. The interview concludes with a discussion about his hobbies, particularly photography.
Turner, JosephDr. Stephan Lynn was founding Chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine at the former Roosevelt Hospital (now Mount Sinai West) and in this engaging interview relates information about his youth and medical training, how he came to the Hospital, and how the Department of Emergency Medicine was established. He provides an "insider's view" of life in a hospital, and an overview of the development of emergency medicine as a field. He also relates many of the events which took place, most significantly, the hours after John Lennon's death at Roosevelt Hospital and the following media events.
Lynn, Stephan G.This interview covers the years leading up to Dr. Chalmers accepting a position of President of The Mount Sinai Medical Center and Dean of the School of Medicine, but includes a bit of the story behind that. He begins by discussing his upbringing in Forest Hills, NY, schooling from Kew Forest School, Phillips Exeter Academy, then three years at Yale leading to medical school at Columbia's P&S. He goes into details about his family background, how he worked his way through school, failed his Army physical because of serum bilirubin issues, (later he was diagnosed with Gilbert’s syndrome) and thus took military service at Goldwater Memorial Hospital, conducting research. He continues to describe his work at various hospitals up to the time he came to Mount Sinai, the story of which will continue on another interview. (see AA107.INT032)
Chalmers, Thomas C. (Thomas Clark), 1917-1995R&B and pop music singer Jackie Wilson, (Jack Leroy Wilson Jr., June 9, 1934 – January 21, 1984) visits Roosevelt Hospital.