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US AA155.INT360 · File · September 13, 2022
Part of St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center Alumni Association oral history collection

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.

Attia, A. Lawrence

This is an interview with former Trustees Helen Roosevelt and her son Andrew E. Roosevelt, relatives of Roosevelt Hospital founder James H. Roosevelt. Helen Roosevelt speaks about her childhood and of her volunteer work at the Hospital, recounting several stories including hosting staff holiday parties, her children's relationship with the Hospital, acquaintances there and other highlights. Andrew Roosevelt describes his experiences at the Hospital including events during the September 11th attacks, moving the burial site of James H. Roosevelt from Hospital grounds to the family plot in the New York Marble Cemetery, and stories of Yoko Ono at the Hospital after John Lennon's murder.

Roosevelt, Helen D.

Dr. Lawrence Scharer, a pulmonary specialist, discuss his life and career with Dr. Norma Braun. He describes his upbringing in the Bronx, his education at Columbia University and the College of Physicians and Surgeons and his career at Roosevelt Hospital (now Mount Sinai West). He also touches on his family life, and his time as a Captain in the Army Medical Corps, stationed in Seoul, S. Korea.

Scharer, Lawrence L.

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.

Gold, Richard H.

Interview is with Lawrence Attia, MD, Hassan Khouli, MD, Ira Meisels, MD, and Norma M.T. Braun, MD who share reminisces about the late James Jones, MD, a Mount Sinai West (formerly Roosevelt Hospital) a beloved physician and administrator who died suddenly in December 2016.

Attia, A. Lawrence