Pomrinse, S. David

Dr. S. David Pomrinse (1916-2013) received his medical degree from Western Reserve University and then served an internship and residency in Cleveland, Ohio. Dr. Pomrinse joined the Public Health Service in Washington, DC in 1956 as Chief of Health of the Aged. He received his Master of Public Health degree from Columbia University in 1959. Dr. Pomrinse was hired by Director Dr. Martin R. Steinberg and named the Associate Director of the Mount Sinai Hospital in 1961. In 1969, he became the Director of the Hospital, a role he served in until 1975, when his title became Executive Vice President of the Mount Sinai Medical Center. Dr. Pomrinse also served as the Chairman and Edmond A. Guggenheim Professor of Administrative Medicine at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine from 1969-1977. Dr. Pomrinse left Mount Sinai in 1977 and became the President of the Greater New York Hospital Association. He died in 2013.

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