Alfred A. Richman
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Alfred A. Richman (c. 1892 - December 8, 1984)[1] was "an orthopedic surgeon and an honorary trustee of Beth Israel Hospital" who "founded Manhattan General Hospital in 1928 and was its executive director."
Medical career
[edit]Richman graduated from New York Medical College and was a "practicing orthopedic surgeon for a number of years."[1] The rest of his career involved medical facilities:
- a "private sanitarium at 50 West Seventy-fourth Street" (1925-1928)[2]
- 136 East 61st Street (1928-1930): a 20-bed facility named Plaza Hospital. Closed.
- 161 East 90th Street (1930-1934): Manhattan General Hospital. MGH relocated, and another hospital purchased the building.
- 305 Second Avenue (1934-1964): Manhattan General Hospital.[3] acquired by Beth Israel in 1964.
Richman[4] subsequently served Beth Israel "as a trustee and as an administrative consultant."[1]
Tuberculosis
[edit]"In 1949, under Dr. Richman's direction, Manhattan General became the first private, nonvoluntary institution in the city to set aside wards for the care of tuberculosis patients."[1] A 1951 journal noted the unit's "multiple and vesatile" treatments.[5]
Family
[edit]He was survived by his wife, their three sons and a daughter, "nine grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren" and "three brothers, Hyman, David and Julius, all of Miami Beach."[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e "Dr. Alfred Richman, 92, Dies; Founded Hospital in the City". The New York Times. December 11, 1984.
- ^ "EVICTION STAY WON BY SANITARIUM HEAD; Supreme Court Grants Grace to Dr. Richman in Contest With Warren Smadbeck. HARM TO PATIENTS FEARED Some Would Be Imperiled by Move, It is Contended--Marshal Seizes Furniture". The New York Times. June 9, 1928.
- ^ "Deaths". The New York Times. May 22, 1964.
Medical Board of .. SAMUEL A. THOMPSON, M.D. President Medical Board; ALFRED A. RICHMAN, M.D. Executive Director
- ^ "League's Party At Plaza Friday To Aid Children; Mrs. Marshall Keating Heads Benefit for Disabled Youths". The New York Times. November 13, 1944.
- ^ J. S. Edlin (1951). "The Tuberculosis Patient in the General Hospital".
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