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Founded in 1852 as “The Jews Hospital in New York,” Mount Sinai has a fascinating, storied history which is little known to the general public. The hospital, founded to serve indigent immigrant Jews in desperate need of medical care, expanded from a brownstone on 28th Street to a 20-building complex serving 400,000 patients annually. A striking number of the major medical advances of the past century and a half began there, among them: the field of pediatrics, the modern method of blood transfusion, the use of oral medication for diabetes, and combination chemotherapy. Mt. Sinai opened its doors in the 1930s to Jewish doctors escaping Hitler’s Europe.
Dr. Arthur Aufses, who served for 21 years as the Chief of Surgery, and still works at the hospital today. His father, the son of German-Jewish immigrants, was a surgeon at Mount Sinai dating back to the 1920s - an era when strict quotas made it difficult for Jews to get into medical school. In addition, Dr. Aufses has written two published books on the hospital’s history.
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Lynda Perdomo-Ayala Says: |
January 29th, 2008 at 10:25 pm |
I saw this piece by chance recently and it brought tears to my eyes. I worked for Dr. Aufses over 26 years ago in the Surgical Division as the Administrator for the Surgical Program. He is a gentelman, a scholars and a phenomenal human being who I am proud to call my friend. He is a generous man in many ways and I have been fortunate to be associated with him. I will purchase this documentary simply for the honor of owning the history of Dr. Aufses and his father who have indeed created a legacy worth having. I look forward to sharing this with my family and friends so it has been so beautifully done. I thank PBS for having the wisdom to show this program.
Sincerely,
Lynda Perdomo-Ayala
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Rene'e Says: |
February 28th, 2008 at 11:02 am |
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zamir Says: |
April 22nd, 2008 at 3:06 pm |
Dear Sir,Madam
Hi
We are a gay couple from Israel planning to have twins
by surrogacy in San Diego CA
Our dream is all most come true
The whole process is very expensive
But we can not find any Insurance agency that will cover our twins
The surrogate Insurance cover the pregnancy up to the delivery
We need to have health Insurance for the newborn twins
from moment of birth
?Can you please help us in any way
Sincerely
Zamir and Yoav
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Ilana Says: |
June 24th, 2008 at 10:56 pm |
This is a great piece, I have never met Arthur Aufses, but I have met his daughter-in-law
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