Oral history interview with Abram J. Abeloff, 1996

Biographical Note

Retired surgeon

Scope and Contents

Reminiscences of early life, New York City; reasons for entering medicine; education: B.A. Columbia College, 1922, M.D. Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons [P&S], 1926; discrimination against Jews in medical school; differences among New York medical schools and hospitals; surgical intern, Lenox Hill Hospital [LHH], 1927; difficulties with German language at LHH; medical trip to Germany; building private practice; medical experiences in Brazil; experiences in World War II; record keeping at LHH; trustee, P&S; physical description of LHH; creation of surgical pathology laboratory at LHH; nurses and nursing school; Nurses Aid Society; modern medicine

Subjects

• Abeloff, Abram J. (Abram Joseph), 1900-1997--Interviews.
• Hospitals--New York (State)--New York--History.
• Interviews.
• Lenox Hill Hospital.
• Oral histories (literary works)
• Zane, Sharon, interviewer.

Access Conditions

Copyright by the Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1997