Alfred A. Richman

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

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

"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

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
  1. "Dr. Alfred Richman, 92, Dies; Founded Hospital in the City". The New York Times. December 11, 1984.
  2. "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.
  3. "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
  4. "League's Party At Plaza Friday To Aid Children; Mrs. Marshall Keating Heads Benefit for Disabled Youths". The New York Times. November 13, 1944.
  5. J. S. Edlin (1951). "The Tuberculosis Patient in the General Hospital".


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