Abstract of Recording

The ceremony celebrates the dedication of the Dr. Lucy G. Moses Cardiothoracic Center on the 8th floor of the new Annenberg Building. The event was led by Mr. Gustave L. Levy, Chairman of the Boards of Trustees at Mount Sinai. The Speakers were: Mr. Levy; Frederick P. Rose, Mount Sinai Trustee, and then President of the Federation of Jewish Philanthropies; Thomas C. Chalmers, MD, President of The Mount Sinai Medical Center, and President and Dean of Mount Sinai School of Medicine; S. David Pomrinse, MD, Director of The Mount Sinai Hospital; Dr. Lucy Moses; and Robert S. Litwak, MD, Chief of the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery. The invited speaker was Norman Shumway, MD, then Professor and Chairman of the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery at Stanford University. He provides a brief history of cardiac surgery.

Transcript of the Dedication of the Dr. Lucy G. Moses Cardiothoracic Center (EVE 0005)

Sound Recording of the Dedication of the Dr. Lucy G. Moses Cardiothoracic Center (EVE 0005)

Biographical Sketch

Dr. Lucy Goldschmidt Moses (1887-1990) was a life-long philanthropist who supported many causes in the areas of medicine, the arts, education and New York City. First with her husband, Henry P. Moses, and then as a widow, Dr. Moses made significant gifts and volunteered many hours to the institutions and people that touched her mind or spirit. At Mount Sinai, her generous contributions established the Cardiothoracic Center as well as the Dr. Arthur M. Fishberg Research Center in Neurobiology, the Dr. Lucy G. Moses Chair in Rehabilitation Medicine, the Henry P. and Georgette Goldschmidt Chair in Neurology, the renovation of the Dr. Lucy G. Moses Psychiatry Day Rooms, the Moses Research Tower in the Icahn Medical Institute building, and a clinic for the research and treatment of infants and children with AIDS.