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Community Medicine, Department of, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Nutrition Division, (George Christakis, MD), Files, 1953-1969

Summary

Creator: Community Medicine, Dept. of, MSSM. Nutrition Division
Title: Records of George Christakis
Dates: 1953-1969
Volume: 1 box, 4 inches

Preface

These records were created by George Christakis, M.D., Director of the Nutrition Division of the Department of Community Medicine and Associate Dean of Mount Sinai School of Medicine. They were received in July 1988 with records from the Dean/President's Office. Dr. Christakis' files related to the Dean's Office remain in that collection.

Biographical Note

George Christakis was born in New York City in 1928 and attended both the Juilliard School of Music and Stuyvesant High School. He received a BA from New York University and then an MD degree from New York Medical College, Class of 1954. In 1960 he was awarded a Master of Science degree in Nutrition from Columbia University and the next year completed the Master in Public Health program, also from Columbia. After his post-graduate clinical training, he became the Acting and then full Director of the Bureau of Nutrition of the New York City Department of Health, which at that time was led by Dr. George James. In 1965 Dr. James was appointed Dean of the new Mount Sinai School of Medicine. The next year James established the new Department of Community Medicine and served as the first Director and Chairman. Christakis came to Mount Sinai in 1966 to be in charge of the Nutrition Division of that Department. He also served as the School's first Assistant and then Associate Dean for Admissions and Student Affairs and was an Assistant Attending in the Department of Medicine at The Mount Sinai Hospital. Dr. Christakis remained at Mount Sinai until 1974 when he moved to Florida.

Scope and Content Note

This collection relates to the work of George Christakis as head of the Nutrition Division of the Department of Community Medicine. They should be used in conjunction with the Records of the Office of Chairman of the Department of Community Medicine, Kurt W. Deuschle, MD.

Subjects

Christakis, George John
Computers
Diet Records
East Harlem (New York, N.Y.)
Hollander, Franklin
Mount Sinai Medical Center. Dept. of Pediatrics. (Cystic Fibrosis Program)
N.Y. (N.Y.). Dept. of Health
Nutrition--education
Weil, Rudolf

Container List

Box	Folder	Contents
1	1	Computerized Diet History--Information on programs; Papers by GC on computers in nutrition, 1967-68.
	2	Cystic Fibrosis Research Grant Application, 1968.
	3	N.Y.C. Dept. of Health--Corresp. with Nutrition Dept. regarding studies, East Harlem programs, Dept., 7/1966-68.
	4	N.Y. State Dept. of Health, Education and Welfare--Report on meeting on Regional Medical Programs, nutrition issues, 1966-67.4
	5	Nutrition Division--Budget information, misc., 1966-68.
	6	Nutrition Division--Personnel, 1966-69.
	7	Nutrition Division--Reprints of staff and Nutrition Laboratory, including Hollander and Weil, 1953-1967.
	8	Nutrition Foundation--Corresp. re: grant to support nutrition education curriculum; Report on 1967 progress, 1966-1968.
	9	U.S. Dept. of Health, Education and Welfare--Corresp. re: programs, 1966-68.
	10	Writing Assignments--Drafts; Corresp., 1967-68.