Summary

Creator: Jaffe, Harry L.
Title: Cardiology Material
Dates: 1931-1981
Volume: 1 box, 3 inches

Preface

This material was received in October 2013 from Ellen S. Jaffe, the daughter of Harry L. Jaffe, MD.

Biographical Note

Harry L. Jaffe was born in New York City, July 18, 1907; his parents had emigrated from Russia. He was educated in New York and received his bachelor's degree from Columbia University in 1928. He earned his medical degree at Columbia University's College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1930 and he completed his post-degree work in cardiology at The Mount Sinai Hospital in 1934. He remained at Mount Sinai, where he became an Associate Attending Physician in the Division of Cardiology in the Department of Medicine and a Professor in the Mount Sinai School of Medicine.

He first worked in the Cardiographic Laboratory at Mount Sinai with Dr. Arthur M. Master (Chief of the Laboratory) and other doctors. He began private practice in New York before World War II. During the war he served in the U.S. Navy as Lieutenant Commander on the U.S.S. Rixey, an evacuation transport ship in the Pacific theatre. He returned to New York after the war, where he continued his work at Mount Sinai and in private practice. From 1951 (approximately) to his retirement in 1982, his office was at 969 Park Avenue. With Arthur Master, Simon Dack, Leon Pordy, and others, he collaborated on many journal articles and chapters, as well as writing a few articles and chapters on his own. The bookCardiac Emergencies and Heart Failure by Arthur M. Master, Marvin Moser, and Harry L. Jaffe was published by Lea & Febiger, Philadelphia, in 1952. Dr. Jaffe was a member of Phi Beta Kappa fraternity, the American Medical Association, and the American College of Cardiology.

He was married for 53 years to Viola Albert Jaffe, and they had one daughter, Ellen S. Jaffe, a writer and psychotherapist. His grandson, Joe A. Bitz, is now a social worker. Dr. Jaffe died on August 10, 1993, in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, where he and his wife had moved after his retirement. Viola Jaffe died on August 31, 2009. (compiled by Ellen S. Jaffe, October 2013)

Scope and Content Note

This material documents some of the tremendous amount of significant work in cardiology that was pursued at The Mount Sinai Hospital starting in the early years of the 20th century. This collection brings together many of the articles that were written by Mount Sinai's leaders in cardiology over several decades: Harry L. Jaffe, Simon Dack, and Arthur Grishman, all working under the guidance of Arthur M. Master, the head of the Cardiographic Laboratory at The Mount Sinai Hospital from 1934-1957. These papers, with Jaffe as a single author or co-author, describe work in all aspects of cardiology over a span of 50 years. There is also an interesting certificate for an exhibit in 1940 on "The Fluoroscopic Diagnosis of Coronary Occlusion."

There are no restrictions on this collection.

Subjects

• Cardiology
• Dack, Simon
• Grishman, Arthur
• Master, Arthur M.

Container List

Series 1: Series Description