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Selected: Edgar M. Bick, M.D.

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Summary

Creator: Edgar M. Bick, M.D.
Title: Certificates, Awards, Plaques
Dates: 1927-1977
Volume: 1 box, 3 inches (30 items)

Bick, Edgar M., M.D.

Preface

These files were in the Mount Sinai Archives in 1986. An additional accession was made July 9, 1992 when The Mount Sinai Alumni sent the contents of f.6.

Biography

Edgar Milton Bick, M.D. (1902-1978) was on the staff of The Mount Sinai Hospital for many years. A 1927 graduate of the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, he did his early training at the Hospital of the N.Y. Society for the Relief of the Ruptured and Crippled, now known as the Hospital for Special Surgery. He joined the Mount Sinai staff in the Orthopaedic clinic in 1930, and received an in-patient appointment in 1934. He served in the Mount Sinai affiliated unit in World War II, the United States Army 3rd General Hospital, and was chief of the orthopedic work there. He headed Mount Sinai's affiliation with the Blythedale Children's Hospital starting in 1949 and also later had an appointment with St. Clare's Hospital. Bick's early research work focused on soft tissue and bone tumors and the pathology and clinical study of osteogenesis of human vertebrae. Later he made notable contributions to the management of fractures and orthopedic disabilities in the aged. The departmental scholar - the Orthopaedics Library was named for him in 1971 - Bick was best known for his work on the history of orthopaedics. His definitive texts, Source Book of Orthopaedics (1937) and Classics of Orthopaedics, remain the standard works on the subject. Bick remained at Mount Sinai until his death in 1978, by which time he was a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon and Emeritus Clinical Professor of Orthopaedics.

Scope and Content

This collection of awards and certificates is self-explanatory. It sheds light on the many facets of Dr. Bick's character and career, as well as his deep love for the field of orthopaedics.

Container List

Box	Folder	Contents
1	1	New York Academy of Sciences, Active Membership, May 1, 1939. U.S. Army Medical Corps, Appointment, June 24, 1941,as Captain U.S. Army Medical Corps, Appointment, September 5, 1941, as Major U.S. Army Medical Corps, Certificate of Service, February 13, 1946 American Academy of Compensation Medicine, Inc., Fellow, March 1, 1948 La Societé Internationale de Chirurgie Orthopedique et de Traumatologie, Membership, 1954
	2	Association of Bone and Joint Surgeons, Honorary Membership, April 2, 1955 U.S. Committee, Inc. in Support of The World Medical Association, Membership, 1957 Orthopaedic Research Society, Senior Membership, January 25, 1957 American College of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Inc., in recognition of the Scientific Exhibit, February 6, 1958 La Asociacion Medica de Ortopedia y Traumatolgia, Honorary Membership, 1958 U.S. Committee, Inc., in Support of The World Medical Association, Membership, 1958 American Geriatrics Society, Fellow, April 11, 1960 Sociedad Latino Americana de Ortopedia y Traumatologia, Reciprocal Membership, December 14, 1962 Association of the Alumni of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, Century Club Membership, 1970 Fire Dept. of the City of New York, Honorary Medical Director, June 10, 1971 Medical Society of the State of New York, Citation for 50 Years of Service, October 5, 1977
	3	N.Y. Philanthropic League of U.O.T.S., Inc., Plaque in recognition of service, November 1951
	4	Excellence Council of Mount Sinai, Supporter, 1970 (laminated) Columbia University, Letter of Thanks for support from Andrew w. Cordier, President, August 1, 1970 (laminated)
	5	Hospital of the N.Y. Society for the Relief of the Ruptured and Crippled, Diploma for House Staff appointment, 1929-1930 Sociedad Mexicana de Ortopedia, Corresponding Membership, September 6, 1958
	6	Medical diploma, Columbia University, June 1, 1927 Certificate from State of New York granting license, June 30, 1927 Certificate of election to Fellow in the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, January 9, 1934 Certificate of election to the N.Y. Academy of Medicine, Fellow in Orthopedic Surgery, May 4, 1936 Certificate from American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, January 9, 1937 Certificate of election to Fellow in the American College of Surgeons, October 17, 1938 Certificate of election to the American Orthopedic Association, May 21, 1949

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