Ethel Schwartz Weinberg, MD — administration (medical association presidents), diagnostic and therapeutic services (anesthesiology), education (academic affairs)
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Dr. Ethel Weinberg (1936-2020) was instrumental in establishing emergency medicine as a medical specialty with a standard training in acute care internship. She identified emergency room medicine (with its flexible hours) as an area well-suited to women with children and launched a training program that won approval from the American Board of Medical Specialties for the first ever internship in acute care.
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