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Frohman, I. Phillips, M.D. (1911-2001)
1949-1963
1 box – See also: Oversized Collection and Photograph Collection
Dr. I. Phillips Frohman received a degree from the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy prior
to graduating from the University of Maryland’s medical school in 1937. After serving his
internship at Flower Hospital in Toledo, Ohio (1937-1938), he served as chief resident physician at
Licking County Hospital in Newark, Ohio. In 1941 he moved to Washington, D.C., where he
established a general practice and later founded the Southeast Washington Compensation Clinic,
which he operated until 1995. A charter diplomate of the American Board of Family Practice (now
the ABFM), he joined the AAGP in 1948 and was a founding member of the District of Columbia
Academy of Family Physicians in 1949. Dr. Frohman was also a prolific writer, and was published
extensively in various medical and other journals, including foreign journals in Sweden, India and
Germany.
The I. Phillips Frohman, M.D. Collection consists of 57 articles written by Dr. Frohman from 1949
to 1963 covering a variety of topics relating to general practice, medical practice, and medical
science.
Gehringer, Gerald R., M.D. (1926-1995)
1975-1984
2 boxes – See also: Audio-Visual Collection; Photograph Collection; and Slide Collection
Gerald R. Gehringer, M.D. was born in 1926 in Kentwood, Louisiana. Following graduation from
high school, he served in the U.S. Navy from 1943-1946 as a radio radar gunman, and then returned
home to attend Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond, where he earned his B.S. in 1948.
In 1952, he was graduated with his M.D. from Louisiana State University in New Orleans, and
completed an internship at Charity Hospital in New Orleans from 1952-1953. Following that, Dr.
Gehringer completed residencies in general practice and surgery and went into private practice as a
family physician in Kentwood, Louisiana. He held many academic appointments and served as both
a Residency Assistance Program (RAP) consultant and as a member of the Residency Review
Committee (RRC) for Family Practice. Dr. Gehringer also held leadership positions in the Louisiana
State Medical Society and was president of the Louisiana Academy of Family Physicians from 1976
to 1977. In addition, Dr. Gehringer served within the AAFP in many capacities, including as
delegate from Louisiana; member and chairman of the Board of Directors; president-elect; president
(1982-1983); and past president. He died in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in 1995.
Dr. Gehringer’s collection contains files from his papers, presentations and speeches from the period
circa 1975-1984. Although many of the documents are not dated, his curriculum vita verifies the
time period. Many of the presentations were on clinical topics such as angina/cardiology, arthritis,
dermatology, psychiatry, and urinary tract infections. Others pertain to the history of Family
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