archives collection - American Academy of Family Physicians ...

establish, and a Community Survey of Cleveland which was conducted in the mid-1970s to
determine health needs of Cleveland area residents. The survey ultimately led to the creation of a
Family Medicine program, the first in the Cleveland area.
Mendelsohn, Harry R., M.D. (1910-1984)
1945-1950, 1976, 1984-1987
1 slim document case
Harry R. Mendelsohn, M.D. was born in London in 1910. He became a naturalized U.S. citizen and
attended high school in Cleveland, Ohio. He received then his B.A. from Miami University in Ohio
and went to medical school at the University of Cincinnati. After graduating with his M.D. in 1936,
he completed an internship at Mt. Sinai Hospital in Cleveland and a general practice residency at
Jewish Memorial Hospital in New York City. Dr. Mendelsohn served as a faculty member and
administrator at the VA Medical Center in Cincinnati from 1965-1980, and was also medical director
of the American Red Cross in Cincinnati and the first president of the Cincinnati Society of General
Physicians. He was a recipient of the Daniel Drake Award from the Southwestern Ohio Society of
General Physicians, and was the author of a widely-requested JAMA article titled “Integration of the
General Practitioner in the Hospital Medical Staff Organization,” which was published in November
1947. This article became a report issued under the auspices of the AAGP Committee on Hospitals,
of which he was named chairman. Dr. Mendelsohn died in 1984 in Cincinnati.
This collection consists of photocopies of materials whose originals are held in the Henry R. Winkler
Center for the History of the Health Professions at the University of Cincinnati. The materials
include documents about the founding in 1945 and early years of the Committee of General
Practitioners of Jewish Hospital in Cincinnati. This organization developed into the Southwestern
Ohio Society of General Practitioners (also referred to as the Society of General Physicians). The
collection also includes copies of the AAGP Committee on Hospitals “Manual on the Establishment
and Operation of a Department of General Practice in Hospitals.” Dr. Mendelsohn was a member of
this committee and largely responsible for this manual. Also contained in this collection is material
relating to the efforts of Dr. Thomas Todd of Cincinnati to spread the word about the founding of
organized medicine in the United States, particularly his research into the activities in Cincinnati.
Metcalf, Harry L., M.D. (1934 - )
1980-1996
4 boxes – See also: Audio-Visual Collection and Photograph Collection
Harry L. Metcalf, M.D., was born December 3, 1934 in New York. He received his medical training
from the University of Buffalo School of Medicine, graduating in 1960. With the help of fellow
M.D. Herb Joyce, Metcalf established the Max Cheplove Medal in 1968 to honor not only Dr.
Cheplove, but also the leaders in the advancement of family medicine. He became a member of the
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