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DR. ARTHUR M. MASTER RECEIVES 1960 COLLEGE MEDAL
DR. ARTHUR M. MASTER
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DB. AR'QlJJB M. MASTER RECEIVES
1960
COLLEGE MEDAL
Dr. Arthur M. Master, New York City, was presented the College Medal for meritorious achievement in the field of cardiovascular diseases at the annual meeting of the College in Miami Beach on June 11, 1960. The award was made by Dr. Andrew L. Banyai at the Presidents' Banquet held at the Saxony Hotel. Dr. Master was born on December 1, 1895 and received his pre-medical education at the College of the City of New York, graduating with the degree, Bachelor of Science, in 1916. Dr. Master graduated in 1921 from Cornell University Medical College, interned at the Mount Sinai Hospital and served as Admitting Physician there. He was awarded the Cornell University Medical College Travelling Fellowship and worked with Sir Thomas Lewis at the University College Hospital Medical School, London, England, in 1924 and 1925. Dr. Master served in the Navy in World War I, and in World War II as a Captain. During World War II, he was Cardiologist of the National Naval Medical Center
at Bethesda, Maryland, Chief of Medicine at the U. S. Mobile Hospital in the Solomon Islands, and Consulting Cardiologist at the Aeia Heights Hospital, Honolulu. He is author of more than 300 articles on cardiovascular diseases and internal medicine. His special interests have been coronary occlusion, acute coronary insufficiency without occlusion, new definitions of "ideal," "average" and elevated blood pressure, the "2-step Master" exercise test, chest pain, blood pressure, height and weight in the aged, the electrocardiogram in acute diseases, etc. He has written three books, The Electrocardiogram and X-ray Configuration 01 the Heart, Cardiac Emergencies and Heart Failure. and Normal Blood Pressure and Hypertension: New Definitions.
Dr. Master is now the Consultant Cardiologist of the Mount Sinai Hospital, New York City, Englewood Hospital, Engelwood, New Jersey, the U. S. Public Health Service Hospital, Staten Island and has served as cardiologist or consultant cardiologist of many hospitals, including Sl Alban's Naval Hospital and Gouverneur Hospital. He is an Associate Editor of the New York state Journal 01 Medicine, The New Ph1lsician, GP, Excerpta Medica (both cardiovascular diseases and chest diseases), and Diseases 01 the Chest. He is also Chairman of the Committee of Special Subjects,
New York Academy of Medicine, Member of the Executive Committee, New York Heart Association, and Past President of the New York County Medical Society. Among the numerous societies in which Dr. Master holds membership are the American Medical Association, American Heart Association, American College of Physicians and American College of Chest Physicians.
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706
DB. AR'QlJJB M. MASTER RECEIVES
1960
COLLEGE MEDAL
Dr. Arthur M. Master, New York City, was presented the College Medal for meritorious achievement in the field of cardiovascular diseases at the annual meeting of the College in Miami Beach on June 11, 1960. The award was made by Dr. Andrew L. Banyai at the Presidents' Banquet held at the Saxony Hotel. Dr. Master was born on December 1, 1895 and received his pre-medical education at the College of the City of New York, graduating with the degree, Bachelor of Science, in 1916. Dr. Master graduated in 1921 from Cornell University Medical College, interned at the Mount Sinai Hospital and served as Admitting Physician there. He was awarded the Cornell University Medical College Travelling Fellowship and worked with Sir Thomas Lewis at the University College Hospital Medical School, London, England, in 1924 and 1925. Dr. Master served in the Navy in World War I, and in World War II as a Captain. During World War II, he was Cardiologist of the National Naval Medical Center
at Bethesda, Maryland, Chief of Medicine at the U. S. Mobile Hospital in the Solomon Islands, and Consulting Cardiologist at the Aeia Heights Hospital, Honolulu. He is author of more than 300 articles on cardiovascular diseases and internal medicine. His special interests have been coronary occlusion, acute coronary insufficiency without occlusion, new definitions of "ideal," "average" and elevated blood pressure, the "2-step Master" exercise test, chest pain, blood pressure, height and weight in the aged, the electrocardiogram in acute diseases, etc. He has written three books, The Electrocardiogram and X-ray Configuration 01 the Heart, Cardiac Emergencies and Heart Failure. and Normal Blood Pressure and Hypertension: New Definitions.
Dr. Master is now the Consultant Cardiologist of the Mount Sinai Hospital, New York City, Englewood Hospital, Engelwood, New Jersey, the U. S. Public Health Service Hospital, Staten Island and has served as cardiologist or consultant cardiologist of many hospitals, including Sl Alban's Naval Hospital and Gouverneur Hospital. He is an Associate Editor of the New York state Journal 01 Medicine, The New Ph1lsician, GP, Excerpta Medica (both cardiovascular diseases and chest diseases), and Diseases 01 the Chest. He is also Chairman of the Committee of Special Subjects,
New York Academy of Medicine, Member of the Executive Committee, New York Heart Association, and Past President of the New York County Medical Society. Among the numerous societies in which Dr. Master holds membership are the American Medical Association, American Heart Association, American College of Physicians and American College of Chest Physicians.
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