Dr. Jeremiah T Simonson, M.D., portrait
Dr. Jeremiah T. Simonson, M.D. (1869-1844), was a pediatrician and obstetrician who dedicated extensive amounts of time to medical practice and education. He was known to become directly involved in tasks he took on, including fundraising and patient care.
Birth: 1869
Death: October 1, 1944, New York, New York
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Dr. Jeremiah T. Simonson, M.D. (1869-1944), was a physician who worked tirelessly during his career to provide quality clinical care and medical education. He continued his work, with a focus in pediatrics and obstetrics until his dying day.
Born in 1869, Dr. Simonson seemingly began his medical career before he had even graduated. He worked as an assistant teacher in the New York Homeopathic Medical College from 1890 to 1891, ending his position as he graduated with his M.D. from the college. He did not immediately return to the New York Homeopathic Medical College after graduating. His career in pediatrics and obstetrics took him many places with many opportunities before he made his return to the college.
One point where his career is considered especially notable is during the 1916 epidemic of infant paralysis. He was heading up a pediatric department at the time, and he was noted as spending most of his time directly working with or overseeing patient treatment. He specifically spent much of his time observing intravenous and intraspinal treatment of the affected infants, all of this occurring over a span of several months. During those months and that epidemic, his department reportedly had significantly lower rates of infant mortality.
Dr. Simonson began his return to the New York Homeopathic Medical College in 1929, through a fundraiser. The college was facilitating a fundraiser for the Royal Copeland Foundation for Public Health and Hygiene, and Dr. Simonson directly helped to raise $100,000. He made a more permanent return to the college as a faculty member in 1935. He was brought on as the Chair of Pediatrics and worked as a consulting physician in Flower and Fifth Avenue Hospital. In 1941, Dr. Simonson was awarded his Gold Certificate, which is an award granted to graduates of the college who are still in medical practice 50 years later.
Dr. Simonson also held memberships at a number of professional societies and worked as a consultant to several other facilities during his career, including while serving as the college’s chair of pediatrics. He was a consulting physician for Yonkers General Hospital, Middletown State Hospital, the Willard Parker, and more. His memberships included the American Medical Association, American Institute of Homeopathy, and the New York State and County Homeopathic Medical Societies. He carried out his many roles until his death in 1944.
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