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This series includes eight subseries, with each subseries devoted to a subsidiary organization in Jewish Hospital. Here, a subsidiary organization is one that is mainly or exclusively composed of staff of the Jewish Hospital. These organizations include Board and staff committees and subcommittees, as well as hospital divisions and departments with significant collections of records. Sub-series 1 contains the meeting minutes of the Medical Staff Association for the years 1913-1965 (at the time, the organization was known simply as the Medical Staff). This series also contains the meeting minutes of the Efficiency Committee, composed of both members of the medical staff and the Board, for the years 1916-1922, and of the Medical Staff Council (a committee of the Medical Staff Association). The Medical Staff Council meeting minutes run from 1965-1984, and are interfiled with the Medical Staff minutes for 1960-1965, and with the Medical Staff Association meeting minutes for the years 1966-1984. Sub-series 2 contains correspondence and related materials of the Medical Staff Association for the years 1953-1996. The collection is made up mainly of correspondence and related materials written or received by Dr. Morris Alex. Sub-series 3 contains the meeting minutes for the years 1925-1959 of the Joint Conference Committee (previously the Committee on Conference and Medical Matters). Sub-series 4 contains the correspondence and meeting minutes for the years 1953-1954 of the Medical Advisory Board. Sub-series 5 contains reports, proposals, and correspondence related to the creation, running, and closing of the Division of Child Psychiatry at Jewish Hospital for the years 1955-1963. Sub-series 6 contains the records, including the meeting minutes and correspondence of the Professional Services Committee, and its Medical Component subcommittee, for the years 1956-1963. Sub-series 7 contains the event schedules for the Waldheim Department of Surgery for the years 1980-1992. Events featured on the schedule include conferences, grand rounds, lectures, clinics, and meetings. Sub-series 8 contains the records of the Sidney L. Rothschild Medical Library for the years 1987-1996.

Folded paperboard program includes a listing of the major benefactors to the Jewish Hospital. Also included is a half-sized facsimile of the Jewish Hospital Association's Charter, first annual report, and history, originally published in 1893.

The April 28, 1913 meeting of the Medical Staff includes updated rules and regulations from the Board of Trustees, which note, “The Medical Staff shall be composed of the following: Surgeon-in-Chief, Physician-in-Chief, Surgeon, Physician, Obstetrician, Pediatrician, Ophthalmologist, Laryngologist, Otologist, Orthopedist, Neurologist, Dermatologist, Gynecologist, and such associates, alternate associates and assistant in the various departments as may be appointed by the Board of Directors.” As of the November 1, 1965 meeting, the organization became known as the Medical Staff Association. The general contents of the meeting minutes are noted in the individual box notes. Correspondence of the association is included in sub-series 2. The Efficiency Committee, composed of members of the medical staff and the Board, was a short-lived body charged with formulating suggestions for improvements in hospital functions of various kinds. The Medical Staff Council was formed in 1965 as a subcommittee of the Medical Staff Association. Then President of the Medical Staff Association, Dr. Carl Heifetz, envisioned the Council as a body where any subject, “pertaining to the hospital and having effect on patient care and on the staff itself is appropriate subject for discussion...." The Staff Council should be a body to galvanize and make effective Medical Staff opinion.” Problems discussed could then be presented to Medical Executive Committees or to the Board of Trustees by the President of the Medical Staff.

The Medical Staff meeting minutes are typewritten and bound in loose-leaf volumes.  The first meeting covered, held 28 April 1913, reviewed an amended set of rules and regulations that were received from the hospital's Board of Directors.  Meetings covered in the first volume (1913-1938) generally included the presentation of interesting cases by one or more physicians, followed by discussion, and also a discussion of current business issues.  In the later two volumes the business discussions predominate.  There are many loose sheets inserted in all three volumes. Accession 1990-035.

The correspondence and related materials in this series seem mainly to have been generated or collected by Dr. Morris Alex, though this is not confirmed. Though only one set of correspondence was specifically labeled as belonging to Dr. Alex, a majority of the correspondence in this series is by or to Dr. Alex, and related to the Medical Staff Association. Materials included with the correspondence are noted on a folder level. In addition to correspondence and related materials of Dr. Alex in relation to the Medical Staff Association for the years 1953-1996, the papers of various committees and task forces are included in this sub-series, including that of the Ad Hoc Committee, the Bridge Location Task Force, the Building Advisory Committee, the Long Term Planning Committee, the Nursing Advisory Committee, the Committee of Nursing and Patient Care, and the Professional Activity Study. Also included are Medical Staff Association regulatory documents and correspondence of Norman Ogel for the years 1961-1965. If relevant, papers belonging to the various committees included in this series have been added to the existing collection. Dr. Alex was a cardiologist and president of the St. Louis Area Heart Association. He also served in multiple capacities, including as a Washington University School of Medicine instructor, and Barnes Hospital coronary disease consultant, home care director of St. Louis City Hospital, and a as a member of the Jewish Hospital Department of Medicine.