Monroe Himelstein

Background

Himelstein, Monroe was born on January 18, 1924 in Lebanon, Connecticut, United States. Son of Max A. and Dorothy J. (Malkin) Himelstein.

Education

AB, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, 1947; Doctor of Medicine, Columbia University, 1951.

Career

Intern, Hartford (Connecticut) Hospital, 1951-1952; surgical resident, Hartford (Connecticut) Hospital, 1952-1956; clinical assistant to senior surgeon, Hartford (Connecticut) Hospital, since 1956; assistant clinical professor, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, N.H., since 1984; associate clinical professor surgery, U. Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, since 1970. Consultant in surgery Institute for Living, Hartford, since 1977, Rocky Hill Veterinary'sHosp., Rocky Hill, Connecticut, since 1968. Board directors Capital Area Health Consortium, Hartford.

Chief of staff Hartford Hospital, 1986-1989, board directors and Executive Committee, corporator. Lecturer in field.

Achievements

• Monroe Himelstein has been listed as a noteworthy surgeon, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Lieutenant (junior grade) United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1946, PTO. Fellow American College Surgeons. Member Connecticut Society of America Board Srugeons, New England Surgical Society (senior member), American Medical Association, Connecticut Medical Society, Hartford County Medical Association (board directors 1986-1992), Hartford Medical Society (chairman board censors and advisory board).

Interests

• Avocations: golf, gardening, furniture refinishing.

Connections

Married Faith Freedman, April 26, 1953. Children: Mary H. Cohn, Jane H. Sheehan.

Father:

Max A. Himelstein

Mother:

Dorothy J. (Malkin) Himelstein

Spouse:

Faith Freedman

child:

Mary H. Cohn Himelstein

child:

Jane H. Sheehan Himelstein