Morton Ernest Getz

Background

Getz, Morton Ernest was born on May 22, 1930 in Brooklyn. Son of Jacob Michael and Regina (Kohn) Getz.

Education

AB, Emory University, 1950. Master of Science, Purdue University, 1952. Doctor of Medicine, Wake Forest University, 1956.

Career

Intern Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, Florida, 1956—1957, resident medicine, 1957—1958, chief resident medicine, 1960. Senior surgeon National Institutes of Health, Atlanta and Bethesda, 1959—1960. National Institutes of Health fellow gastroenterology University Miami, 1960—1961.

Private practice Coral Gables, Florida, 1961—1994. Medical director Catholic Hospice, 1994—2001. Chief Executive Officer, executive medical director Douglas Gardens Hospice Inc, 2001—2006.

Retired, 2006

Member courtesy staff South Miami Hospital, Baptist Hospital, Drs. Hospital; attending physician Cedars Medical Ctr.

Achievements

• Morton Ernest Getz has been listed as a noteworthy Medical facility director, gastroenterologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

With United States Public Health Service, 1958-1960. Member American Medical Association, American Society Internal Medicine, International Hospice Physicians, American Association Hospice and Palliative Medicine, National Council Hospice Professionals, Miami Florida Gastroenterologic Society, Dade County Society Internal Medicine, Southern Medical Association, Florida Medical Association, Dade County Medical Association, Indiana Academy of Sciences, North Carolina Academy of Sciences, Phi Rho Sigma.

Interests

• Avocations: art collecting, fishing.

Connections

Married Carol Washer, August 12, 1956. Children: Jacob Michael, Deborah Etta.

Father:

Jacob Michael Getz

Mother:

Regina (Kohn) Getz

Spouse:

Carol Washer

child:

Deborah Etta Getz

child:

Jacob Michael Getz