Background
Rehr, Helen was born on December 16, 1919 in New York City. Daughter of Philip and Rose (Stern) Rehr.
Rehr, Helen was born on December 16, 1919 in New York City. Daughter of Philip and Rose (Stern) Rehr.
Bachelor, Hunter College, 1940. Doctor of Science (honorary), City University of New York, 1995. Master of Science, Columbia University, New York City, 1943.
Doctor of Social Work, Columbia University, 1970.
Social worker, assistant director, Sydenham Hospital, New York City, 1943-1945;
supervisor, Grasslands Hospital, Valhalla, New York, 1945-1947;
assistant professor medicine, New York University Bellevue Medical Center, New York City, 1947-1951;
medical society consultant, Department Health, Maternal & Child Health, New York City, 1951-1952;
associate director, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York City, 1954-1989;
director, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York City
Edith S. Baerwald professor community medicine, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York City
professor community medical emerita, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York City. Director Israel/Australia Leadership Project, since 1986. Visiting professor U. Flinders, U. Melbourne, Australia, 1990, Ben Gurion U., Israel, 1991.
Kenneth Pray visiting professor University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1979-1980. Consultant Mount Sinai, since 1986.
Board directors New York Foundation, Center for Study of Social Work Practice/Columbia University, Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals. Member advisory board scholarship and welfare fund Hunter College, Jewish Board Family Chns Service. Fellow: Brookdale Center Aging, New York Academy Medicine, Gerontological Society.