Philip Haim Sechzer

Background

Sechzer, Philip Haim was born on September 13, 1914 in New York City. Son of Selig and Fannie (Ackerman) Sechzer.

Education

Bachelor of Science, City College of New York, 1934. Doctor of Medicine, New York University, 1938. Postgraduate, New York University, 1946.

Postgraduate, Columbia University, 1947.

Career

House physician, Harlem Hospital, New York City, 1938-1940; resident in anesthesiology, Fordham Hospital, Bronx, New York, 1941-1942; director anesthesiology, Fordham Hospital, Bronx, New York, 1947-1955; director anesthesiology, Seton Hospital, Bronx, 1947-1955; assistant professor anesthesiology, New York University Bellevue Medical Center, New York City, 1955-1956; assistant professor anesthesiology, University of Pennsylvania School Medicine, Philadelphia, 1956-1963; associate professor to professor anesthesiology, Baylor University College Medicine, Houston, 1964-1966; professor anesthesiology, State University of New York Health Science Center, Brooklyn, since 1966. Consultant United States Public Health Svc., Marine Hospital, S.I., New York, 1948-1981. Member University of Pennsylvania MEDICO Mission to Algeria, 1962.

Director anesthesiology Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, 1966-1986, acting medical director, 1972-1974, director pain therapy center, 1972-1986, medical director, 1976-1986, consultant anesthesiologist emeritus/director emeritus anesthesiology, since 1987, special consultant to executive vice president, 1987, special consultant to president, 1988. Police surgeon Police Department of City ofN.Y., since 1974.

Achievements

• Philip Haim Sechzer has been listed as a noteworthy anesthesiology educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • The B I R D Respirator

    (115 pages, how to operate, maintain, troubleshoot and rep...)

  • The Bird respirator

Membership

Major United States Army, 1942-1946. Fellow American College Anesthesiology, American College Clinical Pharmacology, American College Legal Medicine, American College Physicians, Royal College Surgeons (faculty anaesthetics), New York Academy Medicine, New York Academy of Sciences. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Association of University Professors, American Medical Association, American Pain Society, American Society Anesthesiologists, Canada Anaesthetists Society, International Anesthesia Research Society, International Association for the Study of Pain, Mechanical Engineering DeBakey International Cardiovascular Society, New England Society Anesthesiologists, Society Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists.

Connections

Married Jeri Altneu, August 20, 1948. Children: Ellen Kitty, Inda Marie, Selig Laurence.

Father:

Selig Sechzer

Mother:

Fannie (Ackerman) Sechzer

Spouse:

Jeri Altneu

child:

Inda Marie Sechzer

child:

Ellen Kitty Sechzer

child:

Selig Laurence Sechzer