Maurice Mazel
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| Born | Maurice Seymour Mazel January 12, 1895 Chicago, Illinois |
| Died | January 30, 1980 (aged 85) |
| Burial place | Rosehill Mausoleum |
| Education | Northwestern University Medical School |
| Occupation | Surgeon |
Maurice Seymour Mazel (1895–1980) was a prominent Chicago heart surgeon who founded Edgewater Hospital.
Biography
[edit]Maurice Mazel was born in Chicago on January 12, 1895.[1] He graduated from Northwestern University in 1916, and from its medical school in 1918.[1][2]
Mazel was treasurer of the corporation that built Edgewater Hospital in Chicago in 1928, and he served as its first medical director.[3]
In 1977, investigators from the United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare found that the hospital had improperly spent Medicare funds on resources used by a private clinic owned by Mazel. The case was not referred for prosecution, but $363,000 in reimbursements were withheld.[4]
Mazel died on January 30, 1980, and was entombed at Rosehill Mausoleum.[5][6]
Edgewater remained a major medical center for many decades, until it closed in December 2001 after substantial Medicare and Medicaid fraud blacklisted it from receiving further business from federal or state medical programs.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ a b History of Medicine and Surgery, and Physicians and Surgeons of Chicago. Chicago: The Biographical Publishing Corporation. 1922. p. 681. Retrieved April 24, 2024 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ The Alumni Record of the University of Illinois, Chicago Departments. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. 1921. p. 269. Retrieved April 24, 2024 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Edgewater Hospital is Due to be Finished Early in December". Chicago Tribune. November 18, 1928. p. 132. Retrieved April 24, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Edgewater Hospital deal nets clinic $1 million". Chicago Tribune. December 19, 1979. pp. 1, 16. Retrieved April 24, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Mazel". Miami Herald. February 2, 1980. p. 31. Retrieved April 24, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Mazel". Chicago Tribune. February 1, 1980. p. 27. Retrieved April 24, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Japsen, Bruce (November 9, 2001). "Edgewater, Grant hospitals to be sold". Chicago Tribune. pp. 43, 46. Retrieved April 24, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
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