Simon Risefeld Blatteis (March 27, 1876 – June 11, 1968)[1] was an Austrian-born American pathologist and professor of medicine who led several efforts against infectious disease in New York. He was a leading organizer of New York City's Brownsville and East New York Hospital, for which he also served as the first President of the Medical Board.[2] He was engaged in the practice of medicine for over 50 years.[3]
- ^ "SIMON R. BLATTEIS, PATHOLOGIST, 92; Retired Internist Is Dead -In Practice Since 1898". The New York Times. June 13, 1968.
- ^ Samuel Philip Abelow, History of Brooklyn Jewry (1937), p. 226.
- ^ "Associates to Honor Dr. Blatteis As He Marks 50 Years in Medicine", Brooklyn Daily Eagle (November 21, 1948), p. 41.