About
Our Society
Bronx County originally was a part of Westchester County. Through
secession, and then annexation by the City of New York, the borough of the Bronx
was officially recognized in 1898. Through appeals by civic leaders, the
borough was accorded county status by the state legislature in 1914.
The Medical Society of the State of New York was organized in 1794 and in
1893, a "Doctor's Club" was formed in the Bronx and subsequent
meetings resulted in the formation of the Medical Society of the Borough of the
Bronx in 1900 with 31 members. The Society received its Articles of
Incorporation on March 11, 1913. A meeting of Bronx doctors belonging to
the Medical Society of the State of New York was held on January 9, 1914.
The Society's first president, Nathan B. Van Etten, M.D., took office in 1914.
Throughout the years, many of our members have held important positions in
the health field in New York City. Several were officers in the New York
City Department of Health and Lewis Amster, M.D., served as Commissioner of
Health in 1918.
As we enter the new millennium, the members of the
Bronx County Medical
Society will continue to play important roles in the borough's hospitals and
teaching institutions. They will continue to provide the same exemplary
health care to the people in the Bronx as they did when the Society was
established in 1914.
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