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Dr. Coleman Solursh - 3 Jan. 1985
- Name
- Dr. Coleman Solursh
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Interview Date
- 3 Jan. 1985
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- Dr. Coleman Solursh
- Number
- OH 40
- OH 41
- Subject
- Physicians
- Societies
- Occupations
- Medical care
- Interview Date
- 3 Jan. 1985
- Quantity
- 2
- Interviewer
- Morris Silbert
- Total Running Time
- 040A: 34 minutes 040B: 31 minutes 041A: 11 minutes
- Conservation
- Copied August 2003
- Use Restrictions
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Biography
- Coleman Solursh was born in Toronto in 1906. He graduated as a physician in 1932. He worked as a lodge doctor. He was involved in the Toronto Jewish Lodge Doctors Association. He worked in the field of family medicine and was appointed chief of the Department of Family Practice at Mount Sinai Hospital. He was appointed associate chief of medicine at Baycrest, Jewish Home for the Aged. He married Zelda Singer, a third-generation Canadian. Zelda's maternal grandfather was appointed colonization chairman in 1897 for Baron de Hirsch settlement for Jewish immigrants. Zelda's father, Manny Singer, was the first Jewish pharmacist in Toronto. Zelda's uncle, Fred Singer, was the first Jewish member of parliament for Ontario.
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Language
- English
- Name Access
- Solursh, Coleman
- Silbert, Morris
- Mount Sinai Hospital
- Singer, Zelda
- Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care
- Geographic Access
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Original Format
- Audio cassette
- Copy Format
- Audio cassette
- Digital file
- Transcript
- G:\Description\Oral Histories\OH 40, OH 41 - Solursh\OH40_001_Log.pdf
- G:\Description\Oral Histories\OH 40, OH 41 - Solursh\OH40_002_Log.pdf
- G:\Description\Oral Histories\OH 40, OH 41 - Solursh\OH41_001_Log.pdf
- Source
- Oral Histories
In this clip, Dr. Coleman Solursh describes a meeting between executives from the Toronto Jewish Lodge Doctors' Association and representatives from various Jewish Lodges. The meeting resulted in significant changes to the way medical services and payment were provided to the physicians.
In this clip, Dr. Coleman Solursh describes his role as Chief of the Department of Family Practice in the new Mount Sinai Hospital in 1953. He explains how this department pioneered the model for family practice within a hospital setting across Canada.