Giorgi was born in The Bronx, New York City, to Italian immigrant parents; she was the youngest of ten siblings.[2] After attending Hunter College on a scholarship, she worked for a trucking company for twelve years before she could afford the tuition fees to attend the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons.[1] She graduated from Columbia in 1949.[3]
Giorgi began her career at Bellevue Hospital where she spent ten years rising from an intern to chief of clinics,[1] while also running a private practice in Manhattan and working at a clinic in East Harlem.[2] She relocated to Los Angeles in 1961 for a psychiatry residency at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, running the center's clinic and setting up a home-care program. In 1967, she established Watts Health Center, a free clinic funded by the Office of Economic Opportunity, in the low-income neighborhood of Watts after she was "appalled" by the health of local children whom she had volunteered to examine as part of the Head Start program.[1] She also ran a private practice in Beverly Hills which served a wealthy clientele including numerous celebrities. She was a medical adviser on the 1991 film The Doctor and the television series Diagnosis: Murder.[2]
Giorgi never married; she once told a reporter, "I am Italian, so that means Italian men who want a docile wife and lots of babies. Do you see any trace of a docile person in my eyes?"[2] She died in Los Angeles in 1998 from a heart attack.[2]
Referencesedit
^ abcd"Doctors: Miracle in Charcoal Alley". Time. November 17, 1967. Retrieved December 31, 2022.
^ abcdefOliver, Myrna (June 25, 1998). "Dr. Elsie Giorgi; Physician to the Rich and Poor Alike". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved December 31, 2022.
^. Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library, Columbia University. Archived from the original on December 31, 2022. Retrieved December 31, 2022.
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elsie, giorgi, elsie, giorgi, 1911, june, 1998, american, physician, worked, bellevue, hospital, york, city, before, moving, cedars, sinai, medical, center, angeles, life, editgiorgi, born, bronx, york, city, italian, immigrant, parents, youngest, siblings, af. Elsie A Giorgi c 1911 June 19 1998 1 2 was an American physician who worked at Bellevue Hospital in New York City before moving to Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles Life editGiorgi was born in The Bronx New York City to Italian immigrant parents she was the youngest of ten siblings 2 After attending Hunter College on a scholarship she worked for a trucking company for twelve years before she could afford the tuition fees to attend the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons 1 She graduated from Columbia in 1949 3 Giorgi began her career at Bellevue Hospital where she spent ten years rising from an intern to chief of clinics 1 while also running a private practice in Manhattan and working at a clinic in East Harlem 2 She relocated to Los Angeles in 1961 for a psychiatry residency at Cedars Sinai Medical Center running the center s clinic and setting up a home care program In 1967 she established Watts Health Center a free clinic funded by the Office of Economic Opportunity in the low income neighborhood of Watts after she was appalled by the health of local children whom she had volunteered to examine as part of the Head Start program 1 She also ran a private practice in Beverly Hills which served a wealthy clientele including numerous celebrities She was a medical adviser on the 1991 film The Doctor and the television series Diagnosis Murder 2 Giorgi never married she once told a reporter I am Italian so that means Italian men who want a docile wife and lots of babies Do you see any trace of a docile person in my eyes 2 She died in Los Angeles in 1998 from a heart attack 2 References edit a b c d Doctors Miracle in Charcoal Alley Time November 17 1967 Retrieved December 31 2022 a b c d e f Oliver Myrna June 25 1998 Dr Elsie Giorgi Physician to the Rich and Poor Alike Los Angeles Times Retrieved December 31 2022 Elsie A Giorgi Augustus C Long Health Sciences Library Columbia University Archived from the original on December 31 2022 Retrieved December 31 2022 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Elsie Giorgi amp oldid 1211974386, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
