Person Preferred Name

Lewis Atterbury Conner

Lewis A. Conner

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Signed portrait of Lewis Atterbury Conner, MD (1867-1950). The inscription reads, “With sincere regards, Lewis A. Conner.” Dr. Conner served as a Tutor in the Practice of Medicine at Bellevue Hospital Medical College from 1895 to 1896. A cardiologist who believed in treating heart disease as a matter of public health, he founded and served as first president of both the New York Heart Association and the American Heart Association.