Person Preferred Name

Samuel Bernard Wortis

Sam Bernard Wortis

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Portrait of Sam Bernard Wortis, MD (1904-1969). Dr. Wortis joined the faculty of the New York University School of Medicine in 1931 as director of the Laboratory of Neuropsychiatry. He served as chair of the Department of Neurology and Psychiatry from 1942 to 1969 and held the role of dean of the New York University School of Medicine from 1960 to 1963.

Sam Bernard Wortis

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Portrait of Sam Bernard Wortis, MD (1904-1969), holding a book and gesturing playfully. Dr. Wortis joined the faculty of the New York University School of Medicine in 1931 as director of the Laboratory of Neuropsychiatry. He served as chair of the Department of Neurology and Psychiatry from 1942 to 1969 and held the role of dean of the New York University School of Medicine from 1960 to 1963.