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Dr. Nathan Savitsky, director of Neuropsychiatry at Morrisannia and Seton Hospitals in New York City died Sept. 4th, 1953 after a brief illness, at the age of 50 years.
Born in Poland he was brought to the United States at the age of two. He graduated from City College in 1922 and received his medical degree from New York University and Bellevue Medical College in 1927. His interneships were at Montefiore and Manhattan State Hospitals.
Dr. Savitsky was very active in the fields of Neurology and Psychiatry. He was Clinical Professor of Neurology at New York Medical college, attending Neuropsychiatrist at Lebanon and Montefiore Hospitals, and visiting professor of philosophy at Yeshiva University. He was always an eager student and writer, being the author or co-author of numerous clinical and research papers. He could read in several languages and had acquired a wealth of information which he shared freely with others and which characterized his professional discussions. Everyone who knew him deeply regrets his early passing from our midst.