[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 71 (Monday, May 17, 1999)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E984]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       HONORING EDWARD ABRAMOWITZ

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                          HON. EDOLPHUS TOWNS

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                          Monday, May 17, 1999

  Mr. TOWNS. Mr. Speaker, I rise to talk about an extraordinary man of 
medicine, Dr. Edward Abramowitz, Attending Physician, Division of 
Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine at Long Island College 
Hospital. Dr. Abramowitz is being honored on May 22nd by the Long 
Island College Hospital Board of Regents for his commitment to quality 
patient care and his medical leadership.
  Born in New York City, Dr. Abramowitz received his B.S. degree from 
City College of the City University of New York and his M.D. from the 
Faculty of Medicine, Copenhagen University, Denmark in 1975. After 
graduation, he did rotating internships in OB/GYN, Surgery and 
Psychiatry in the Danish health care system.
  Returning to New York, Dr. Abramowitz finished an Internal Medicine 
internship at Maimonides Medical Center and went on to complete a two-
year internal medicine residency at Long Island College Hospital. In 
1981, he completed a two-year fellowship in Cardiology at LICH and 
established a private practice in Cardiology and Internal Medicine. In 
1991, Dr. Abramowitz was one of the founding members of Diagnostic 
Cardiology Associates, a premier diagnostic testing center for 
cardiovascular disease.
  A longtime resident of Cobble Hill, Dr. Abramowitz was a member of 
the Board of Directors of the Brooklyn Heights Center for Counseling. 
Board Certified in Internal Medicine, Dr. Abramowitz is an active 
member of many professional organizations, including the American 
College of Cardiology, the American College of Physicians and the New 
York Cardiological Society. At Long Island College Hospital, Dr. 
Abramowitz has been an elected member of the Medical Executive 
Committee since 1989, serving as Secretary of the Medical Board from 
1993 to 1996. He was elected Second Vice President of the Board in 
1996, the position he currently holds. Dr. Abramowitz was a long-time 
member of the Ethics Committee and is a member of the Joint 
Coordinating Council of the Board of Regents. He is also Chairman of 
the Credentials Committee.
  Dr. Abramowitz has always enjoyed teaching medical students and 
residents and is currently an Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine 
at SUNY Health Science Center at Brooklyn (Downstate).
  Dr. Abramowitz currently resides in Staten Island with Noel C. 
Bickford, Vice-Chair of the LICH Board of Regents and their two 
children, Rebecca (Becky), age 7, and Eric, age 5.




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