The Family of the Bellevue Hospital (TBH) Thanked and Honored Members of the Hospital’s Active, Courtesy, Affiliate and Honorary Medical Staff on March 30, Which Is National Doctor’s Day Across the United States

The first Doctor’s Day was observed on March 30, 1933 in Georgia to mark the anniversary of the first use of general anesthesia in surgery. The first National Doctor’s Day was observed in 1991. Kate Herring, left, director of TBH’s Foundation, and Michael K. Winthrop, right, President and CEO of TBH, presented beverage mugs and goodie bags, cookies, and flowers to each of the doctors, including, from left to right, David West, M.D. (radiologist), Donald Smith, M.D. (urologist), Gregory Karasik, M.D. (OB/GYN), and Charles Valone Jr., D.O. (Internal Medicine).