Category: Medicine

The METROPOLITAN HEALTH PLANNING CORP., a regulatory agency, was responsible for health-care planning in Greater Cleveland from 1968-82. In 1975 it was designated a regional health-systems agency. The corporation was set up in 1968 to review hospital-expansion proposals in order to prevent duplication of services and help hold down consumer costs, and to assess health needs in Cuyahoga and adjoining counties.

MONTEFIORE HOME, dedicated in June 1882 as the Sir Moses Montefiore Kesher Shel Barzel Home for the Aged and Infirm Israelites, was founded by the Jewish fraternal order Kesher Shel Barzel. The original building, which formerly housed the Cleveland Protestant Orphan Asylum, cost $25,000 and was located at Woodland Ave. and E. 55th St.

The MT. SINAI MEDICAL CENTER, a nonprofit, university-affiliated medical center dedicated to a broad program of care, teaching, and research, grew out of the work of the Young Ladies' Hebrew Association. The association was founded for the purpose of providing "care for the needy and sick" in 1892.

NORTHEAST OHIO REGIONAL SEWER DISTRICT was organized in July 1972 to administer Cuyahoga County's water pollution control program. The treatment of sewage in Cleveland began in 1922 with the opening of the Westerly wastewater treatment plant at 5800 and the West Shoreway. In 1925 the Easterly plant at E. 140th St. and Lakeshore Blvd. began treatment and 3 years later the Southerly plant at E. 71st St. and Canal Rd.

NURSING. The story of the advancement of nursing in Cleveland is one of multiple challenges, as nurses have sought to improve nursing practice through upgrading standards for nursing education.

O’MALLEY, GEORGE PATRICK (1 Aug. 1888 - 6 Sept. 1941) was a widely known Cleveland physician. Educated initially in parochial schools in the West Side neighborhood where he grew up, he earned a bachelor's degree at Ohio Wesleyan.

The OHIO COLLEGE OF PODIATRIC MEDICINE in 1995 was one of only 7 podiatric medical colleges in the country. At Carnegie Ave. and E. 105th St., it maintained a faculty of 17 full-time and over 20 part-time instructors, and had a student enrollment of 438. The college, founded in 1916 as the Ohio College of Chiropody, was originally in the Republic Bldg., 647 EUCLID AVE.

PALLOTTA, RICO (13 Dec. 1922-4 Jan. 1998) established and was the executive director of the Positive Education Program, which has been called one of the country's five most innovative programs dealing with severely disturbed children. He was born in Bedford, Ohio, to Alex Pallotta, a laborer, and Angela (Potesta) Pallotta and remained in Bedford until he graduated from Bedford High School in 1940.

PARMA COMMUNITY GENERAL HOSPITAL, opened in Aug. 1961 and located at 7007 Powers Blvd. PARMA is a 321-bed voluntary nonprofit general hospital. It provides in-patient care and medicine, surgery, obstetrics, and pediatrics. The original building was constructed between 1959-61, with additions in 1972-74 and 1976. In 1995 Parma Community General Hospital had 322 beds and a medical staff of 375.

PHALEN, GEORGE S. (2 Dec. 1911-14 Apr. 1998) was a CLEVELAND CLINIC physician when he identified carpal tunnel syndrome. Born in Peoria, Il., he graduated from Bradley University in 1932. He earned a master's degree in anatomy and a medical degree at Northwestern University in 1937. Dr.

PIEN, WEI TIEN (10 July 1926 - 2 April 1999) was a leader in Greater Cleveland's CHINESE-American community (See ) and a physician who ran a family medical practice. He was born in Mukden, Manchuria,, in the northeast corner of China, to Xing-Ling (Shao) and Pei-Bing Pien. After graduating from medical school in Mukden in the late 1940s, Dr.

POLYCLINIC HOSPITAL, located at 6606 Carnegie Ave., was organized in Feb. 1930 on the "Cornell Plan," which provided for maintenance of several small buildings and clinic services outside the main hospital.

PUBLIC HEALTH. The underlying responsibility of the CLEVELAND BOARD OF HEALTH, to promote a healthy environment and improved quality of life through community action, has not changed since the first board was constituted in 1832.