Jules Blankfein, M.D. was a physician

Physician

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 and founder of Physicians Hospital in Jackson Heights

Jackson Heights, Queens

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, Queens

Queens

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 (NYC). He was a 1921 graduate of Yale University

Yale University

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, and received a medical degree from New York Medical College

New York Medical College

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and Flower-Fifth Avenue Hospital in 1928. He founded Physicians Hospital (NYC) in 1935, and served as its president and as a director. He also served as a trustee of New York Medical College.