Elliot Rapaport Papers SFGH.2015.006
Griffin Burgess
Barnett-Briggs Medical Library, San Francisco General Hospital Medical Center
Barnett-Briggs Medical Library
San Francisco General Hospital Medical Center
1001 Potrero Ave
San Francisco, CA 94110
Griffin.Burgess@ucsf.edu
Contributing Institution:
Barnett-Briggs Medical Library, San Francisco General Hospital Medical Center
Title: Elliot Rapaport Papers
Identifier/Call Number: SFGH.2015.006
Physical Description:
5 Linear Feet
5 cartons, 1 oversize folder
Date (inclusive): 1944-2006 (bulk 1970-1990)
Abstract: This collection contains the professional papers of Dr. Elliot Rapaport. It includes photographs, correspondence, certificates
and awards, teaching materials, manuscripts, published articles, and teaching slides.
Language of Material:
English
.
Scope and Contents
This collection contains the professional papers of Dr. Elliot Rapaport. The majority of the materials date from the 1970s
through the 1980s. It includes many awards and certificates presented to Dr. Rapaport over the course of his career, original
manuscripts, published articles, and correspondence. It includes two bound books with handwritten research notes and three
wooden boxes and one binder full of research and teaching slides. The photographs include group photos from awards ceremonies,
dinners and conferences, portraits and individual snapshots, and group photos of Dr. Rapaport's medical school class of 1946.
The collection also contains an artifact, a chair presented to Dr. Rapaport with his name on the back.
Arrangement
The collection is organized into six series: awards and certificates, manuscripts and published articles, research materials,
teaching materials and slides, photographs, and miscellaneous. The collection also includes one artifact: the chair given
to Dr. Rapaport by UCSF.
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright has not been assigned to the ZSFG Library and Archives. All requests for permission to publish or quote from material
must be submitted in writing to the ZSFG Archivist. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the ZSFG Library and
Archives as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which
must also be obtained by the researcher.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of Item], Elliot Rapaport Papers, SFGH 2015-006. Archives and Special Collections, University of California,
San Francisco.
Processing Information
Processed by Griffin Burgess in 2015.
Biographical / Historical
Elliot Rapaport was born in Los Angeles on November 22, 1924. As a child, he was a talented violinist and made his debut at
Los Angeles Philharmonic at the age of twelve. In 1943, he married Vivian Wrobel Rapaport, and later they had three children.
Dr. Rapaport received his MD from University of California San Francisco (UCSF) in 1946, then completed his internship, residency,
a research fellowship, and a USFHS postdoctoral fellowship at UCSF. He completed a second research fellowship at Peter Bend
Brigham Hospital (now Brigham and Women's Hospital) in Boston from 1953 to 1955. Dr. Rapaport made significant contributions
to the study of cardiology in his career as a clinical investigator. He studied methods of measuring blood flow through the
heart and worked on the development of a protein that is now used worldwide to diagnose heart attack.
In 1958, Dr. Rapaport turned down an offer to work at UCSF's Mt. Zion hospital in favor of developing a cardiology division
at San Francisco General Hospital. He was the Chief of Cardiology at SFGH for 32 years, from 1960 to 1992. He was the Associate
Dean at the UCSF School of Medicine from 1985 to 1998, and appointed Emeritus Professor at UCSF in 2001. Dr. Rapaport also
served as the editor-in-chief of Cardiology from 1978 to 1983 and as the president of the American Heart Association in 1974.
Dr. Rapaport continued to be involved in the cardiology department at SFGH until a few weeks before his death on September
5, 2010.
Dr. Rapaport received many prestigious awards and honors during his career, including:
The James B. Herrick Award of the Council on Clinical Cardiology, American Heart Association, 1988
The American Heart Association Special Citation for Distinguished Service to Research, 1973
The American Heart Association Gold Heart Award, 1977
The Distinguished Achievement Award, Council on Clinical Cardiology, American Heart Association, 2003
The Distinguished Fellow Award of the American College of Cardiology, 2009
Awards and Certificates
1946-2006
Scope and Contents
This series contains various certificates, awards, and plaques given to Dr. Rapaport over the course of his career.
carton 1
Phoenix Surgical Society Honorary Member Award
1985
Physical Description: wood plaque
carton 1
Puerto Rico Med. Association Ramon M. Suarez Memorial Lecture
1985
Physical Description: wood/metal plaque
carton 1
University of Miami Lemberg Award
2001
Physical Description: glass/metal plaque
carton 1
Chinese Medical Association 14th Congress and Scientific Meeting Appreciation
1988
Physical Description: wood/metal plaque
carton 1
20th Annual Meeting of the Egyptian Society of Cardiology
1995
Physical Description: metal/velet plaque
carton 1
SFGH 47 Years of Service
1993
Physical Description: glass plaque
carton 1
XVIII Congreso de la Cardiologia Argentina
n.d
Physical Description: Knife
carton 1
Philippine Heart Association/Philippine College of Cardiology Appreciation
1999
Physical Description: glass plaque
carton 1
Recognition from the Philippine Heart Association as Ricardo Molina Lecturer
1976
Physical Description: wood/metal plaque
carton 1
Distinguished Achievement Award from the Council on Clinical Cardiology
2003
Physical Description: wood/metal plaque
carton 1
Participation Diploma from the Sociedad de Cardiologia de Baja California
1991
Physical Description: wood/metal plaque
carton 1
Certificate from the Medical Faculty University of Indonesia
1989
Physical Description: plastic plaque
carton 1
Appreciation plaque from UCSF
1997
Physical Description: stone plaque
carton 1
Visiting Professor Recognition from the Mt. Sinai Medical Center
1990
Physical Description: wood/metal plaque
carton 1
Visiting Professor Recognition from the Mt. Sinai Medical Center
1993
Physical Description: wood/metal plaque
carton 1
Cardiology Faculty Special Award from UCSF
2006
Physical Description: wood/metal plaque
carton 1
XI World Congress of Cardiology Manila, Philippines
1990
Physical Description: woven plaque
carton 1
Appreciation from the American College of Cardiology Foundation
2005
Physical Description: wood plaque
carton 1
Acknowledgement for Henry N. Neufeld Memorial Lecture from the 3rd Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy International Symposium
1989
Physical Description: wood/metal plaque
carton 1
Appreciation from the 1st Asean Symposium in Cardiology on Acute Myocardial Infarction
1983
Physical Description: wood/metal plaque
carton 1
Master Lecture from Incontri Cardiologici Mediterranei
1982
Physical Description: metal/velet plaque
carton 1
Philippine Heart Association/Philippine College of Cardiology Appreciation
1997
Physical Description: glass/metal plaque
carton 2, folder 1
Certificates and Awards
1946-2001
oversized-box SFGH 1, folder 3
Various Awards and Certificates
1957-1997
Manuscripts and Published Articles
1960-1998
Scope and Contents
This series contains manuscripts of Dr. Rapaport's papers and copies of some of his published articles.
carton 3, folder 9
Polissar/Rapaport Manuscript
1960
carton 2, folder 3
Polissar/Rapaport Manuscript and Slides
1961
carton 2, folder 4
Published articles
1960-1961
carton 2, folder 5
Published articles
1970-1979
carton 2, folder 6
Published Articles
1980-1987
carton 2, folder 7
Published Articles
1990-1998
Research Materials
1959-1960
Scope and Contents
This series contains illustrations and citation cards used during research. It also contains two books of handwritten research
notes.
carton 2
Thermistor Study
July 1959
carton 2
Left Heart Catheter Data Book
1957-1960
Teaching Materials and Slides
1963-2000
Scope and Contents
This series contains teaching materials and instruction slides, and includes syllabi, readings for students, and two wooden
boxes of slides.
carton 2, folder 11
MED 132A Class Syllabus
1976-1977
carton 2, folder 12
MED 104 Class Materials
Spring 1963
carton 2, folder 13
Acute MI Guidelines (Slides)
1996
carton 2, drawer 14-16
Instruction Slides
1995-2000
Photographs
1946-2009
Scope and Contents
This series contains photographs of Dr. Rapaport at various employee events as well as some personal photos. It also includes
a poster caricature drawing of Dr. Rapaport, and a poster of Dr. Rapaport's passport, demonstrating the number of stamps he
received from his world travels.
carton 2, folder 17
Professional Group Photos
undated, 2006
Physical Description: Includes CD
Miscellaneous
1922-2006
Scope and Contents
This series contains information about Dr. Rapaport's life, some speeches, correspondence, his CV, and his business card.
carton 3, folder 1
Med School Grad Speech
1996
carton 3, folder 2
Biographical Materials
1922-2010
carton 3, folder 5
Curriculum Vitae
1944-2006
carton 3, folder 6
American Society for Clinical Investigation Annual Meeting Programs
1954-1959
carton 3, folder 7
American College of Cardiology Meeting
1995
