Sidney Lewine
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Sidney Lewine (March 31, 1915 – July 1, 2004) was director of the former Mount Sinai Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio. Lewine founded the first inpatient psychiatric unit and rehabilitation division in the nation in 1960.[citation needed] He was president of the Greater Cleveland Hospital Association from 1969 to 1972.
Lewine was born in Atlantic City, New Jersey and moved to Cleveland to lead the Jewish Vocational Service.[1] He joined Mount Sinai in 1950 and was named hospital director in 1952.[1]
