Dr. Oscar Syme
10500 Academy Rd NE
Albuquerque, NM 87111
(505) 256-9592
The Montebello on Academy
10500 Academy Road, N.E.
Alburquerque, NM 87111
Phone: 505-297-9944
Interview with Oscar Syme by Jake Spidle
Syme, Oscar, M.D., 1919-. [abstract] [Oral History PDF]
FL 1264; 1 folder. 2 sound cassettes (120 min.) + 1 transcript (17 p.), news clippings.
Interview with Oscar Syme by Jake Spidle surveys Dr. Syme’s life and career as a pediatrician in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Access Term(s): Oral History; Physicians, Pediatrics.
2 sound cassettes (120 min.) + 1 transcript (17 p.), correspondence, interviewee agreement, news clippings
Notes University of New Mexico Medical Center Library. New Mexico Medical History Program
Recorded in Albuquerque, N.M., Mar. 2, 1990
Summary This interview with Dr. Oscar Syme (1919- ), a pediatrician of Albuquerque, New Mexico, surveys his life and career as a New Mexico physician. A native of the West, Dr. Syme received his medical and specialty training in New York City, then set up a private practice in pediatrics in Albuquerque in 1949. For nearly four decades he was one of the central figures of New Mexico’s pediatrics community. Among the subjects discussed in this interview are Dr. Syme’s personal and professional backgrounds; the “old guard” physicians of Albuquerque and their accommodation to the new specialists arriving on the scene after World War Two; medical facilities in the town in the 1950’s and 60’s; the major figures of the Albuquerque and New Mexico pediatrics community; the creation of the University of New Mexico School of Medicine and its impact on the community and state; continuing medical education; major changes in pediatrics over the tenure of his practice; and others
Miriam H. (Mimi), 90, passed away Thursday, May 22, 2008. She was born Tuesday, March 12, 1918. Mimi came to New Mexico at the age of two where her father was a Methodist minister until his death. She was a member of Central United Methodist Church, Animal Humane Association of New Mexico, Four Hills Country Club, Highland Senior Center and numerous organizations for protection of the environment and organizations for the help and protection of animals. She is survived by her husband, Dr. Oscar Syme; daughter, Dr. Roberta Syme and husband, Dr. Jerry Rightman of Santa Fe, NM; sons, Peter Syme, Dr. William C. Syme and wife, Dr. Joyce Phillips; granddaughter, Rachel E. Syme; grandson, Noah P. Syme all of Albuquerque and brother, Dr. Charles E. Higbee of Seattle, WA; brother-in-law, David Syme; sister-in-law, Pat Syme and their children; sister-in-law, Gus MacNamara and her family; nephew, Joel Bright and his wife, Angela of Hawaii. Services to be announced at a later date will be held at Central United Methodist Church, 201 University Blvd. NE, 87106.
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