Elsie A. Giorgi (c. 1911 – June 19, 1998)[1][2] was an American physician who worked at Bellevue Hospital in New York City before moving to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.
Giorgi was born in The Bronx, New York City, to Italian immigrant parents; she was the youngest of ten siblings.
[3] Giorgi began her career at Bellevue Hospital where she spent ten years rising from an intern to chief of clinics,[1] while also running a private practice in Manhattan and working at a clinic in East Harlem.
In 1967, she established Watts Health Center, a free clinic funded by the Office of Economic Opportunity, in the low-income neighborhood of Watts after she was "appalled" by the health of local children whom she had volunteered to examine as part of the Head Start program.
[1] She also ran a private practice in Beverly Hills which served a wealthy clientele including numerous celebrities.