Sigismund Schulz Goldwater (February 7, 1873 – October 22, 1942)[1][2] was a physician and hospital administrator.
Goldwater earned his medical degree in 1901, was appointed superintendent of Mount Sinai Hospital in 1903, and later its director in 1917.
[1] He also was named Commissioner of Health in New York City in 1914 by Mayor John Mitchel,[3] and during his term he was criticized for trying to enact public health measures that, during the backdrop of World War I, were considered too closely related to German philosophies.
[4][5] Dr. Goldwater consulted on hospital administration and construction, and was instrumental in the founding of the hospital complex on Roosevelt Island (known then as Welfare Island).
[6] The Goldwater Campus closed in 2010 to make way for the Cornell Tech campus, and the remainder of the facility was renamed NYC Health + Hospitals/Coler.