Maurice Mazel

Maurice Seymour Mazel (1895–1980) was a prominent Chicago heart surgeon who founded Edgewater Hospital.

Maurice Mazel
Born	Maurice Seymour Mazel (1895-01-12)January 12, 1895 Chicago, Illinois
Died	January 30, 1980(1980-01-30) (aged 85)
Burial place	Rosehill Mausoleum
Education	Northwestern University Medical School
Occupation	Surgeon

Biography

Maurice Mazel was born in Chicago on January 12, 1895.^[1] He graduated from Northwestern University in 1916, and from its medical school in 1918.^[1][2]

Mazel was treasurer of the corporation that built Edgewater Hospital in Chicago in 1928, and he served as its first medical director.^[3]

In 1977, investigators from the United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare found that the hospital had improperly spent Medicare funds on resources used by a private clinic owned by Mazel. The case was not referred for prosecution, but $363,000 in reimbursements were withheld.^[4]

Mazel died on January 30, 1980, and was entombed at Rosehill Mausoleum.^[5][6]

Edgewater remained a major medical center for many decades, until it closed in December 2001 after substantial Medicare and Medicaid fraud blacklisted it from receiving further business from federal or state medical programs.^[7]