Orthopedic Surgeon

1930, Mather Cleveland, MD, joined the staff of St Lukes Hospital in NYC and established the first orthopedic department incorporated in a general hospital in New York City.

He authored "New Hampshire and the Civil War" and "The Orthopedic Service at St. Luke's Hospital, New York City, 1859-1968".

He is known for helping save and heal the wounded leg of the heroic singer Jane Froman injured in a 1943 USO plane crash in Spain (findagrave.com)