1890-1971
Russian immigrant. Graduate of the Women’s Medical College of UPenn. The first woman doctor at Beth Israel Hospital in Newark. On the staff at Beth Israel through 1970. Also had a practice in Newark. Also medical examiner for the Civil Service Commission for many years.
Bibliography
Wingert, Dorothea. “Newark Doctor Left Russia As Girl To Fufill Ambition”
“Dr. Vera Schectman, Physician in Newark” Star Ledger Mar 2, 1971
S-08, Schectman, Vera, Newark News Morgue, Newark Library
“Dr. Vera Schectman, Dies at 80” Jewish News Mar 5 1971
“Dr. Vera Schectman” Jewish News Jul 20, 1962
“Vera Schectman Passes State Test” Star Eagle 21 Nov 1912