Victor Sidel  physician and social activist dies at 86
Victor Sidel
Victor Sidel outside what is now Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx in the 1980s.  He  was a leader in social medicine and activism. (Montefiore Health System)
 Victor Sidel   a physician who campaigned to bring attention to the medical consequences of nuclear war  poverty and other social issues  died Jan. 30 in suburban Denver.  He  was 86.
 His  son  Mark Sidel  said his father had moved to Greenwood Village  Colo.  from New York last year.
 Dr. Sidel  was a founding member of Physicians for Social Responsibility  the U.S. branch of a worldwide group that won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1985 for working to prevent nuclear war.
 He  also served as president of the American Public Health Association and worked for many years at Montefiore Medical Center  the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Weill Cornell Medical College  all in New York.
 He  was a leader in community and social medicine at those institutions  and  he  described  his  mission as educating doctors about the effects of environmental  political and social influences on the health of their patients.
âAll human beings have a right to social justice  peace  full employment and humane services â  he  once told the reference guide Contemporary Authors.
[TGT]  outside what is now Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx in the 1980s.   [TGT]   was a leader in social medicine and activism. (Montefiore Health System)
  [TGT]    a physician who campaigned to bring attention to the medical consequences of nuclear war  poverty and other social issues  died Jan. 30 in suburban Denver.   [TGT]   was 86.
  [TGT]   son  Mark Sidel  said his father had moved to Greenwood Village  Colo.  from New York last year.
  [TGT] was a founding member of Physicians for Social Responsibility  the U.S. branch of a worldwide group that won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1985 for working to prevent nuclear war.
  [TGT]   also served as president of the American Public Health Association and worked for many years at Montefiore Medical Center  the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Weill Cornell Medical College  all in New York.
  [TGT]   was a leader in community and social medicine at those institutions  and   [TGT]   described   [TGT]   mission as educating doctors about the effects of environmental  political and social influences on the health of their patients.
âAll human beings have a right to social justice  peace  full employment and humane services â  he  once told the reference guide Contemporary Authors.