Stewart and Cyril Marcus
American gynecologists
Stewart and Cyril Marcus (June 2, 1930 – July 1975) were identical twin gynecologists who practiced together in New York City. They died together in July 1975 at the age of 45.
Biography
Stewart and Cyril Marcus were born on June 2, 1930. They grew up in Bayonne, New Jersey, where they attended Bayonne High School. While there, both ran unsuccessfully for office. Both were selected for the National Honor Society; Stewart won the B'nai B'rith essay contest and was valedictorian, while Cyril was salutatorian.
The brothers attended Syracuse University for their undergraduate degrees and medical school, then interned at Mount Sinai Hospital (Manhattan), staying on in the residency program in gynecology. The chairman of the program, Dr. Alan Frank Guttmacher, did not feel that it was wise that they continue to practice together and refused to recommend them to the same hospital. Stewart went into a program at Stanford University, while Cyril transferred to the New York University Hospital for Joint Diseases.
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