Ingerman was born on August 15, 1868, in
Kamenetz-Podolsk,
Podolia Governorate,
Russia, the son of Michael Ingerman and Tessia Bleitzstein. Ingerman went to the
University of Bern in
Bern, Switzerland, graduating from there with an
M.D. in 1889. He worked as an intern in the university's medical faculty in 1890. In 1891, he immigrated to America. He was an instructor in nose and throat diseases in the
New York University College of Medicine from 1903 to 1906. In 1906, he returned to Russia and worked as an assistant in the ear department of the Women's Medical College in
St. Petersburg. He returned to America in 1909 and to the New York University College of Medicine as an instructor in the eye department. He was also an
ophthalmologist in
Beth David Hospital,
laryngologist for the
Workmen's Circle Tubercular Sanatorium in
Liberty, New York, for 22 years, and author of a study on malignant tumors in the nasal cavity. He was president of the Russian Medical Society from 1924 to 1935, chairman of the advisory board of the Workmen's Circle Medical Department, and a member of the
American Academy of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology, the
New York Academy of Medicine, and the New York County Medical Society. He opposed the Socialist Party's anti-war stance in
World War I, and was a strong interventionist during
World War II. In 1890, Ingerman married
Anna Amitin. They had one child, Dr. Eugenia.
Raphael Abramovitch,
Abraham Cahan,
Viktor Chernov,
Algernon Lee, and
Friedrich Stampfer spoke at his funeral. == References ==