Medics

Dr James A. "Charlie" Mahoney ‑ an American pulmonologist and internist – succumbed to Covid-19 on April 27, 2020. He was head of the intensive care unit and a clinical assistant professor of medicine at the SUNY Downstate Medical Center. James A. Mahoney was born in either 1957 or 1958 to Leila and Oscar Mahoney. His father was a member of the United States Air Force. Mahoney was raised in military housing in Bermuda and the South Shore in Nassau County, New York. He had 4 siblings. As a child, a family friend nicknamed him Charlie. He began working with his older brother at the age of 8. They worked at a laundromat, German delicatessen, and a lunch counter. Mahoney was the captain of the football team at Roosevelt High School. Mahoney completed a B.S. at C.W. Post in 1981 while worki...