| Moses Minas Housepian | |
| Native Name: | Մովսես Մինասի Հովսեփյան |
| Native Name Lang: | ar |
| Other Names: | Movses Housepian |
| Birth Date: | 1876 |
| Birth Place: | Kessab, Cilicia, Ottoman Empire |
| Death Place: | New York City, New York |
| Alma Mater: | Long Island College Hospital |
| Known For: | physician, humanitarian aid worker |
| Spouse: | Makrouhie Ashjian |
| Children: | Edgar Housepian, Marjorie Housepian Dobkin |
Moses Minas Housepian (Armenian: Arabic: Մովսես Մինասի Հովսեփյան, 1876 – December 11, 1952) was a Syrian-born Armenian-American physician and humanitarian aid worker.
Moses Minas Housepian was born in 1876 in Kessab, Cilicia, Ottoman Empire (now Syria).[1] He escaped the Hamidian massacres in his youth. He graduated from Long Island College Hospital (LICH) in 1905.
He later headed a humanitarian medical mission in Russian Armenia from 1916 to 1918 treating refugees from the Armenian genocide.[2] [3] He is credited with stopping the spread of a typhus epidemic and was known as the "Angel of Mercy", and as "Dr. Purgich" (English: "Dr. Saviour").[4]
Housepian was active in the Armenian Democratic Liberal Party, whose chapter in New York City was posthumously named for him.[5] His wife, Makrouhie Housepian (née Ashjian), was active in the Armenian General Benevolent Union and other Armenian causes.[6] Moses and Makrouhie Housepian were the parents of Marjorie Housepian Dobkin and Edgar Housepian.[7]
Housepian died on December 11, 1952, in New York City.