2021
The following deaths of MMS members were reported to the Society during 2021.
Danuta Antkowiak, MD, 65; Northborough, MA; Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland; died December 31, 2019.
Allan M. Barron, MD, 72; Newton, MA; Tufts University School of Medicine; died May 23, 2020.
Francis Alfred Beer, MD, 83; Waltham, MA; Yale Medical School; died January 23, 2018.
Harris Berman, MD, 83; Brookline, MA; Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons; died October 30, 2021.
Richard L. Bishop, MD, 80; Williamsburg, VA; Tufts University Medical School; died; September 10, 2021.
Peggy M. Bissell, MD, 70; Bow, WA; University of Massachusetts Medical School; died November 8, 2020.
David Lewis Bloom, MD, 90; Boston, MA; Tufts Medical School, Boston; died August 5, 2020.
Carl N. Brownsberger, MD, 91; Belmont, MA; Harvard Medical School; died June 8, 2021.
John M. Cahill, MD, 95; Cohasset, MA; Tufts Medical School; died June 10, 2020.
William E. Callahan, MD, 84; Greenfield, MA; Tufts University School of Medicine; died July 7, 2021.
John H. Chaglassian, MD, 77; Belmont, MA; American University of Beirut Medical School; died June 20, 2020.
A. Edward D’Andrea Jr., MD, 85; Plymouth, MA; Boston University School of Medicine; died April 7, 2020.
Demosthenes Dasco, MD, 88; Longmeadow, MA; Aristotelian College, Thessaloniki, Greece; died January 21, 2021.
George Edwin Deering III, MD, 74; Brewster, MA; University of Massachusetts Medical School; died April 12, 2021.
David M. DeSimone, MD, 70; Lexington, MA; New Jersey Medical School-UMDNJ; died June 13, 2020.
G. Richard Dickersin, MD, 93; Exeter, NH; Jefferson Medical College; died March 11, 2021.
Thomas M. Diresta, DO, 79; Swampscott, MA; College Hospital, Des Moines; died July 9, 2013.
John H. Donovan, MD, 91; Shrewsbury, MA; Tufts University School of Medicine; died November 7, 2018.
Howard M. Ecker, MD, 90; Brookline, MA; Tufts University Medical School; died September 13, 2021.
Nathan B. Epstein, MD, 96; New Rochelle, NY; Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia, Canada; died October 8, 2020.
John K. Erban III, MD, 65; Wakefield, MA; Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston; died September 2, 2020.
Robert W. Finberg, MD, 71; Northboro, MA; Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York; died August 30, 2021.
Richard H. Fitton Jr., MD, 92; Westport Harbor, MA; Boston University Medical School; died July 12, 2021.
N. Kenneth (Ken) Furlong, MD, 94; Arvada, CO; University of Cincinnati Medical School; died July 11, 2021.
Maria H. Gilleece, MD, age unknown; Leeds, England; University of Liverpool School of Medicine; died June 24, 2021.
George E. Ghareeb, MD, 87; Stoneham, MA; Boston University School of Medicine; died November 23, 2021.
John Wagner Grover, MD, 93; Chula Vista, California; Harvard Medical School, Boston; died February 10, 2021.
John Harding, MD, 84; Shrewsbury, MA; University College Cork, County Cork, Ireland; died July 11, 2021.
Paul J. Hargas, MD, 93; Holden, MA; University of Illinois College of Medicine; died February 13, 2019.
Daniel T. Harrington, MD, 83; Fall River, MA; Tufts School of Medicine; died September 13, 2019.
Martin V. Hart, MD, 87; Wilmington, DE; SUNY Downstate Medical Center; died July 17, 2021.
Simon Horenstein, MD, 93; St. Louis, MO; University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago; died June 17, 2018.
Russell I. Irons, MD, 92; Braintree, MA; Tufts University Medical School; died July 28, 2019.
David R. Jackson, MD, 88; Northampton, MA; Boston University School of Medicine; died June 14, 2021.
Frederick A. Jakobiec, MD, DSc, 78; Boston, MA; Harvard Medical School; died November 14, 2020.
Paul V. Jameson, MD, 91; Canton, MA; University of Belgrade Faculty of Medicine, Serbia; died October 13, 2020.
Robert M. Johnson, MD, 95; Worcester, MA; Tufts Medical School; died July 1, 2017.
Russell Edward Johnson, MD, 90; Holden, MA; Medical School of the University of Pennsylvania; died February 5, 2021.
David S. Kam, MD, 64; Hingham, MA; Boston University School of Medicine; died October 8, 2020.
Edward J. Khantzian, MD, 85; Groveland, MA; Albany Medical College; died March 21, 2021.
Dubravko Matija Kuftinec, MD, 86, Manchester, NH; University of Zagreb School of Medicine, Croatia; died October 12, 2021.
Roland O. Laferte, MD, 87; Canton, MA; University of Laval Medical School, Quebec City, Canada; died August 26, 2020.
Walter J. Lee, MD, 71; Brighton, MA; Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston; died September 24, 2020.
Saul Lerner, MD, 93; West Yarmouth, MA; Boston University School of Medicine; died December 8, 2014.
Bernard S. Levy, MD, 85; Newton, MA; Duke University School of Medicine; died December 3, 2021.
Henry C. Lincoln, MD, 96; Swansea, MA; Boston University Medical School; died July 19, 2021.
M. Wael Lotfi, MD, 82; Cambridge, MA; Kasr-El-Aini-Fac of Med Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt; died December 10, 2017.
Bernard Lown, MD, 99; Newton, MA; Johns Hopkins University; died February 16, 2021.
Robert E. Maher, MD, 98; Westborough, MA; Tufts University School of Medicine; died February 3, 2021.
Roy Maletz, MD, 78; Andover, MA; The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; died September 23, 2021.
Bernard E. Maney, MD, 96; Mashpee, MA; Tufts Medical School; died April 28, 2001.
Edwin P. Maynard III, MD, 94; Chestnut Hill, MA; Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons; died March 19, 2021.
Richard A. Mayo, MD, 95; Hingham, MA; Dartmouth Medical School; died September 23, 2021.
John G. McBratney, MD, 93; Dartmouth, MA; Western Reserve University, Cleveland; died November 30, 2018.
Richard McElvein, MD, 94; Falmouth, MA; Tufts University School of Medicine; died May 25, 2021.
Stephen Milt, MD, 80; Plymouth, MA; Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine; died February 23, 2019.
John Murphy, MD, 74; Lunenberg, MA; State University of New York Downstate; died December 28, 2020.
Lawrence B. Mutty, MD, 85; Castine, ME; The University of Ottawa Medical School; died April 23, 2019.
Shapur Naimi, MD, 92; Brookline, MA; University of Alabama School of Medicine, Birmingham; died April 16, 2020.
Francis J. O’Connor, MD, 90; State College, PA; Tufts University School of Medicine; died March 8, 2014.
Jose C. Pangan Jr., MD, Wilbraham, MA; University of Santo Tomas; Manila, Philippines; died August 20, 2021.
Raymond E. H. Partridge, MD, 92; Marstons Mills, MA; University of London Faculty of Medicine; died December 20, 2019.
Richard Decio Perera, MD, 88; Pittsfield, MA; New York Medical College; died December 3, 2021.
Veronica S. Peterson, MD, 88; Falmouth, MA; Columbia Medical School; died July 28, 2021.
Robert J. Phaneuf, MD, 82; North Smithfield, RI; Georgetown University School of Medicine; died December 4, 2015.
Walter M. Platt Jr., MD, 99; South Dartmouth, MA; Tufts Medical School; died July 12, 2020.
Leonard Harold “Bob” Plotkin, MD, 97; Longmeadow, MA; Tufts College Medical School, Boston; died January 20, 2021.
Mark L. Purinton, MD, 93; Buckland, MA; Tufts Medical School; died March 4, 2020.
Barbara Rockett, MD, 89; Brookline, MA; Tufts University School of Medicine; died; April 13, 2021.
Charles A. Roy, MD, 88; Charlton, MA; Tufts Medical School; died October 6, 2011.
John F. Ryan, MD, 85; Naples, FL; Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York; died January 2, 2020.
Seymour M. Sabesin, MD, Chicago, IL; New York University School of Medicine; died January 4, 2021.
Olin D. Samson, MD, 88; Hingham, MA; University of Vermont Medical School; died April 27, 2021.
Marvin I. Schiff, MD, 86; Boynton Beach, FL; Tufts University School of Medicine; died May 27, 2020.
Marcia C. Scott, MD, 86; Cambridge, MA; University of California School of Medicine; died April 9, 2017.
Mark B. Shapira, MD, 74; Fairhaven, MA; University of Cincinnati College of Medicine; died October 31, 2021.
Mubeen A. Sheikh, MD, 49; Waban, MA; Aga Khan Medical College, Karachi, Pakistan; died March 16, 2021.
Mark M. Sherman, MD, 81; Longmeadow and Chatham, MA; Weill Cornell Medicine; died October 4, 2021.
George Siegel, MD, 88; Sudbury, MA; New York University Medical School, New York; died January 24, 2020.
Seymour M. Solomon, MD, 81; Worcester, MA; Tufts Medical School; died April 5, 2021.
Ivan M. Spear, MD, 92; Worcester, MA; McGill University, Montreal; died October 18, 2014.
Sydney G. Starobin, MD, 83; Wellesley, MA; Tufts University School of Medicine; died July 26, 2021.
Zenon P. Szlyk, MD, 92; Dudley, MA; Georgetown University Medical School; died May 30, 2019.
Robert S. Thrope, MD, 97; West Yarmouth, MA; Tufts Medical School; died July 18, 2020.
Herbert White, MD, 92; Peabody, MA; University of Vermont Medical School, Burlington; died September 16, 2020.
Gerald L. Zeitlin, MD, 89; Cleveland Heights, OH; Oxford University Medical School, England; died April 26, 2020.
