2023
The following deaths of MMS members were reported to the Society during 2023.
Donald J. Akikie, MD; 91; Naples, FL; Tufts University School of Medicine; died July 28, 2023.
Edward L. Amaral, MD; 88; Sutton and Shrewbury, MA; Georgetown University School of Medicine; died October 13, 2023.
Michael S. Annunziata, MD; 81; Chestnut Hill, MA; Boston University School of Medicine; died February 28, 2023.
David S. Babin, MD; 89; Falmouth, MA; Boston University Medical School; died July 3, 2023.
Henry H. Banks, MD; 102; Boston, MA; Tufts University School of Medicine; died May 13, 2023.
Loretta Kathleen (Lorie) Berger, MD; 56; Cambridge, MA; University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine; died May 4, 2022.
Dennis P. Berk, MD; 85; Concord, MA; Weill Cornell Medicine College & University; died September 23, 2023.
Alvin M. Bixon, MD; 99; Boynton Beach, FL; Tufts University School of Medicine; died January 4, 2022.
Susan Black, MD; 80; Bowdoinham, ME; Wayne State University School of Medicine; died September 5, 2022.
Donald R. Buechel, MD; 98; Los Altos, CA; University of Kansas Medical School; died January 3, 2022.
Bartley Gray Cilento, MD; 88; Scituate, MA; Seton Hall College of Medicine & Dentistry; died July 15, 2023.
John Marshall Cohen, MD; 85; Boston, MA; Albany Medical College in New York; died May 10, 2023.
John M. Crowe, MD; 91; Sellersville, PA; Harvard Medical School; died September 15, 2023.
Willard M. “Bill” Daggett Jr, MD; Dover, MA; University of California San Francisco School of Medicine; died October 10, 2022.
Margaret M. Daly-Murphy, MD; 89; Pacific Palisades, CA; National University of Ireland; died September 10, 2022.
Saleem Desai, MD; 55; Woodland Hills, CA; Medical College, Miraj, Maharashtra, India; died January 1, 2022.
Robert M. Eisendrath Jr, MD; 94; Lexington, MA; Northwestern Medical School; died May 6, 2022.
David M. Emanuel, MD; 57; Framingham, MA; University of Miami School of Medicine; died February 4, 2023.
Francis Anthony Ennis, MD; 84; Fort Lauderdale, FL; Tufts University Medical School; died May 7, 2023.
James L. “Dr. Jim” Erwin, MD; 91; Shrewsbury, MA; Johns Hopkins School of Medicine; died February 17, 2023.
Thaddeus A. Figlock, MD; 88; Taunton, MA; New York Medical College; died January 21, 2023.
William B. Freedberg, MD; 80; Northampton, MA; University of Cincinnati College of Medicine; died February 21, 2023.
Joseph E. Geary, MD; 94; Rochester, NY; Georgetown University; died February 19, 2022.
Steven Varga Golovcsenko, MD; 78; Lexington, MA; Harvard Medical School; died October 12, 2023.
William Hardy Hendren III, MD; 96; Duxbury, MA; Harvard Medical School; died March 1, 2022.
Anthony V. Ionta Jr, MD; 85; Marshfield, MA; Boston University School of Medicine; died May 1, 2020.
Conrade Carl Jaffe, MD; 79; Charlestown, MA; Columbia University; died November 11, 2021.
Christos N. Kapogiannis, MD; 54; Westport, MA; Boston University School of Medicine; died March 29, 2023.
Jeanne D. Keller, MD; 90; Brookline, NH; Boston University School of Medicine; died November 7, 2020.
Leonard R. Kilmer, MD; 89; Pocasset, MA; Hahnemann University School of Medicine; died January 19, 2023.
Howard S. King, MD; 92; Waban, MA; Boston University School of Medicine; died June 4, 2023.
Michael A. Kjelsberg, MD; 57; Lexington, MA; Johns Hopkins Medical School; died August 21, 2022.
Natércia Luisa Costa Kontoules, MD; 62; Salem, MA; NYU School of Medicine; died October 10, 2020.
Leonard Laster, MD; 92; Brookline, MA; Harvard Medical School; died October 24, 2020.
Daniel J. Levy, MD; 69; Northampton, MA; University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine; died April 13, 2023.
Charles S. Lipson, MD; 90; Dedham, MA; Harvard Medical School; died August 16, 2023.
Dennis J. McCory, MD; 87; Newton, MA; NYU Medical School; died July 24, 2020.
Robert B. McGan, MD; 89; New Canaan, CT; Albany Medical College; died December 4, 2022.
George P. Meltsakos, MD; 66; Andover, MA; Aristotelian University School of Medicine in Thessaloniki, Greece; died October 12, 2023.
Samuel L. Moschella, MD; 101; Newton, MA; Tufts University School of Medicine; died August 21, 2022.
Walther J. Murphy Jr., MD; 79; Plymouth, MA; Georgetown Medical School; died August 3, 2023.
Richard A. Norton, MD; 93; Hanover, NH; Harvard Medical School; died June 9, 2022.
Clifford J. Prestia, MD; 80; Feeding Hills, MA; University of Medicine in Bologna, Italy; died August 16, 2022.
Willard G. Rice, MD; 79; Boylston, MA; Tufts University Medical School; died January 19, 2023.
Marc J. Rollo, MD; 72; Fitchburg, MA; Loyola Stritch School of Medicine; died August 19, 2022.
Purnima Sangal, MD; 67; Carlisle, MA; University of Lucknow, K.G. Medical College, India; died August 2, 2023.
George P. Santos, MD; 92; Auburndale, MA, and formerly of Weston, MA; Tufts University School of Medicine; died August 20, 2023.
Robert C. Sarno, MD; 77; Boston and Edgartown, MA; Tufts University School of Medicine; died January 7, 2023.
Richard E. Senghas, MD; 94; Scarborough, Maine; Harvard Medical School; died September 10, 2022.
Moise Shems, MD; 86; Wayland, MA; Université Sainte-Joseph in Beirut; died June 5, 2023.
Robert N. Speth, MD; 85; Greenfield, MA; Tufts University School of Medicine; died January 1, 2023.
Robert D. Stacks, MD; 80; Newton, MA; Medical College of Virginia; died March 4, 2022.
Jaime Steinsapir, MD; 72; Augusta, GA; University of Chile, Santiago, Chile; died March 31, 2023.
Lawrence Tose, MD; 91; Plymouth, MA; Tufts University School of Medicine; died July 6, 2020.
Rudolf J Utzschneider MD; 92; Shrewsbury, MA; Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich; died January 12, 2023.
Kathleen A. Van Demark, MD; 74; Rockport, MA; University of Hawaii School of Medicine, Honolulu; died April 20, 2023.
George E. Vazakas, MD; 91; Naples, FL; Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece; died July 10, 2022.
David B. Weiner, MD; 92; Hingham; MA; Tufts Medical School; died April 19, 2021.
Walter T Weylman, MD; 93; Walpole, MA; Thomas Jefferson University; died October 26, 2022.
Frederick W. Wikander, MD; 76; Chelmsford, MA; Wake Forest University Medical School in Winston Salem, NC; died August 9, 2023.
Charles L. Wright Jr., MD; 85; Round Pond, ME; Temple Medical School; died August 11, 2020.
Alla G. Zaver, MD; age 98; Natick, MA; University of Queensland, Australia; died January 10, 2021.
