In Memoriam

The Society for Pediatric Pathology wishes to use this page as a way to recall our lost members, who include admired colleagues, mentors, and friends. We dedicate this page to them.

 

John M. Opitz, MD - 1935 - 2023; University of Utah, School of Medicine

Link to Obituary: John Opitz Obituary (1935 - 2023) - Salt Lake City, UT - The Salt Lake Tribune (legacy.com)

Megan Dishop, MD - November 17, 1971 - July 10, 2023; Phoenix Children's Hospital

Link to Obituary: https://www.mykeeper.com/profile/MeganDishop/

Joel Haas, MD - Children’s Hospital, Denver, CO and University of Washington, Seattle, WA

Vijay Joshi, MD, FRCP, PhD - March 10, 1936 - March 16, 2023; Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine

Link to Obituary: Dr. Vijay Joshi Obituary - North Brunswick, NJ | Ruby Memorial (rubymemorialhome.com)

Ronald Jaffe, MB, BCh - June 18, 1943 – November 23, 2022; University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh

Link to Obituary: https://obituaries.post-gazette.com/obituary/ronald-jaffe-md-1086716904

Geoffrey Machin, MD, PhD - May 2, 1940 - July 23, 2022, University of Calgary; Victoria General Hospital

Link to Obituary: Geoffrey Machin Obituary (2022) - Victoria, BC - The Times Colonist (legacy.com)

Susan Calhoun Simonton, MD - September 28, 1953 - July 22, 2022, Children's Hospital and Clinics of MN

Link to Obituary: muellermemorial.com/obituaries/susan-simonton-md

Enid Gilbert Barness, MD - May 31, 1928 - April 28, 2022, University of Wisconsin; University of South Florida, Health Morsani College of Medicine. 

Link to Memoriam: https://www.spponline.org/Enid-Gilbert-Barness-Prize

Derek de Sa, MBBS, FRCPath - February 27, 2022, University of British Columbia

Jane Chatten, MD - April 12, 1934 - February 20, 2021, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Gerald Spear, MD - March 3, 1928 - April 11, 2021, University of California

Link to Obituary: GERALD SPEAR Obituary (2021) - Newport Beach, CA - New York Times (legacy.com)

David Frances Hardwick, MD, FCAP - January 24, 1934 - May 15, 2021, The University of British Columbia 

Link to obituary: https://www.legacy.com/ca/obituaries/theglobeandmail/name/david-hardwick-obituary?pid=198752032

Maria Daria Haust, MD - August 18, 1921 - January 11, 2022, The University of Western Ontario (London)

Link to Memoriam: https://spp.memberclicks.net/assets/In_Memoriam/Maria%20Daria%20Haust%20Memoriam.pdf 

Valarie Nuzum Campbell, MD - October 6, 1960 - May 8, 2020, 

Kimberly Eickholt, MD - March 13, 1981 - January 27, 2021, Akron Children's Hospital

Royce Etienne Joyner, MD - September 14, 1952- January 13, 2020 - Duckworth Pathology Group

Sumi "Mary" Mitsudo Koide, MD - October 22, 1929 - February 15, 2021, Albert Einstein Medical School

M. James (Jim) Phillips, MD - December 9, 1930 - May 29, 2020

Alfredo Valente, MD - December 1, 1951 - September 14, 2020, SUNY Upstate Medical University

Link to Memoriam: https://spp.memberclicks.net/assets/In_Memoriam/Alfredo%20Valente%20Memoriam.pdf

John (Jack) Wilson, MD - December 23, 1922 - November 27, 2019, Children’s Cancer Study Group

Link to Memoriam: https://www.spponline.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=47:John-Jack-Wilson,-MD-1922-2019&catid=20:site-content

John M. Kissane, MD - 1928 - October 31, 2018, Washington University in St. Louis

Link to Obituary: https://journals.sagepub.com/stoken/default+domain/UR5B8ZdsFE8imPG2ZVm8/full

William Farrer Taylor, MD - June 22, 1927 - June 10, 2019, University of California Los Angeles

Link To Memoriam: https://www.spponline.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=46:William-Farrer-Taylor,-M-D-1927-2019&catid=20:site-content

Harvey S. Rosenberg, MD - 1924 - November 18, 2018, University of Texas and Hermann Hospital

Link to Memoriam: https://www.spponline.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=41:Harvey-S-Rosenberg,-M-D&catid=20:site-content

Mason Barr, Jr., MD - June 15, 1935 - October 7, 2019, University of Michigan Medical School

Link to Memoriam:https://www.spponline.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=45:Mason-Barr,-Jr-,-MD-1935-2019&catid=20:site-content

Kurt Benirschke, MD - May 26, 1924 - September 10, 2018, Boston Lying-in Hospital (Now Brigham and Women's Hospital)

Link to Obituary: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1093526619843723

Eduardo Yunis, MD - 1931 - October 12, 2019, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh

Link to Memoriam: https://www.spponline.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=44:Eduardo-Yunis,-M-D-1931-2019&catid=20:site-content

Liliane Boccon-Gibod, MD - 1941 - November 3, 2017, Armand Trousseau Hospital in Paris

Link to Memoriam: https://spp.memberclicks.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=39:Liliane-Boccon-Gibod,-M-D&catid=20:site-content

Cam Witzleben, MD - 1932 - October 1, 2014, University of Pennsylvania Medical School

Link to Memoriam: https://www.spponline.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=43:Cam-Witzleben,-M-D&catid=20:site-content

Eugene V. Perrin, MD - March 7, 1927 - May 28, 2011, University of Cincinnati, Case Western Reserve, and Wayne State University

Link to Memoriam: https://www.spponline.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=38:Eugene-V-Perrin,-MD&catid=20:site-content