Roy Bellhorn, D.V.M., M.Sc., age 91, former professor of ophthalmology and visual sciences from 1970 to 1984 at Einstein and a consultant for the New York Zoological Society’s zoos and aquarium, March 9, 2024, Davis, Calif.
David Blumin, M.D. ’65, age 84, former member of the Peace Corps in Africa who worked as a general surgeon in Southern California, Maine, and Connecticut for more than 50 years, Aug. 3, 2024, Boothbay, Maine.
Freeman Botnick, M.D. ’67, age 83, chief of ophthalmology and director of the Low Vision Clinic at Mercy Hospital in Springfield, Mass., for many years, who was president of his class at Einstein his fourth year, Aug. 23, 2024, Londonderry, N.H.
Ann Petra D’Adamo, M.D. ’72, age 86, one of only three women in her class of 115 medical students, graduating in an accelerated three-year program, who was a retired director of the emergency department of Crawford Long Hospital in Atlanta and the 2016 recipient of the Eleanor Roosevelt Volunteer Award from the Somerset County (Ga.) Federation of Democratic Women, July 21, 2024.
Byron Amdur Eliashof, M.D. ’61, age 89, psychiatrist who practiced from 1967 to 2012 and was a clinical professor of psychiatry at the John A. Burns School of Medicine and a lecturer at the School of Social Work at the University of Hawaii, July 7, 2024, Honolulu, Hawaii.
Eileen Frances Wolf Feldman, M.D. ’80, age 70, former chief of nephrology at Worcester City (Mass.) Hospital, who retired from the department of nephrology at St. Vincent’s Hospital and is survived by her husband, James Feldman, M.D. ’80, and daughters Stephanie Feldman, M.D., and Hope Feldman, M.D. ’18, Aug. 11, 2024, Boston, Mass.
Raj Kumar Gupta, Ph.D., age 80, professor emeritus in both biochemistry and physiology and biophysics, whose career at Einstein spanned more than 30 years and who was renowned for his innovative use of nuclear magnetic resonance to study the mechanisms of diseased cells and tissues, May 27, 2024, Old Greenwich, Conn.
Harvey Karten, M.D. ’59, age 89, distinguished professor emeritus of neuroscience and a founding faculty member at the University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine, who was a pioneer in studying nonmammalian vertebrate brains, considered a “great-grandfather” of comparative neuroanatomy, and a member of the National Academy of Sciences, July 15, 2024.
Gerald Levitis, M.D. ’65, age 81, retired from a private psychiatry practice in Bethesda, Md., who is survived by his wife, Karen Levitis, M.D. ’67, March 12, 2024.
Joyce H. Lowinson, M.D. ’62, age 102, professor emerita of psychiatry and behavioral sciences and associate professor emerita of epidemiology & population health at Einstein, who was a leader in treating substance abuse and chemical dependency, Oct. 12, 2024, New York, N.Y.
Irwin R. Merkatz, M.D., age 90, professor and chair emeritus, obstetrics & gynecology and women’s health, and professor emeritus of pediatrics at Einstein, where he served for 34 years, who was a renowned expert in the research and treatment of high-risk pregnancy, Oct. 31, 2024, Rye, N.Y.
Emanuel Phillips, M.D. ’59, age 90, clinical associate professor emeritus of medicine at Einstein, who also cared for families in the Bronx and surrounding communities for more than three decades, Oct. 20, 2024.
Robert Realmuto, M.D. ’82, age 68, retired chief of emergency services at Orange Coast Memorial Hospital in Fountain Valley, Calif., who was honored with having the hospital’s new emergency department pavilion named after him, August 2024.
Paul Rochmis, M.D. ’64, age 85, a rheumatologist for 45 years in Fairfax, Va., and a clinical professor of medicine at Georgetown University Medical School and chief of rheumatology at Fairfax Hospital, who, after being diagnosed with amyloidosis late in his life, researched the disease and produced a regular newsletter to help hundreds of others, July 26, 2024, Vienna, Va.
Herbert Schneiderman, M.D. ’60, age 93, retired professor of pediatrics at SUNY Update Medical University and the winner of the President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching over a dozen times, who developed some of the first computer-based clinical simulations in the U.S., which were made available to medical schools across the country, Aug. 24, 2024, Syracuse, N.Y.
Peter E. Schwartz, M.D. ’66, age 83, professor emeritus of obstetrics, gynecology & reproductive sciences at Yale School of Medicine, who established neoadjuvant chemotherapy treatment as the standard approach worldwide for ovarian cancer, pioneered minimally invasive techniques for controlling massive hemorrhage in the postpartum patient, and established the Yale early detection program for ovarian cancer, one of the first such programs in the country, Oct. 20, 2024, New Haven, Conn.
Robert Simon, M.D. ’59, age 89, noted psychiatrist, March 16, 2024, Tampa, Fla.
Shiu Y. Kwok, M.D. ’79, Ph.D., J.D., age 78, an ophthalmologist, academic scholar, and mentor who dedicated more than four decades to the care and well-being of his patients, September 2024, San Francisco, Calif.
