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Re: Obituary -- Dr. Lester Weiss From: Dianne Kemp (diankemp@advnet.net) Thu May 28 18:35:32 1998 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: John Robertson M.D.: "OB:Rhogam after complete mole" Previous message: perry k. birky, md: "immunization safety for ob travelers" Maybe in reply to: Dean Huffman: "Obituary -- Dr. Lester Weiss" Thank you for sharing this - Dr Weiss was a wonderful gentle-man and a good friend......... Dianne Kemp Port Huron, Michigan -----Original Message----- From: Dean Huffman +ADw-perinatl+AEA-sprynet.com+AD4- To: Multiple recipients of list +ADw-ob-gyn-l+AEA-talk.obgyn.net+AD4- Date: Thursday, May 28, 1998 3:52 AM Subject: Obituary -- Dr. Lester Weiss +AD4-I pass this on from another mailing list for anybody to whom it might be of +AD4-interest. +AD4- +AD4-Dean Huffman +AD4- +AD4AKgAqACoAKgAqACoAKgAqACoAKgAqACoAKgAqACoAKgAqACoAKgAqACoAKgAqACoAKgAqACoAKgAqACoAKgAqACoAKgAqACoAKgAqACoAKgAqACoAKgAqACoAKgAqACoAKgAqACoAKgAqACoAKgAqACoAKgAqACo- +AD4- +AD4-Dear friends, +AD4- +AD4-I am sad to report that Lester Weiss passed away over the weekend. A brief +AD4-obituary follows. +AD4- +AD4-Dan Van Dyke +AD4- +AD4-Dr. Lester Weiss, age 68, died peacefully at home on May 23, 1998. Dr. Weiss +AD4-had a powerful and positive influence on the provision of clinical genetics +AD4-services in Michigan. He earned is M.D. at Hahnemann Medical School, and was +AD4-a resident physician at St. Christopher Hospital in Philadelphia. He was +AD4-board certified in Pediatrics in 1962, and in Medical Genetics in 1982, and +AD4-he was a charter member of the American College of Medical Genetics. He +AD4-joined the staff of Henry Ford Hospital in 1966 and was appointed Chair of +AD4-the Department of Pediatrics in 1974. In 1980, he became the director of the +AD4-Medical Genetics and Birth Defects Center, which he developed into the +AD4-Department of Medical Genetics in 1996. The genetics program led by Dr. +AD4-Weiss was the largest in Michigan, and consistently provided the the most +AD4-up-to-date services to its patients. Dr. Weiss is the first physician to +AD4-have chaired two departments at Henry Ford Hospital. He pioneered the +AD4-concept of genetics field clinics, and thereby served patients throughout +AD4-southeastern Michigan with clinics in Bay City, Midland, Pontiac, Port +AD4-Huron, and Saginaw. +AD4- +AD4-His innovative telemedicine technology was featured by Time magazine in +AD4-1996. Dr. Weiss' career was recognized widely+ADs- he was honored with many +AD4-awards including 1994 Pediatrician of the Year by the Michigan Chapter of +AD4-the American Academy of Pediatrics, 1997 induction into the CATCH for a Cure +AD4-Hall of Fame, and a 1997 Distinguished Career Award by the Henry Ford Alumni +AD4-Association. Dr. Weiss' will be remembered fondly by his legion of +AD4-colleagues, residents, fellows, and students, and for his many academic +AD4-contributions. It is noteworthy that his first publication was on the +AD4-genetics of cancer cells, because he won his battle with the disease by +AD4-living with great dignity, good humor, and a consistent interest in the +AD4-welfare of others. +AD4- +AD4-Dr. Weiss is survived by his wife Martha, his daughters Leslie, Diane, and +AD4-Gail, his four grandchildren Alan, Eli, Michelle, and Elyssa, and by his two +AD4-brothers, Howard and Ben. +AD4- +AD4APQA9AD0APQA9AD0APQA9AD0APQA9AD0APQA9AD0APQA9AD0APQA9AD0APQA9AD0APQA9AD0APQA9AD0APQA9AD0APQA9AD0APQA9AD0APQA9AD0APQA9AD0APQA9AD0APQA9AD0APQA9AD0APQA9AD0APQA9AD0APQA9AD0APQA9AD0- +AD4-Dean G. Huffman Phone: 217 787-3745 FAX 217 787-0680 (Home) +AD4-perinatl+AEA-slip.net 217 782-9666 217 524-2432 (Office) +AD4- +AD4-This is a court of law, young man, not a court of justice. +AD4- -- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. H +AD4APQA9AD0APQA9AD0APQA9AD0APQA9AD0APQA9AD0APQA9AD0APQA9AD0APQA9AD0APQA9AD0APQA9AD0APQA9AD0APQA9AD0APQA9AD0APQA9AD0APQA9AD0APQA9AD0APQA9AD0APQA9AD0APQA9AD0APQA9AD0APQA9AD0APQA9AD0- +AD4- Next message: John Robertson M.D.: "OB:Rhogam after complete mole" Previous message: perry k. birky, md: "immunization safety for ob travelers" Maybe in reply to: Dean Huffman: "Obituary -- Dr. Lester Weiss"

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