Physician – Page 2

14May

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Medics, Profiles, United Kingdom

Thaung Htaik, Physician

Thaung Htaik – a Physician, Consultant in General Medicine at Great Western Hospitals NHS Trust, Swindon, England – passed away after suffering from COVID-19. It was reported on 14 May 2020. Source: Great Western Hospital Please help us in adding details.

9May

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Brazil, Medics, Profiles

Carlos Augusto Estorari, Physician

Carlos Augusto Estorari – a Physician in Parauapebas, Brazil – passed away after suffering from COVID-19. Carlos was 48 years old. Please help us in adding details.

8May

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Medics, Profiles, United States

Dr. John F. Murray, Physician

Dr. John F. Murray, retired Chief of Pulmonary and Critical Care at San Francisco General Hospital died at the age of 92 after contracting COVID-19. Murray is reportedly survived by his wife, novelist Diane Johnson, two children, four stepchildren and 14 grandchildren. A longtime Bay Area pulmonary physician credited with diagnosing a lung disease known as acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) died of the same illness on Tuesday in Paris. Murray, retired former Chief of Pulmonary and Critical Care at San Francisco General Hospital, died at his home at the age of 92. The UC San Francisco School of Medicine, where he served as Professor of Medicine emeritus, on Wednesday confirmed Murray’s death with a remembrance on its website. Murray served as the Chief of Pulmonology...

7May

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Medics, Profiles, Spain

Francisco Luis García, Physician

Francisco Luis García – a Physician at Residencia Mixta de Personas Mayores, Linarez, Jaén, Spain – passed away after suffering from COVID-19. It was reported on 7 May 2020. Francisco was 61 years old. Source: SEN Please help us in adding details.

7May

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Brazil, Medics, Profiles

Solon Pereira Lopes Ferreira, Physician

Solon Pereira Lopes Ferreira - a Physician at Hospital Santa Catarina, Natal. João Pessoa, Brazil – passed away on 6 May 2020 after suffering from COVID-19. Solon was 61 years old. He was from Paraíba and died in João Pessoa. However, in addition to the service he performed at the medical board of Detran da Paraíba, he also worked in Natal, at Hospital Santa Catarina and in the Emergency Room of Pirangi Beach. “A wonderful person, a great professional. It was a general commotion in the hospital, because Solon was an extraordinary guy ”, summarizes the doctor Ricardo Guedes, friend and co-worker of Solon Ferreira in the emergency room of Hospital Santa Catarina. Source: Globo Please help us in adding details. ...

5May

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Noteworthy, Profiles, United States

Lee Konitz, jazz saxophonist

Lee Konitz, jazz saxophonist Lee Konitz, the last surviving member of the ensemble that played on the 1949 and 1950 sessions that became Miles Davis’ 1957 album Birth of the Cool, died April 15 of pneumonia, a complication of COVID-19, according to NPR. He was 92. Over his 70-year career, Konitz put out solo albums and also collaborated with Bill Evans, Anthony Braxton, Charles Mingus, Max Roach and Bill Frisell. Leon Konitz was born on October 13, 1927, in Chicago to Jewish parents of Austrian and Russian descent. At the age of eleven, Konitz received his first clarinet. However, he later dropped the instrument in favor of the tenor saxophone. He eventually moved from tenor to alto. His greatest influences at the time were the swing big bands he and his brother listened to on th...

5May

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Medics, Mexico, Profiles

Uriel Elias Guzmán, Physician

Uriel Elias Guzmán – a Physician in Coroner, Coordinación territorial Miguel Hidalgo 4 de la Fiscalía General de Justicia, Mexico City, Mexico – passed away after suffering from COVID-19. It was reported on 5 May, 2020. Source: La Silla Rota Please help us in adding details.

4May

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Armenia, France, High Profilers, Profiles

Patrick Devedjian, French politician

Patrick Devedjian, former French government minister; Pix credit hetq Patrick Devedjian, 75, a former president of the Paris Haut-de-Seine district died on March 29, 2020. On March 26 just a few days before his death he tweeted that he was suffering from coronavirus symptoms. He said that he'd been affected by the epidemic and was able to testify to the exceptional work of the medical staff. Earlier in the week, he'd also tweeted his thanks to the staff of the Haut-de-Seine department for their work tackling the outbreak. . Once an advisor to former President Nicolas Sarkozy Devedjian had held a number of ministerial positions since entering politics in 1983. On social media, politicians have been paying tribute to Devedjian, who was of Armenian descent. The Armenian...

Dr Francisco Avelino Siy Lukban, Philippines

4May

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Medics, Philippines, Profiles

Dr Francisco Avelino Siy Lukban, Philippines

Dr. Francisco Lukban, Cardiologist; Pix credit Inquirer.net Dr. Francisco Lukban was a noted geriatric cardiologist and a brilliant academician, according to the social media post of UP Manila’s Office of the Chancellor announcing his demise on March 25. Always wanting to serve his fellowmen, he was much loved by his elderly patients at the Capitol Medical Center. Like many of the UP doctors of his generation, Dr. Kiko was a courageous activist, especially during the Martial Law days. “Kiko was not afraid to die… and would have loved to volunteer as a frontline physician in PGH in these trying times,” the UP Manila statement said. His wife, Riz, a pediatric neurologist and also a UP College of Medicine graduate, said Dr. Kiko, on the day he was swabbed for testing, expressed his des...

4May

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Medics, Profiles, United States

Dr. Doug Bass, United States

Dr. Doug Bass, Medical director, Phoenix House, New York As the coronavirus bore down on New York, Dr. Doug Bass’ family begged him to work from home. He refused, pointing to his patients at Phoenix House, a drug and alcohol treatment center where he served as medical director. “He said he was on the front lines and they needed him,” his brother, Jonathan Bass, told The Associated Press. “Too many people relied on him.” Bass, 64, died on March 28 after suffering symptoms commonly caused by coronavirus, including coughing, a fever and severe stomach cramping. That made him possibly the first physician still treating patients in New York City to die from the disease caused by the coronavirus. Except he wasn’t counted. It happened so quickly he was never tested for Covid-19, b...