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 ROSOMOFF,
HUBERT, M.D., D.Med.Sc., world-renowned neurological surgeon and
researcher, a giant in the world of academic Medicine, Neurological
Surgery and Research, died on June 5th, 2008. He was 81. He was the
son of Morris Rosomoff of Kiev, Russia and the former Caroline Green
of Philadelphia. Born in Philadelphia, and obtained a B.A. in
Chemistry from the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Rosomoff obtained
his M.D. degree from Hahnemann Medical College. He completed a
neurological surgery residency at both the Columbia Presbyterian
Medical Center and the Neurological Institute of New York. He was a
consultant from the United States to the Institute for Artificial
Hibernation and Resuscitation in Moscow, U.S.S.R. Dr. Rosomoff
returned to the Neurological Institute in 1957 to complete training
and in 1960, obtained a D.Med.Sc. Degree in Physiology from Columbia
University College of Physicians and Surgeons. He served as a
Surgeon and Research Physiologist in the U.S. Navy, rising to the
rank of Lt. Commander. In 1956, Dr. Rosomoff earned the American
Academy of Neurological Surgery Award for his ground-breaking
research into hypothermia. In 1959, Dr. Rosomoff joined the faculty
of the University Of Pittsburgh School Of Medicine as Clinical
Assistant Professor, and Chief of Neurological Surgery at the
Veterans Administration Hospital. He remained at the University of
Pittsburgh until 1966, when he became Professor and the youngest
Chairman in history at the prestigious Albert Einstein College of
Medicine in New York. In 1971, Dr. Rosomoff became Professor and the
first Chairman of the newly autonomous Department of Neurological
Surgery at the University Of Miami School Of Medicine. Dr. Rosomoff
became recognized as a world authority in many areas such as pain
and its treatment and the development of the radiological criteria
which led to the present day interpretations of CAT-scans and MRIs.
In 1974, he founded the University of Miami's Comprehensive Pain and
Rehabilitation Center. He served as its Medical Director, and his
wife Renee Rosomoff as Programs Director. In 1994, he became
Professor and Chairman Emeritus of the Department of Neurological
Surgery, to devote fulltime effort to the Pain Center, which was
then established as a Center of Excellence by the University of
Miami. In 2003 the Center was renamed in their honor and is now
known as the Rosomoff Comprehensive Pain Center now located at the
Miami Jewish Home and Hospital. He helped to found numerous National
and International Pain Societies and he served as President of the
American Pain Society, American Academy of Pain Medicine, and the
Southern Pain Society. Dr. Rosomoff helped to develop the specialty
of Pain Medicine, which has been recognized by the American Board of
Medical Specialties. He was selected by the governor to serve as
Vice-Chairman of the Florida Pain Commission. Along with his wife
and Co-director, Renee Rosomoff, he helped to develop pain
rehabilitation centers and hospitals in Colombia, Peru, India,
Israel, and Egypt. A pain treatment center in Cali, Colombia bears
his name, Clinica Especializada de Columna Rosomoff. He passed away
on June 5, 2008, with his loving wife, Renee, his sons, Richard and
Peter, step-daughter Cathy and sister-in-law, Gigi at his side. He
was dearly loved by his grandchildren Sarah and Jake, his extended
family of sisters and brothers-in-law, cousins, nieces, nephews, his
Pain Team family and all who knew him. The family requests that
donat ions in honor of Dr. Rosomoff be
made to the Rosomoff Comprehensive Pain Center at Douglas Gardens,
5200 N.E. 2nd Avenue, Miami, Florida 33137 and The University of
Miami Hubert Rosomoff Endowment Lectureship Fund, c/o University of
Miami Department of Neurological Surgery, Attention: Education
Program Manager The Lois Pope LIFE Center, 1095 N.W. 14th Terrace,
Locator D4-6, Miami, Florida 33136. Funeral services will be held on
Sunday June 8, 2008 at 12:00 noon at the Levitt-Weinstein Memorial
Chapel; 18840 W. Dixie Highway; North Miami Beach, Florida 33180.
Following the funeral services, shiva will commence at the Miami
Jewish Home and Hospital; 5200 N.E. 2nd Avenue; Miami, Florida 33137
in the Ruby Auditorium. Shiva will also be held the following two
days at the home of Dr. and Mrs. Hubert L. Rosomoff from 4 p.m. to 8
p.m. BLASBERG-RUBIN-ZILBERT (305) 538-6371 To visit this Guest Book
Online, go to www.MiamiHerald.com/obituaries.
Published in The Miami
Herald from 6/6/2008 - 6/7/2008
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