Arnold S. Rosenbaum (FAC)

Arnold S. Rosenbaum, of Portsmouth, R.I.; Dec. 2. He served as a surgeon and lieutenant commander in the Commissioned Corps of the U.S. Public Health Service during the Vietnam War and later as a general surgeon at the Miriam Hospital in Providence for more than 30 years. While there, he was also a clinical assistant professor of surgery at the Warren Alpert Medical School and recipient of the distinguished teacher award. He graduated from both Ursinus College and Jefferson Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University. During his medical residency he helped develop the heart-lung pump used in open-heart surgeries and created a synthetic aortic seal. He was a musical prodigy and at just 13 years of age he played a trumpet solo with the Philadelphia Orchestra and famed conductor Eugene Ormandy. He also played trumpet and percussion for the Monte Carlos, a Philadelphia band, in the 1960s. An avid outdoorsman, he enjoyed sailing, hiking, fishing, and especially skiing with his family in New Hampshire and traveling the world with his wife. He is survived by his wife, Judith; three children; seven grandchildren; three nieces; and a nephew.