Dr. Suzanne Brendze ’84

Dr. Suzanne Brendze ’84, of Rochester, N.Y.; Sept. 21, of cancer. After Brown, she attended Wellesley and Harvard. She completed medical school at the University of Pittsburgh and a residency at the University of Rochester. She began her career in private practice as a family physician in Hilton, N.Y., before joining Rochester’s Huther Doyle to help establish its program of primary care for patients of its addiction treatment center. At the same time she began more than a decade in urgent care. From 2015 to 2025, she also served as a clinical instructor in family medicine for the University of Rochester. Through her own battle, she participated in multiple clinical trials, contributed bodily to research, and was an organ donor. She is survived by husband Craig Brownlie, a son, her mother, and sister Liz Brendze ’86.