Suzanne Brendze ’84

Suzanne Brendze ’84, of Rochester, N.Y.; Sept. 21, 2025, of cancer. After medical school at the Univ. of Pittsburgh and residency at the Univ. of Rochester, she began her career in private practice as a family physician in Hilton, N.Y., before joining Rochester’s Huther Doyle, helping 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, working through the Covid years, her diagnosis, and most of her treatment. From 2015 to 2025 she also served as a clinical instructor in family medicine for the Univ. of Rochester. Throughout 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.