DONALD ZAROU

ZAROU--Dr. Donald M.

Dr. Donald M. Zarou passed away at NYU Lutheran Medical Center on May 20, 2017. Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, he was a graduate of Poly Prep Country Day School, where later he served as Chairman of the Board of the Trustees. He earned his Bachelor of Science Degree from the University of Vermont and later graduated from SUNY Downstate Medical School with the Doctor of Medicine Degree. He interned at Methodist Hospital of Brooklyn. He was honored to attend his first year of residency at SUNY DMC under Dr. Louis Hellman, and returned to Methodist Hospital to complete his OB/GYN residency. His commitment to provide quality health care to generations of women throughout Brooklyn spanned more than four decades, both in private practice at Zarou OB/GYN Associates in Bay Ridge as well as at the following hospitals in the capacity of Department Chair of OB/GYN: Victory Memorial Hospital, Lutheran Medical Center (where he was also the Director of Medical Education), and Methodist Hospital. He was the Associate Chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Brooklyn Hospital Center. He served as the President of the Medical Club of Brooklyn, the Brooklyn Gynecological Society and the Medical Society of Bay Ridge. During the course of his medical career he published nearly thirty articles. Dr. Zarou was an elder in the Presbyterian Church USA, a lifetime member and elder of Union Church of Bay Ridge as well as an elder member of the Presbyterian Association of Chautauqua. He was an avid reader and lover of history. His other passions included teaching, music, the Brooklyn Dodgers and the New York Rangers. Above all, his favorite pastime was sailing, especially with friends on Chautauqua Lake in Western New York. He was a wellrespected man who will be missed by his family, friends, colleagues, students and patients. He is survived by his wife of sixty years, Andrea Stutz, his children, Donald A. (Cornelius, NC), David A. (Denver, CO), Heidi S. (Brooklyn, NY), and Andrew D. (Brooklyn, NY), his grandchildren, Salem, Skyler, Raeann and Ava Zarou, Madeline and Emmett Doty, Maxwell and Adam DesRochers, his sister, Gladys Z. Thomas (Sarasota, FL) and his niece and partner, Dr. Barbara A. Zarou (New Rochelle, NY). He was preceded in death by his brother and partner, Dr. George S. Zarou, and his sisters Gloria Zarou and Virginia Z. Miesmer. Visitation is on Monday, May 22, 2017 from 2-5 and 7-9pm at McLaughlin and Sons Funeral Home located at 97th Street and Third Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11209. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made in his name to the charity of your choice.