Thomas E. Andreoli

ANDREOLI--Thomas E., M.D., passed away on April 14, 2009 due to a cerebrovascular accident. A devoted husband, father, grandfather, physician, mentor and friend, Dr. Andreoli was born on January 9, 1935 in The Bronx, New York. He received his B.S., cum laude, from St. Vincent College in 1956 and his M.D., magna cum laude, from Georgetown University in 1960. It was as a resident in Internal Medicine and fellowship at Duke University, where under the mentorship of Eugene Stead he crystallized his vision for academic internal medicine departments. After solidifying his training in basic science at the Laboratory of Intermediary Metabolism at the NIH, he was appointed to the faculty at Duke University where he trained with Roscoe R. (Ike) Robinson and Daniel C. Tosteson. He made seminal observations on ion and water transport in epithelia. On the basis of these discoveries he rose to national prominence and was appointed as the Founding Director of Nephrology at the University of Alabama in Birmingham School of Medicine (UAB). He created one of the premier academic Divisions of Nephrology in the world, establishing the model of nephrologic training centers with his creation of the UAB Nephrology Research and Training Center. He was appointed the Chair of the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Texas Medical School in Houston in 1979. In 1988, he came to the University of Arkansas College of Medicine (UAMS) and was appointed Professor and Chair of the Department of Internal Medicine, where he lead the Department to national prominence attracting talented academic scientists from throughout the country. At the time of his death, Dr. Andreoli was a Distinguished Professor and Chair Emeritus of Internal Medicine at UAMS. During his distinguished career he held many leadership positions in national and international medical societies, including Secretary-Treasurer of the American Society for Clinical Investigation, President of the American Society of Nephrology, and President of the International Society of Nephrology. He served as Editor of the American Journal of Physiology: Renal Physiology; Editor-in-Chief of Kidney International; and Editor-in-Chief of Andreoli and Carpenter's Cecil Essentials of Medicine. He was a member of the Board of Directors, National Space Biomedical Research Institute, Board of Directors, KDIGO (Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes), and served on the Visiting Committee of Harvard/MIT Division of Health Sciences Technology. But his most cherished role was as a mentor and teacher to generations of students and colleagues in the medical sciences. His legendary bedside rounds were noted fondly by many of the practicing physicians both in Arkansas and throughout the world. For these prodigious talents, he has been richly recognized and rewarded. He received the Distinguished Faculty Scholar Award of the University of Arkansas, the Distinguished Faculty Award from the Caduceus Club at UAMS, the George L. Ackerman Outstanding Faculty Award at UAMS, the Distinguished Teacher Award from the American College of Physicians, a Mastership from the American College of Physicians, the Homer W. Smith Award for Renal Physiology from the American Society of Nephrology, the David M. Hume Memorial Award of the National Kidney Foundation, the Robert W. Berliner Award for Excellence in Renal Physiology from the American Physiological Society, and the Robert H. Williams Distinguished Chair of Medicine Award from the Association of Professors of Medicine. His teaching has been recognized internationally in his receipt of the Louis Pasteur Medal from the University Louis Pasteur, the Silver Plate Award from the Hungarian Kidney Foundation, and his election as a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (Edinburgh) and of the Royal College of Physicians (London). Endowed Chairs in his name were established at the University of Alabama School of Medicine and at the University of Arkansas College of Medicine. He holds a Sc.D., honoris causa, from St. Vincent College, Docteur, honoris causa, University Paris VII, a Sc.D. honoris causa from the Aristotelian University in Thessaloniki, and a M.D. honoris causa from Semmelweis University in Budapest. Dr. Andreoli read voraciously and was passionate about art and music. He loved opera and would often regale his visitors in the original Italian to glorious arias. He loved the Yankees, Frank Sinatra and his dogs. He saw himself often as the elderly man in "Moonstruck" pulled at night walking his six dogs. In 1987, Dr. Andreoli married his loving wife, Elizabeth Berglund Andreoli, who is a partner at the Hardin Law Firm in Little Rock, Arkansas. Dr. Andreoli is survived by Dr. Kathleen Gainor Andreoli, mother of his three children, his daughters Paula Andreoli North of Dallas, and Karen Andreoli Roberts of Carlsbad, California, both devoted mothers, and his son, Thomas Anthony Andreoli, a partner at the Chicago law firm of Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal. Dr. Andreoli is also survived by his beloved 10 grandchildren: Stephen, Sarafina, Claire, Mia, Mark, Charlotte, Gigi, Danny, Penelope and Anthony. The family wishes to gratefully acknowledge a virtual member of the Andreoli family - Ms. Clementine Whitman, his lifelong academic partner for nearly 40 years. The family requests memorial gifts sent to: The Thomas E. Andreoli Education Fund, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, 4301 W. Markham, Slot 716, Little Rock, AR 72205. Checks should be made payable to the University of Arkansas Foundation Fund, Inc.; The Humane Society of Pulaski County, 14600 Colonel Glenn Road, Little Rock, Arkansas 72210; and The Thomas E. Andreoli, M.D. Endowed Chair in Nephrology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, care of Virginia Loftin, University of Alabama at Birmingham, BDB 485, 1530 Third Avenue South, Birmingham, AL 35294-0012; vgloftin@uab.edu; (205) 975-5602. Online guestbook: rollerfuneralhomes.com/chenal