Hubert L. Rosomoff

Rosomoff, Hubert L., M.D., D. Med. Sc., world-renowned neurological surgeon and researcher, a giant in the world of academic Medicine, Neurological Surgery and Research, died on June 5th, 2008. He was 81. He was the son of Morris Rosomoff of Kiev, Russia and the former Caroline Green of Philadelphia. Born in Philadelphia, and obtained a B.A. in Chemistry from the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Rosomoff obtained his M.D. degree from Hahnemann Medical College. He completed a neurological surgery residency at both the Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center and the Neurological Institute of New York. He was a consultant from the United States to the Institute for Artificial Hibernation and Resuscitation in Moscow, U.S.S.R. Dr. Rosomoff returned to the Neurological Institute in 1957 to complete training and in 1960, obtained a D.Med.Sc. Degree in Physiology from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. He served as a Surgeon and Research Physiologist in the U.S. Navy, rising to the rank of Lt. Commander. In 1956, Dr. Rosomoff earned the American Academy of Neurological Surgery Award for his ground-breaking research into hypothermia. In 1959, Dr. Rosomoff joined the faculty of the University Of Pittsburg School Of Medicine as Clinical Assistant Professor, and Chief of Neurological Surgery at the Veterans Administration Hospital. He remained at the University of Pittsburgh until 1966, when he became Professor and the youngest Chairman in history at the prestigious Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York. In 1971, Dr. Rosomoff became Professor and the first Chairman of the newly autonomous Department of Neurological Surgery at the University of Miami School of Medicine. Dr. Rosomoff became recognized as a world authority in many areas such as pain and its treatment and the development of the radiological criteria which led to the present day interpretations of CAT-scans and MRIs. In 1974, he founded the University of Miami's Comprehensive Pain and Rehabilitation Center. He served as its Medical Director, and his wife Renee Rosomoff as Programs Director. In 1994, he became Professor and Chairman Emeritus of the Department of Neurological Surgery, to devote fulltime effort to the Pain Center, which was then established as a Center of Excellence by the University of Miami. In 2003 the Center was renamed in their honor and is now known as the Rosomoff Comprehensive Pain Center now located at the Miami Jewish Home and Hospital. He helped to found numerous National and International Pain Societies and he served as President of the American Pain Society, American Academy of Pain Medicine, and the Southern Pain Society. Dr. Rosomoff helped to develop the specialty of Pain Medicine, which has been recognized by the American Board of Medical Specialties. He was selected by the governor to serve as Vice-Chairman of the Florida Pain Commission. Along with his wife and Co-director, Renee Rosomoff, he helped to develop pain rehabilitation centers and hospitals in Colombia, Peru, India, Israel, and Egypt. A pain treatment center in Cali, Colombia bears his name, Clinica Especializada de Columna Rosomoff. He passed away on June 5, 2008, with his loving wife, Renee, his sons, Richard and Peter, step-daughter Cathy and sister-in-law, Gigi at his side. He was dearly loved by his grandchildren Sarah and Jake, his extended family of sisters and brothers-in-law, cousins, nieces, nephews, his Pain Team family and all who knew him. The family requests that donations in honor of Dr. Rosomoff be made to the Rosomoff Comprehensive Pain Center at Douglas Gardens, 5200 N.E. 2nd Avenue, Miami, Florida 33137 and The University of Miami Hubert Rosomoff Endowment Lectureship Fund, c/o University of Miami Department of Neurological Surgery, Attention: Education Program Manager The Lois Pope LIFE Center, 1095 N.W. 14th Terrace, Locator D4-6, Miami, Florida 33136. Funeral services will be held on Sunday, June 8, 2008 at 12:00 noon at the Levitt-Weinstein Memorial Chapel; 18840 W. Dixie Highway; North Miami Beach, Florida 33180. Following the funeral services, shiva will commence at the Miami Jewish Home and Hospital; 5200 N.E. 2nd Avenue; Miami, Florida 33137 in the Ruby Auditorium. Shiva will also be held the following two days at the home of Dr. and Mrs. Hubert L. Rosomoff from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. BLASBERG-RUBIN-ZILBERT (305) 538-6371