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DR. WARREN OLANOW

WARREN OLANOW Obituary

Dr. Warren Olanow October 25, 2024 Beloved father of Edward, James, Alessandra and Andrew. Devoted husband of Mariana (zl), cherished son of Max (Pitt) & Betty Olanow (zl) and brother to Joel Olanow (zl). Adored nephew of Evelyn & Milton Wolfe (zl) and Etta and Sam Collins (zl), and a larger-than-life cousin to many. Warren was born in Toronto. He graduated from the University of Toronto, Faculty of Medicine, and then pursued advanced training in Internal Medicine and Neurology at various centres in the United States. He moved on to serve on the faculties of McGill University, Duke University and the University of South Florida before becoming the Henry P. and Georgette Goldschmidt Professor and chairman of the Department of Neurology and professor in the Department of Neuroscience at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City. He also served as the Chief of the Neurology Service at the Mount Sinai Hospital. He was a world-renowned neurologist and leading researcher in Parkinson's Disease, contributing significantly to progress in Parkinson's disease research and treatment. He is fondly remembered and will be deeply missed by his extended family in Toronto.

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Published by The Globe and Mail from Nov. 9 to Nov. 13, 2024.

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Joan and Richard Gladstone

February 3, 2025

Dr Joan and Dr Richard Gladstone of Toronto send our deepest condolences to the Olanow family. Warren was a long time friend and colleague who was much admired and greatly respected. We will miss his enthusiasm and his humour and his boundless energy. May your memories of Warren bring you comfort.

Moussa Youdim

December 3, 2024

It is with great sadness I learnt of the untimely death of my friend Warren Olanow., who I met at the 1988 International Congress of Parkinson's disease in Jerusalem. It was an instant friendship. Our scientific interest merged .He was brilliant in his concepts and ideas. I was honored when he invited me to give the Melvin Yahr Lecture at Mount Sinai Medical school. and two months ego he wrote an amazing letter of recommendation for the Wolf Prize for me. I send my sincerest condolences to the Olanow family..

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Lois Susanne Bakar

November 11, 2024

Warren and Mariana, Edward, James, and Alessandra were neighbors of ours in Westmount, Quebec in the mid 1970s for about 6 months. Our sons played together, and Mariana and I became friends while Warren and my husband, also a Dr., were very busy working. Occasionally, we all got together, and we really missed them when they moved to New York. Our heartfelt condolences to Edward, James, Alessandra, and Andrew, and their loved ones.
Sincerely, Nadir and Lois Bakar in Clovis, CA

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