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FRED GENTILI Obituary
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for FRED GENTILI
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Anita Nickie
March 25, 2025
Thank you for surgery, it was a very complicated one,but you did it very well,thanks again.Anita Nickie
Hannah
August 20, 2023
RIP dr Gentili! Thank you for your surgeon for my husband´s brain tumour. You will be remembered by us!
Shelly
June 20, 2022
Rest in peace Dr. Gentilli... A wonderful and kind hearted gentleman. He did two surgeries on my mother who has since passed as well. We were always confident that she was in the best of hands. We were blessed to have him as her surgeon and she always looked forward to her visits with him. Dr. Gentilli... You will not be forgotten.. Thank you for your dedication !
Terry Denvir
April 29, 2022
Fantastic Doctor saved my life back in 2003 and was there for me for follow up work. A better man one could not meet, my own Doctor told me of his passing today. Stairway to Heaven for Fred.
Angela Rinella
March 3, 2022
My prayers our to the family & friends of Fred Gentili. RIP amazing man & Dr. Gentili. The UHN team saved my brother in law 3 years ago. We our grateful for all the love & support everyone provided during the difficult time. May the family find comfort to know his memory will live on at UHN for many generations.
Keri Campion
February 28, 2022
This is incredibly sad news and my deepest condolences go out to his family and friends. Dr. Gentili literally saved my mother's life by performing an extremely complicated craniotomy. I have thanked him everyday since. He was such a kind, intelligent man and he will be dearly missed. He was an earth angel who I will always be grateful for. Rest in peace, Dr. Gentili.
Jasmen
February 22, 2022
I am so saddened and shocked to hear that Dr. Gentili has passed away. I had heard a lot of good things about him from other parts of the world. My deepest condolences to his family for such a great loss.
Tru Latchman
February 8, 2022
I was very sad to hear of Fred´s passing, such an amazing human being with a gift to save people. I always wanted to thank him for him saving my Great Niece Jamie Moran Kennedy; he called her his miracle! He was also her miracle for not his hands and the Lord guiding him this young woman would not be alive today with a future to change lives! So I thank you Fred and when it´s my time to venture home you will be one of the first I will search out so I can shake your hand and thank you for giving Jamie back to us!!!
Chantal Farand-Viau
February 5, 2022
Dr gentility was referred to be by dr Hudson and Susan. I had meningioma surgery through the nose in June of 2012. Nearly 10 years ago. Dr gentile is a gentlemen, an amazing surgeon, he saved my life at 53 years old. He is my hero, I will always to him and his team for a very successful surgery. My family and I are very saddened by the news of his passing. Our most sincere condolences to Gina and his family. Thank you dr Gentili. Love and gratitude forever, Chantal farand-Viau
S.Sunley
February 5, 2022
When I heard of the passing of Dr. Gentie I was upset and very sad. I met Dr. Gentli at the Pituitary Clinic he looked after me he sure was a caring person & Dr felt like I was in good hands.
Everyone will always miss him- RIP
Judy McGregor(Frank DiBattista)
January 29, 2022
Gina and family I am so very sorry for your incredible loss. My deepest condolences.
Kathryn Tinnerman
January 27, 2022
Extending my deepest condolences to Dr. Gentili's family, many friends and colleagues. A great loss to the medical surgical community.
After many surgical hours he made sure to visit me in recovery after a very long day with a big smile on his face. He was an outstanding surgeon and asset to UHN and to all of us lucky enough to be touched by his skill. RIP great man.
Dr. LM Picard, neurologist
January 23, 2022
I was saddened to learn of the passing of Dr. Fred Gentili. He was a great scholar and neurosurgeon. Above all he was a fine gentleman. He had exceptional intelligence, a master craftsman's skill, tremendous integrity and humanity. He will be missed by the many patients we shared over the years and by myself.
Amy Levine
January 23, 2022
Dr Gintily saved my life. He was my strength, focus, belief system and optimism! A life truly taken too soon. Sending all of you all the stretch during these difficult times.
Erella Ganon
January 23, 2022
In 2008, when I was trying to persuade Dr Gentili to consider doing a very risky brain surgery on a tumour that had lodged itself in a precarious part of my brain, the thought that I might be alive all these years later to write this (because he saved my life), this breaks my heart to think about.
I cannot imagine how difficult this must be for those who loved Dr Gentili.
I send sincere condolences and deep gratitude.
I think of those he mentored, worked with and knew him well and send sweetness to each of them too.
Our world lost a someone who really made a difference.
Thank you.
After surgery, I went through weeks of radiation treatments. I am including a self portrait of me during that process.
Charles Tator
January 23, 2022
Dear Gina and Sons,
Your loved one was very special to me in so many ways, and I can only imagine the depth of your loss.
He was a wonderful colleague to me for the past 25 years or so that we have worked together. He was outstanding in his field and outstanding as a person. He was very kind, very approachable and very generous to his colleagues and patients. As a neurosurgeon and colleague he was the best, and so it it must be an incredible loss to you, but hopefully his good deeds and generosity will have paved the way somehow for your future filled with those good thoughts and the inspiration they generate.
With great respect for Fred Gentili and his dearest,
Charles Tator
Roz Page
January 22, 2022
My sincere condolences to Gina, Fred´s children & grandchildren. May his memory be a blessing & live in your heart forever.
Jaye Agar
January 22, 2022
My deepest sympathy to everyone for loosing such a special person, he was an amazing Doctor to me in 2013, I have no complaints until now, so grateful, God bless his soul
Janet Leith and Steve McKeen
January 21, 2022
David, Devon and Family,
Our sincerest sympathies on your loss.
The Kiely family
January 21, 2022
I just stumbled across this and was sad to read this news. Dr Gentili treated my mom seven years ago at Toronto Western and we will forever be grateful. A huge thanks to him and to his family who I am sure sacrificed time with him so he could care for others. We are truly indebted. I remember how all the nurses would stand at attention when he entered my mother´s room in the ICU. He no doubt commanded a lot of respect. Sincere condolences to his family.
Karin Endresz
January 21, 2022
My sincere condolences to Dr. Gentili's Family and his Colleagues. A great loss to the medical field.
Nancy Kellett
January 21, 2022
My deepest sympathies to the Gentili family, and especially to Michael, whom I knew best, as a childhood friend of my son Peter. I am so sorry that you have lost your father, and the world has lost a great man.
Alex MacLellan
January 21, 2022
My deepest sympathies to Fred's loved ones. His life was spent making other lives better. He was a great man.
Robert Gagliardi
January 21, 2022
My Deepest Condolences to Dr Fred Gentili and his Family. Dr Gentili Saved my Life back in 2097, I am so grateful to him that I am still here today to see my daughter Emily grow up. Unfortunately because of COVID I have not been able to see Dr Gentili in 3 years, but like previous patients I never got to thank to him for saving my life, so thank you Dr Gentili For saving my life and allowing me to continue on to be a husband to my wife Antonietta and a father to my daughter Emily.
You will remain in my heart forever May You Rest In Peace
BRUNO MARCHESE
January 20, 2022
I would like to give my Deepest Condolences to Dr Fred Gentili and his Family. Dr Gentili Saved my Life 34 years ago, I never got to thank him face to face, so Thank You Dr Gentili May You Rest In Peace
Kevin Smith
January 20, 2022
Dear Gina and Family
Our deepest sympathy on Fred´s untimely passing. He was a remarkable man in every sense. A brilliant surgeon and truly fine gentleman. He is and will forever be missed by his UHN family and his many grateful patients.
Peter Dirks
January 20, 2022
I wrote this to Fred when I first heard he was ill but thought Gina and the family might like to read it. My deepest sympathies to all of you for your great loss. His teaching, his enthusiasm for his surgical craft, and his kindness live on brightly in us, those were so privileged to be the recipients of his mentorship.
Dear Fred,
I was really shocked to hear about your illness. There is a great deal of concern and support for you from your extended neurosurgical family. I thought I would take this opportunity to tell you how much you mean to me.
You are one of my neurosurgical heroes. Even though we haven´t worked together for a long time, I often think about the lessons I have learned from you with respect to microneurosurgery, particularly in the middle of my cases, while I´m under the microscope. Intracranial microsurgery is my absolute love, and I think I got that from working with you at Toronto Western in 1993. I have strived to emulate your surgical ambition, to be able to do something that maybe others cannot, to achieve a complete surgical removal, but temporizing with what is realistic, and not to go too far because then you can be foolish. You will never be a great neurosurgeon unless you push that envelope, as long as you know the limit. Master surgical technical skill still counts for so much. Despite all the exciting advances in biology, surgery remains critical for so many neurosurgical conditions. Our future needs of course to look to biology but surgery is still an anchor. Our patients will have the best outcomes if they start with the best surgery. The techniques you employ and the approaches you use stick with me, your techniques for arachnoidal dissection, your use of sucker and bipolar, and your delicate handling of critical structures are techniques that I learned from you and that I use with every microsurgical case. Your attention to the maintenance of the highest technical skill through practice resonates so deeply with me. One of the other big things is your patience and stamina. To get a good result you have to be extraordinarily persistent and patient. Follow the case through and don´t give up. You have been such a fantastic surgical teacher to so many.
Above all, you also care deeply about people and their outcomes, some other master surgeons don´t always give that impression, but you always do.
You are always gracious to others, and are an exemplary professional and colleague. Always willing to take on what others cannot. Always willing to come to SickKids and help us do things we cannot. I see you as the heart and soul of the UHN neurosurgery service and our U of T Division.
I hear your voice in all of my surgeries and for that I am forever grateful to you.
I will be thinking about you and your family in this challenging time.
Kind regards,
Peter
Emilia Moscone
January 20, 2022
It is with great sadness to hear of the passing of Dr. Gentile. Over 25 years ago my husband was operated on by Dr. Gentile and every year since, he has gone for MRI/TWH follow-up appointments. It was always a pleasure to meet up him on these annual visits. He always made my husband (and myself) feel comfortable. He was a fine doctor who will be greatly missed by all. Our condolences to the family.
Melissa DaSilva
January 20, 2022
My deepest condolences to family.
Ronald Kluger
January 20, 2022
I am so sorry for your loss. I am another of his very grateful patients. Many years ago I arrived at TWH emergency triage with an urgent note about my situation from another doctor. Fortunately, Dr. Gentili was on call overnight. He did the surgery at 3 am and greeted me with a smile at 6 am.
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