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Dr. Celia Ores

New York, New York

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ORES--Celia. Dr. Celia Ores (nee Nuwendstern), a Holocaust survivor who became a pediatrician specializing in Cystic Fibrosis at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center for 50 years, died September 8, 2025 in Manhattan. She was born in Dubienka, Poland, on May 5th, 1928. At age 12, Celia and her...

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Just this morning, after a conversation with our oldest daughter who's expecting a second child, I was thinking so fondly and appreciatively of Dr. Ores, as she had taken exceptionally good care of our girls when they were young. Agreeing that she had been exceptional, my husband looked her up-and found this news. What a warm and caring and wonderful pediatrician Dr. Ores was. She was calm and reassuring from the very first day our first daughter was born. She went above and beyond to give...