Dallas, Texas
1942 - 2019
READ, M.D., Don R. Don R. Read, M.D., died on March 21, 2019 after a year-and-a-half battle with pancreatic cancer. Dr. Read, a colon and rectal surgeon at Medical City Hospital, was a past president of the Texas Medical Association, the largest medical association in the U.S. with more than...
Read MoreDr. Read was my physician in the 1990s. He was a kind and compassionate man, and his bedside-manner both put me at ease as a person with an impending surgery, and instilled confidence in me as the patient of this gifted clinician. He was one of the people you can tell was born to be a physician. We patients were lucky to have had him and he will be missed. Robert White
robert white
December 18, 2023
Dr. Read was my surgeon in 1989. He told me I had to have surgery because of Crohn's disease. I told him no. A few weeks later I was in the emergency room again. When he walked I said ok but I have to wait two weeks. He didn't agree naturally but I waited and then had the surgery. When I came back for my 6ix week check up, he told me I was his model patient and that he changed his mind about agreeing to a waiting period if a patient needed it. Fran, who was his nurse told me she never...
Veronica biancalana
September 02, 2023 | Friend
I just learned of Dr. Don Read's passing this past week. It saddened me. He was an outstanding man and doctor. May our Lord Jesus Christ bring peace and comfort to his wife, girls and all the family.
Judie Corder
February 23, 2020 | Richardson, TX
What a wonderful, kind man and a great doctor. I trusted him with my life.
Barb H
October 14, 2019 | Frisco, TX
Thank you Dr. Read for the my past 23 years of life. I will always remember the day you said "I am pronouncing you cured". You are missed by many. Pam
Pam Varney-Terrell
April 10, 2019 | Parker, TX
Don was a great friend going back to our days at Cook County Hospital. He was a year my senior so I got to know him as a teacher and surgeon. He and Roberta were the picture of a perfect couple. He was a great human as you can read above. He will be missed by many but never forgotten
Joseph Thornton
March 29, 2019 | Las Vegas, NV
Eternal Affection Arrangement- BASKET INCLUDED
a loved one
March 29, 2019
May the family be comforted by Jesus' promise of seeing your dear loved one again. John 6:40.
A. L.
March 27, 2019
To Roberta and the entire Read family,
The Dallas County Medical Society, its Board of Directors, members and staff express to you our deepest sympathy in the recent loss.
Dr. Read was our trusted leader, our friend, and a valued member of DCMS and the TMA for 40 years. His contributions made DCMS a much better organization. It was an honor to have known him. He will be truly missed by all of us here at DCMS and by his colleagues. Your family will remain in our thoughts and...
March 26, 2019
