Franklin James "Jim" Harberg M.D.

To the family of Dr. Franklin Harberg, I wanted to let you know that your father or grandfather was a remarkable man. He was such an inspiration to me that as soon as I could talk, I decided I wanted to be a doctor to help others. While the medical field was not the path I chose. In honor of Dr. Harberg, for whom I would not be here today, I dedicated my dissertation to, I attached it below. To anyone of his patients he was a God send, especially as my case was rare. Dr. Barbara Keith

My deepest appreciation for your father or grandfather saving my son's life 49 years ago my son's name is David Paul Turner he was born with cystic fibrosis your father did a reconstruction surgery on his intestines and David is still alive he's 49 years old he was born with cystic fibrosis he had a liver and lung transplant 11 years ago in Houston thanks to your father or grandfather

We went to Texas Childens hospital today for an appt for my 13 year old son. We chatted with a nurse going up the elevator and told her that we hadn't been to Texas Children's hospital since my 26 year old daughter was there. In fact we said "Our Dr. Harberg" performed Esophagus surgery on our daughter. And the nurse did know our " Dr. Harberg". She Sadly told us that he had departed last year. It was an overwhelming sadness for us to hear this news. Over the years we had sent Dr. Harberg...

Dear Harberg Family,
I was saddened to hear of your loss. Dr. Harberg touched many lives. I have maintained few contacts from my years at SJS, but I feel very blessed to have Susan with me in Atlanta.

Greetings,
I want to respectfully offer my deepest sympathy for the loss of Doctor Harberg. He preformed open heart surgery on me when I was about two years old. Without Doctor Harberg's expertise I would never have accomplished some of the things in life that mean so much to me. I grew up with no lasting effects from the surgery and played Baseball and ran track in school. I went on to serve in the military and earned a Bronze Star during operation Desert Storm in the first Gulf war....

Jim had a wonderful, boundless energy and enthusiasm and showed a genuine interest in everyone he met. We shall miss him. Our sincere sympathy to his family.