Dr. Joel Rappeport

Always remembering Joel with all my heart. Always thankful towards him for the wonderful life I have enjoyed since he saved me. Thanks to him I have enjoyed my children growing up as wonderful human beings, I have enjoyed a fantastic career full of unforgettable experiences as an artist, and every moment I have shared with my family and friends is because Joel. Joel was a very special man, a wonderful doctor, I will always miss his very special humor.

I remember Joel as our camp Alton doctor of many seasons up on Lake Winnepasuakee in NH. He was a really great guy and I was sorry to hear that he had left us too soon. He touched many lives for the better both at camp and in the "real world" as we called the "non-camp" world. I am proud to have known him.

I am eternally grateful to Dr Rappeport for saving my 16 year old son, Luis, many years ago. He gave us Support during my son’s transplant and helped us to go through that very dificult time. He was a great human person and very dedicated to his patients. We always remember him with love.

Steven and Amy,
I dreamt about your dad the other day and decided to look him up online. I discovered that he had passed away in January. I worked many years beside him at the Brigham and missed his brilliance as a physician and humor and compassion as a human being after I left the Brigham to raise my sons. There will always
be a place in my heart for your dad. He touched so many people's lives.

To Joel´s children,

I would like to express to you with these simple words how sad I feel since I heard about the loss of your father. Joel saved my life in 1983 and his care and support before, during and after my bone marrow transplant has been invaluable. By saving me he also made it possible for my children to come to this world. He was a loving man with a fantastic sense of humor; he made made me laugh and smile during the most difficult moments I went through... I will never...

To Doctor Rappeport´s children I want to say how sad I am to hear the loss of your father. I will always remember how much he helped me with the bone marrow transplant of my son Luis 30 years ago. at the Brigham´s and I saw him again in New Haven 10 years ago. I never new he was ill and I regret not being able to have said good bye.
I will always have him in my heart.

To Joel's loving children---I am so sorry that I didn't hear of your Dad's passing until today. I worked so closely with him when I was Exec. Director and he was a volunteer of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. I always knew that when I heard laughter coming from an exam room at Yale that he was nearby!

JR, our pet name for your Dad, didn't just care for his patients with medicine but with humor, dedication, and love. He will be in my thoughts and prayers always.