John Constantine Ivanoff

This is late, but I wanted to memorialize my friend and patient. I was Dr. Blackman's Medical Assistant and Dr. Ivanoff was one of my favorite patients. He talked me into getting a neurosurgeon for my cervical fusion when I approached him to do my surgery. He told me that a neurosurgeon was the way to go. I was also the one who helped him with his diabetic diet. I taught him food exchanges, and Tavi´s biscotti wasn´t on the list. I miss all of my patients from Dr. Blackman´s office. We had...

Some memories of Dad:
- He played Chopin and Grieg concert-level in our living room to unwind from long days doing orthopedics.
- He took us kids on some long, windey road trips.
- He would come home with a good vocabulary quiz like "Do you know the difference between ludicrous and lugubrious?" (Helped us be way ahead academically.).
- We knew that when his colleagues took one weekday off for golf or such, he devoted one weekday to the crippled children's clinic, so we...

In living memory of my father, who was named after Constantinople, the city where I now live.

John Ivanoff was a truly brilliant man, but mostly we remember him as a good man who gave more than he took during his lifetime. The most excited we ever saw John was when he came next door to Evelyn's Parents and showed us the Readers Digest article about the young U.S.Army Officers who broke German codes during WWII. "That was me, I did that" He followed the rules and did not talk about this service for 50 years. An honorable and honest man. Our Son's Father In Law, who was admired by us...

Dr. Ivanoff's caring, leadership, and expert orthopedic management will not be forgotten by the children, families, the many Occupational and Physcial Therapists who worked under his guidance, or orthotists who provided bracing. He dedicated many hours to serve the children in the California Chidren's Services/Medical Therapy Program throughout the Inland Empire. Thank you for sharing him with us.