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Nathan Wei

Laytonsville, Maryland

Aug 10, 1949 – Mar 27, 2018

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BORN
August 10, 1949
DIED
March 27, 2018
LOCATION
Laytonsville, Maryland

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Nathan Wei, MD, 68, of Laytonsville, Maryland, passed away on March 27, 2018, at Georgetown University Hospital after a brave battle with gastric cancer. He was born on August 10, 1949 in New York City to Peter and Pearl Wei, recent immigrants from China. Dr. Wei was a 1971 graduate of Swarthmore...

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I thought that I would never again be able to run up and down on a fencing strip or to lunge with my foil. Dr. Wei said, "Stick with me, and I´ll have you fencing again." I did, and a few years later I made the USA Fencing Team to go to the World Cup in Germany. Allen Barwick, 3/23/25

Nate was a personal friend. We attended Swarthmore College together , the Swarthmore football team together (with Dr. Bobby Clark under Coach Lew Elverson), basketball team together, in the same fraternity. Everyone who got to know him misses him

Nate was a close personal friend, at Swarthmore College. I'll never forget him. The world is far better place because he lived

A great friend and a wonderful clinician lost to the sands of time.

deepest sympathies to his family and friends. I remember Nate at Swarthmore, playing football, basketball, going to church on Sundays, premed student. He was a personal friend. I missed the chance to see him again.

Thanks to our kids, Nathan and I were friends before I became his patient. In the office, we called each other “Dr Wei” and “Mrs Reider” with a twinkle in our eye. When I needed Nathan, he was there as a friend. Case in point, I was alone at the beach and I found a dead MOUSE in our house. Horrors! My husband refused to drive from Maryland to North Carolina to rescue me, so I called Nathan (who by luck was in North Carolina too) and he came over and disposed of the mouse. Whew! MY...

Nathan and I were of very different political persuasions, and often we would have “lively” discussions about our respective views. But no matter how lively those discussions or how far apart we were politically, it never impacted our friendship and the mutual (I hope it was mutual!) love and respect we had for each other. Nathan was someone who could respect you even if you disagreed with him. We need more Nathans in the world. I really miss him.

A fine physician. No other doctors believed I had a tangible illness as I continued complaining of pain n fatigue. He believed me n helped me. I think he is a great doc who listens to his patients n truly wanted to help them out if their misery. Thank you doctor...jennifer

I was a patient of Dr. Wei's since 2013. He was a most kind and thoughtful person. I enjoyed our conversations during my appointments and had full confidence in his treatment and care of me. I am so sorry to read of his passing. Sally Rivenburgh