Robert David Zipser M.D.

I had no idea he died so long ago. When I looked him up every so often the internet would treat him as if he was just in his office in San Dimas working away. I worked as a wide eyed medical student in his lab at the old cavernous LA County Hospital in about 1982. I would have been 26 and he 36. He was an endocrinologist at the time and we both became gastroenterologists later. I was not stupid and not easily impressed but I thought him impossibly smart, and even more impossibly...

I was a patient of Dr. Zipser in the early 2000s. I went to see him for the last time before moving after leaving my job so I had no insurance. I had already made arrangements to pay cash with his staff but when I mentioned during my appointment that I didn't have insurance, he went up front and told them not to charge me anything. That's the kind of guy Dr. Zipser was. So sad to hear he died so young. He was a great doctor and a great human bieng.

I just lost my husband a month and a half ago.
Thinking of great men, you are certainly one I thought about. As an RN, thank you for all the
tough love time you spent to help me grow. The loss of you has me even more deeply saddened.

I felt a lump in my throat when I just looked up Dr Zipser to see how he was doing and found this. I have not seen Dr. Zipser for probably 12 years or so. He was the best GI doctor I have ever had and he cared so much more than most doctors I see today. He would come at all hours to visit me when I was in the hospital. He was always available for patients even when he was bombarded with work. He diagnosed my UC and led me down the path to have a surgery that has kept me from pain for the past...

I'm shocked and horribly saddened to just now learn of Dr. Zipser's death. I've been a patient for several years but neglected to go for a couple of years. Prior to my becoming a patient, my former, now deceased, husband was sent to him by his doctor in the high desert. He took such excellent care of him and was so caring that I asked him to accept me, also, when my doctor retired. I needed the care of a gastroenterologist, due to polyps, so he was such a help to both of us. When my...

Dear Zipser Family,

I did not know if this pages existence otherwise I would have written long ago. I only learned of Dr. Zipser's passing about a year after it occurred.

I rotated with him as a medical student in the year 2001. I remember that rotation more than any other as Dr. Zipser taught me so much about being a doctor. He also took me flying and I will never forget that. I remember he gave me a certificate of my first flying lesson.

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I was surprised and saddened to recently learn of Dr. Zipser's passing. I worked for many years with Dr. Zipser and found him to be an excellent physician who truly cared about and for his patients. He loved to scare and intimidate staff and his students at first, including myself, but gradually you would come to realize that was his way of testing you, to see if you were able to keep up with him. He spoke all the time of his family and flying, the two loves of his life. I hope he now has...

He saved my wife's life 2 years ago from colorectal cancer...I am very saddened to hear about Dr. Zipsers passing. He will be missed.

Dear Tammy,
As you may remember, I was a good friend of Bob's at Berkeley. I was shocked to hear of his death. I have wonderful memories of our studying pre-med classes together. My heart goes out to you and your family on this occasion.