STEPHEN A. UDEM

I worked as an AIDs RN at University Hospital Newark. A wonderful human being, very personable and inspired me throughout my career to do the right thing in patient care. He greatly cared for his patients and his level of scientific and medical knowledge was amazing.

I feel fortunate to have had the opportunity to work with Steve on vaccine development; he was a man of the strictest integrity and a man who combined his wealth of medical knowledge with a keen research-focused mind to address significant health issues of our time. A truly special individual.

He was a wonderful man, Doctor and Scientist. I was very fortunate to have worked for him and I took pride in doing so. I admire him for his determination, wisdom and passion for his work. He was smart, caring and kind but most of all, courageous. He stood up for what he believed in and taught me to persevere. His scientific and medical contributions to this world was appreciated by many and he left a legacy for others to follow. I hope that he is smiling down on us and the people he...

Steve brought an immediately evident and magnetic humanity to every interaction - you recognized it and were drawn to it immediately. That alone made him exceptional. He was one of those people to whom the name mensch truly applied.

Steve was the smartest man I ever met. I worked with him for many years at New Jersey Medical School. He was a mensch in very sense of the word. I will never forget him. Rest in peace my dear Stevala.

He was a wonderful person in every regard, both socially and as a scientist. It was truly my fortune to have known him and worked with him both as a colleague and politically. He was a person of great courage. I only regret that we lived so far apart after completing our training so that we could have seen more of one another. I will truly miss him. This is a great loss to all.

George Kaysen

I too was a member of that band of interns and residents, forever bonded by our experiences as well as our ideals and aspirations. Steve was even then marked for greatness by his intelligence, collegiality, and dedication to healing the world, starting with his own patients. He will be missed by everyone he touched. And his remarkable achievements will live on.

I was lucky enough to work with Steven during our internship and residency. He was a superb physician - caring, careful, committed. Seve was a true role model for future generations of physicians. This is a loss to each of us and to American medicine.