DOUGLAS JEFFERY MARCHANT M.D.

1925 - 2017

MARCHANT, Douglas Jeffery, MD A longtime resident of Wayland, MA, and husband of Juliette for 62 years, passed away October 9th with his family by his side. He was 91 years old. Dr. Marchant was born in Malden, MA, December 31st, 1925, the only child of Catherine and Edgar Marchant. He is survived by his wife Juliette and their 5 children, Diane, Douglas, Jeffrey, Peter and his wife Kristen and David and his wife Sarah and also leaves six grandchildren. Dr. Marchant was educated at Tufts University where he earned a B.S. in Biochemistry in 1947, studied aeronautical engineering at MIT and then earned his MD degree at Tufts Medical School in 1951. From 1943-1946 he served in the military with the US Navy as a Radar Technician. He joined the Tufts New England Medical Center (now the Tufts Medical Center) in 1956. At Tufts Dr. Marchant was a Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Professor of Surgery and he founded the Breast Health Center in 1977. He also served as the president for numerous societies including the Society for the Study of Breast Disease, the International Breast Society and Editor-in-Chief of its journal, Breast Disease: An International Journal, the Gynecology Urology Society, the Society of Pelvic Surgeons, and finally the Obstetrical Society of Boston. Dr. Marchant also received numerous teaching awards and was honored with a Distinguished Faculty Award in 1992. He left Tufts in 1992 and established a new Breast Health Center at Women and Infants Hospital in Providence, R.I. He retired in 2002. Dr. Marchant was an avid outdoorsman with a passion for fly-fishing and mountain climbing and these led him to locations all over the world. Services were private.

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