JOEL WEINSTEIN

1950 - 2021

WEINSTEIN, Joel Joel Brant Weinstein June 17, 1950 – June 27, 2021 Joel Brant Weinstein passed away unexpectedly on June 27, 2021. Joel was born in Brooklyn, NY in 1950 to Shirley and Irving Weinstein. He was the oldest of two children. Joel grew up in Jackson Heights, Queens, where he lived when he met Sherry, his wife of 48 years. Joel earned an undergraduate degree in Electrical Engineering from City University of New York City College and an MBA from Western New England University. He began his career with Digital Equipment Corporation in Springfield, MA and then Colorado Springs, CO, where his oldest daughter, Marci, was born. Joel then transitioned to the medical device field and joined Advanced Technology Laboratories in Seattle, WA, where his youngest daughter, Elissa, was born. The family eventually moved to Framingham, MA, where Joel became a founding member of the management team at Hologic. Joel was a marketing expert in medical imaging and women's health, leading four other medical device start-up companies. He was an elected Director of Mass Medic, and in his "retirement" actively participated in the med-tech incubator CIMIT, served as a lecturer at M.I.T. and industry events, and served on the Board of Directors of four early and growth stage medical device companies. Joel was also a talented musician. He played guitar, bass, piano and organ, and in his youth was a member of a band that opened for groups including The Angels, The Shirelles, The Young Rascals, and The Vanilla Fudge. Joel also developed a fierce hobby for classic cars and loved hanging out with his car buddies. Above all, Joel was passionate about his friends and family, and cherished his role as "Papa" to his three grandkids. Joel is survived by his loving wife, Sherry; his two daughters and their spouses, Marci and Ryan and Elissa and Ben; and his grandchildren, Avery, Chloe, and Conor. He will be dearly missed. Services will be private call Stanetsky Brookline for Zoom Link 617-232-9300. In lieu of flowers,donations may be made to the American Heart Association https://www.heart.org/ or Temple Shir Tikva https://www.shirtikva.org/. Stanetsky Memorial Chapels www.stanetskybrookline.com