Mark Binder Edelstein

Mark Binder Edelstein

Mark Binder Edelstein, 71, passed away on January 4 after a long illness. Born and raised in St. Louis, MO, he enjoyed baseball, camping, and the Boy Scouts. He eventually became an Eagle Scout. Mark graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Wisconsin, where he majored in English and chemistry. He received his M.D./PhD from Washington University in St. Louis, and did a postdoctorate at the Radiobiologic Institute in the Netherlands. Mark completed a medical residency and a hematology/oncology fellowship at Duke University. He worked as a physician for four years in the Netherlands before joining the medical staff at the Detroit VA Hospital, where he remained for twenty-seven years, serving as Chief of Medicine for over ten. He was a Professor of Medicine at the Wayne State University School of Medicine, and loved teaching and rounding with his students and residents. Mark enjoyed bicycling in his spare time, and spent Sundays working at Bike Tech cycle shop in Detroit. He was a voracious reader and a car enthusiast. Mark is survived by Terese Edelstein, his wife of forty-nine years, and by his children, Matthew Edelstein of Grosse Pointe Park, and Katherine (Vince) Facchiano of Phoenix, AZ., his sister Jacki (Peter) Benn and nieces Madeleine and Ava, and his brother William (Barb Parmet) Edelstein, all of whom reside in California. Contributions may be made in his memory to the Alzheimer's Association, or to the Disabled American Veterans.