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Daniel Booser Obituary
12/12/1941 - 12/09/2024
Dr. Daniel James Booser passed away on Monday, December 9, 2024, at his home in Houston, Texas. He was 82. The cause was complications of pharyngeal cancer.
Born on December 12, 1941, in Middletown, Pennsylvania, to James and Edith Booser, Daniel graduated from Swarthmore College and earned his medical degree at Yale School of Medicine. He completed internal medicine training at Pittsburgh Presbyterian University Hospital and pursued specialized oncology training at Toronto General Hospital and Princess Margaret Hospital in Canada.
He spent a transformative year serving in the U.S. Navy as a physician in Saigon, Vietnam, as a medical adviser to the Vietnamese Naval hospital. His time there ignited his lifelong interest in languages, culture, and food, especially Vietnamese food.
During the 1980s, Daniel worked in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, where he established medical oncology as a specialty at King Faisal Hospital. It was there, in 1983, that he met his future wife, Helene. The two married in 1985 and shared four decades.
A distinguished breast medical oncologist passionate about patient care, he was beloved by his many patients and well-respected by his colleagues. He dedicated 36 years of his career to MD Anderson, conducting an estimated 100,000 outpatient visits with patients from all over the world, often in Arabic and Spanish.
A patron of the Houston Symphony and Houston Opera, he deeply loved music, art, and history, with a particular fascination for 15th-century Flemish paintings. He was also an avid collector of carpets, a passion inspired by his time in the Middle East. He loved to travel and visited around 60 countries.
The family thanks Dr. Chambers, Dr. Ferrarotto, Dr. Rosenthal, and the MD Anderson staff for their expert care and compassion during his illness-additional thanks to Dr. Joseph Kong, Lourdes Kong, and Janine Bassano for their unwavering support.
He is survived by his wife, Helene; their three sons, James, Timothy, and Kenneth; his brother, John Booser; and his sisters, Mary Weaver, Joanna Booser, and Marti Black.
A celebration of life reception will be held from two o'clock until five o'clock in the afternoon at the Bradshaw-Carter Funeral Home,1734 West Alabama Street in Houston on Saturday, January 25, 2025. Please visit www.bradshawcarter.com for more information.
It was a wonderful life.
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Eugenia Brown
Yesterday
I just learned about Dr. Booser´a passing and I´m so sad. He was my doctor at MD Anderson for many years at the breast clinic. He was so knowledgeable and kind. My condolences to all the family. What a wonderful human being he was!
Marta Carrillo
August 21, 2025
El médico más entregado a su trabajo, de los mejores médicos del Md Anderson, ayudaba a quien podía, el último doctor en dejar la
Clínica después del horario de trabajo, sencillo a pesar de lo reconocido como médico, lo
Que lo hacía sin duda el mejor oncólogo en Breast del Md Anderson, salvo mi
Vida, siempre respondió an mis mails durante 23 años de conocerle, debe estar en el mejor lugar que un ser humano puede después de esta vida.
Y aquí perdimos a uno de los mejores oncólogos del mundo, tuvo larga y feliz vida, soy de México y me compartió que su hijo estuvo en Guanajuato viviendo una etapa.
Martha Carrillo
August 21, 2025
Fue mi médico, quien me atendió con una excelencia médica, y un afecto digno de admiración, en pocos meses hablaba español, apenas lo conocían sus pacientes y quedaban prendados a él, por su atención, interés y capacidad. El mejor médico que he conocido y quien salvó mi vida.
Millicent James(Daughter of Mary Partner)
July 7, 2025
He treated my mother 11 years ago for stress driven breast cancer. He was so nice and warm in his care. I think and speak of him often.
Tracye S Ervin
June 18, 2025
Dr. Booser saved my life in 1999 I was stage 4 metastatic and he went beyond the call of duty with God! He did not release me to survivors clinic until the end of his career. He always joked don´t you want to come let me remain your doctor? He never forgot our family members and always asked about each one of them. Even my 2 year old toddler who is now 26. I thought of Dr. Booser as my savior. He was special one of a kind. Dedicated! His car was often last car in the parking lot. If there was a way for him to save a patient he was going to try it. He did not hesitate to help you no matter whatever it took. I do not think I will ever meet another Doctor like him. I loved Dr. Booser. I would not be alive today without him. God Bless Dr. Booser and his family. You earned your rest.
JOSE GOMEZ MARTIN
May 29, 2025
Fui residente de oncologia español y Observer en el Breast Cancer Center Houston en 2001 . Siempre recordare su ambilidad y paciencia . La huella de mi estancia en su centro me ha ayudado siempre en mi vida profesional.
Nos veremos maestro y compañero .
Mary Lyons
May 22, 2025
He was the best! Saved my life. So sorry he is gone.
God will accept and bless him.
Mary Lyons
Misty Clark-Sexton
May 16, 2025
I just found out that Dr. Booser passed at my appointments today. I was a patient of his for 7 years at MD Anderson. He was one of the most compassionate doctors that I have ever had the pleasure of knowing. He always went above and beyond for me! He will forever be missed and I wanted to let his family know that he was an amazing doctor and I appreciated him for the outstanding treatment he provided to me during one of the darkest times in my life. He was always so positive and uplifting during my appointments which made me feel so comfortable in his ability to give me the best treatment possible. So sorry for your loss, and I will forever be grateful to him!
Diane King Berry
April 6, 2025
I was a breast cancer patient of his from Monroe, Louisiana. He saved my life by the grace of God.
Cynthia Jane Curry
March 10, 2025
Thinking of you at this difficult time. Dan was a fabulous classmate in medical school. A distinquished career followed. He will be missed by so many! Cyndy Curry
Yolanda Joseph
March 2, 2025
My prayers and condolences to his family. Dr. Booser was my oncologist, and I will be eternally grateful to him for the care I received from him and M.D. Anderson. He was a wonderful person and Doctor. He will be missed by many.
Latricia
January 25, 2025
I was very sadden to hear about the passing of Dr. Booser. I extend my deepest condolences to the Booser family. He was my doctor and I can truly say he was remarkable. I am grateful for his exemplary knowledge of breast cancer and the excellent treatment he recommended for me.
I am now cancer free thanks to the treatment he spearheaded. Dr. Booser was truly an outstanding doctor and impeccably personable. I truly adored him and appreciated the fact that he always took the time to personally call his patients back. He also had a way of making me feel at ease with the treatments I was
receiving. Thank you to the Booser family for sharing Dr. Booser with the world! He will be truly missed. My prayers and thoughts will forever be with the Booser! May God bless and comfort you all!
Sylvia Osei-Ntem
January 25, 2025
My sincerest condolences to my doctor, Dr. Daniel Booser. He was a doctor's doctor. A kind and compassionate person and absolute professional.
Thank you for being a great doctor to me during my time of treatment!
May you Rest Peacefully
Sandra Stennis
January 25, 2025
Dr. Booser was a man of great character and he exemplified what a caring and kind physician looked like for patients. Your presence will be greatly missed. Rest well sir.
Deborah Davis
January 24, 2025
I am so sorry for the family of Dr. Booser's passing. He will be missed by the men and women he treated in the breast clinic. I work in mammography and never will forget him. He would walk down the hall with his white coat flying and we knew he meant business. He would come plead with us to add on his patients for one reason or another. He would not call, but come in person to be more personable. We could never say no to him. He loved his patient's so much, how could we? Thank you Dr. Booser for helping to take care of our patients as well as you did. We will meet again.
Yvonne McCall
January 24, 2025
My condolences go out to the Booser family.Dr Booser was my oncologi st for over 20 plus years.I was hurt and saddened when I got the news that Dr Booser had made his transition, I couldn't believe it I had been looking forward to seeing him on my next check up, but instead I have to face the fact that I will never be able to see him ever again. I remember when I was suppose to see him last year and when I came in for my visit with him I was told he wouldn't be seeing me that someone else would be seeing me I got so upset l actually started crying and told them I didn't want to see anyone else but I know I would have been in trouble when he did come back for refusing to have my check up so I went on and had it and I was told that I would be able to see him for my next check up when I came back now I know they were just telling me that to calm me down.Dr Booser is the reason I'm still here today.He was a kind and caring person,he really and truly cared about his patients. He always greeted you with a handshake and warm smile.He took time with you listening and explaining everything to you never rushing. If you needed to talk to him about any concerns you had about your health he was always there to listen and give you advice on what to do and expect about your health it was like he already knew what was going on with you before you even had a chance to say anything, almost like he could read your mind that's just how well he knew you and understood you.I'm really going to miss him very much it won't be the same without him.He was one of a kind.I was at the clinic for a yoga class and all of a sudden I got overwhelmed and started crying not knowing why I didn't have an appointment with him that day so he found out I what was happening and told the volunteer to tell me to come see him as you may guess when I got there to see him he already knew what was wrong with me and knew I would be coming to see him sooner or later, after he told me what was wrong and talked to me and told me what had happened to me and why I felt better and knew what I had to thanks to him. REST IN PEACE DR BOOSER your work here on earth is done, you are going to be greatly missed.It has been a privilege knowing him and having him for my oncologist.
Sandra Pruitt
January 24, 2025
I am so sorry to hear of Dr Booser passing. He was a great Dr. that saved my life 18 yrs ago. He was a fabulous doctor. He will be missed. Prayers for all his family and friends.
Jessica Parsons
January 23, 2025
I learned today about Dr. Booser´s recent passing and I´m so very sorry. He was the person whom I credit for my mother still being alive today, despite having faced advanced inflammatory breast cancer.
When two close friends lost their own cancer battles, I noted that Dr. Booser was in attendance at their memorial services, and it made such a striking impression on me how much he cared about his patients and his community.
Any time I ever emailed Dr. Booser with a medical question, even if it was not pertaining to a specific patient of his, he replied almost instantly-regardless of the time of day. I don´t know when he slept, ate, took any time for himself. He really was a mentor to me in medicine, despite having a different specialty. He was so very dedicated to healing others, it is just so hard to imagine him gone. I am grateful to have known him and that I may attend the celebration of his life this weekend.
Steven Hirschtritt
January 23, 2025
I won't be able to attend Dr. Booser's Memorial but I wanted to express my heartfelt gratitude for the compassionate care he gave to my wife. He treated us with kindness and gave us all the time we needed to be comfortable with his recommendations. He would answer my email questions quickly, even at night or on weekends. This was true even when he took time off because of his illness. We were never just a number to him. My wife passed away last year but I am confident that his care helped her to live longer. I feel honored to have known him. My deepest condolences to his wife and family.
nancy taylor
January 23, 2025
I am heartbroken that Dr Booser passed away. I so hope he did not suffer. Once I found him after being diagnosed I knew I´d be ok. I felt safe and cared for because of Dr Booser. He was a wise and brilliant physician. Rest in peace Dr Booser. You were one of a kind.
Cynthia Jacks
January 21, 2025
I´m so sad to hear that Dr Booser passed away! I feel like I´m still here living, because he was my Breast cancer doctor who saved me! He was always so compassionate, so knowledgeable, and ready to help with anything that I asked him! I´m sure that so many of his former patients feel this way too. May he rest in peace! He will be greatly missed!!
Samantha Zody
January 21, 2025
Where do I begin to honor a man that meant so much to me, Dr Booser was the all around best! I don´t mean that in a normal way. He was one of a kind on so many important levels. Intelligent, knowledgeable, dedicated, compassionate, kind, caring, fighter, personable,charismatic, leader, humorous and so much more. He first treated my mother. She came to MD Anderson for hope. Diagnosed with Stage 4 Triple Negative Breast Cancer in NW Arkansas. Dr Booser extended her life 9 precious months. He always had a twinkle in his eye at those dreaded "cancer progressed" appointments. She ask him on her last visit "Dr Booser do you think I´m going to make it?" As he was headed out the door he turned and said "you know what they say, Christmas is a time for miracles!" His eyes twinkled like stars. His words gave her hope on her last Christmas. Those 9 months meant everything to our family. I got to know Dr Booser´s wonderful bed side manner attending appointments with my mom. Two years later, I was diagnosed with Stage 2 Triple Negative Breast Cancer at the MD Anderson Cancer Prevention Department. I remember the Radiologist asking me if I had an oncologist. I was in shock but Dr Booser was the one that I asked for and just so happened he was at his desk without appointments. A hurricane on the east coast had cancelled his flight to PA to visit family. It was a God timing thing for me! He agreed to see me. It was a Friday at 6pm! What a sacrifice for him to see me. I was still in shock from the news when I told him "Dr Booser, I have young kids. They need me! You give me everything you got because it cannot end up like my mother." At that point, he went into treatment mode. He needed the biopsy preliminary report before legally he could start chemotherapy. If I could be back in Houston by 2pm on Monday, he would start chemotherapy. I was still processing the radiologist doing a FNA and telling me it was aggressive breast cancer. He wrote my wig prescription and ordered nausea meds. It was a divine miracle in oncology. It usually takes weeks to get appointments. We started chemotherapy Monday evening. I got a call 2 weeks later from Cancer Prevention saying you have cancer and we need to get you an oncologist. They were shocked that I had done 2 chemotherapy treatments since seeing radiology. They asked me who my oncologist was and I told them. Their answer was "only Dr Booser could get this done so timely." From then on, Dr Booser put my cancer into remission with chemotherapy treatments. It´s been 12 years for me. 12 years with my children who are pretty much grown now. 12 years of life! I owe it to God for sending his faithful servant (Dr Booser) to care for me and my mom. Each year, I looked forward to my annual visit with Dr Booser. We talked about our family, NW Arkansas, Texas and Pennsylvania where he and my husband grew up. He was not only a physician but also a good listener. My anxiety was high after losing mom then enduring TNBC myself. I want to thank Helene and their sons for all the sacrifices. Please know that he saved my life and so many others. I am forever grateful. May God bless your family as you move forward. His legacy as a medical leader who modeled the way in service and sacrifice will live on. I know he lives on in your hearts. May God comfort each of you as only God can. I´m heartbroken for your loss. Love always, Samantha Zody & Family
Tetyana Spolitak
January 21, 2025
I was deeply saddened to hear about Dr Booser passing. Sending my deepest sympathy to Dr Booser family, friends, colleagues and to all his patients who lost their amazing doctor and scientist. Michigan in tears. I lost my great oncologist Dr Booser. Your memories will never be forgotten
Tetyana Spolitak, Ph.D.
Diane Silvertooth
January 21, 2025
My heart aches as I read the message from MDAnderson that my doctor passed away. He was such a kind and tender hearted man and gained my trust as my oncologist. I was his patient in 2019. At first, I was afraid he was too old to be my dr, would he know the latest news about breast cancer and know how to treat me? Then after a few short days/ visits, I began to feel comfortable and realized that he had more experience than those young docs and that gave me comfort and confidence. He was such a comfort during my journey and was always so kind and understanding to my family members when they came with me and had questions for him. We always left his office with assurance that we made the right choice. I´m sure going to miss seeing him as I still have yearly check ups, but will always remember how he helped me so much throughout that horrible year of my life. It just won´t be the same going to MD. I always looked forward to his sweet smile and his gentle handshakes. My condolences to you and all the family.
Denise Zenon
January 21, 2025
My heart aches for the passing of my mom & my beloved oncologist! He was such a caring, supportive, genuine, kind, & everything that you could ask for in a doctor, during your course of breast cancer treatment! We thank God for him being the dedicated doctor who took care of us during & after our surgery & treatments. I´ll never forget him personally checking on both my mom & I during our time under his care. I must say, we hadn´t experienced having a wonderful doctor like him ever before. May he rest in peace, & our sincere prayers for his family.
Denise Zenon
Dorothy Harris
Janice Hamby
January 21, 2025
Dr. Booster was my physician for more than 10 years. To date, I have been cancer free for all this time probably mostly to the credit of Dr. Boosers medical treatment. I will miss him dearly for my annual exam.
My condolences to his wife and children.
Rest in peace dear Doctor. I will never forget you.
Sue Wahl
January 21, 2025
My prayers and condolences to his family. Dr. Booser was my oncologist and I will be eternally grateful to him for the care I received from him and M.D. Anderson. He was a wonderful person and Doctor. He will be missed by many.
Virginia Anderson
January 21, 2025
My condolences to his family. Dr. Booser was my oncologist. In all my life, he is the best physician that I´ve experienced. I absolutely loved him. He was so dedicated to his patients.
Diane Novy
January 19, 2025
I send my deep and sincere sympathy to Dan´s family. He was my friend, colleague, and physician to my daughter. I cherished him and was blessed to have him in my life in each of those roles.
Denis Ryan Mahoney
January 19, 2025
I don´t know Mr. Booser, I just read his Obituary on the Houston Chronicle.
However, the man sounds like a fantastic doctor, husband, and father.
I give you my condolences and best wishes for all of your future endeavors. Godbless.
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