DR. FRANK BODOR

BODOR DR. FRANK BODOR, Pediatrician from Cleveland, died on July 8th, 2015 in Sarasota, FL. Dr. Bodor was born on January 16th, 1928 in Nikinci, Yugoslavia. He received his medical degree in 1958 from the University of Zagreb. He met his future wife, Vera, while in Zagreb, and they were married in 1958. He worked in Osijek, Croatia, where his two sons, Marko and Daniel were born. Dr. Bodor moved to Cleveland in 1968 to do a residency in pediatrics at Case Western Reserve University, serving as Chief resident in 1970. He remained affiliated as an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at CWRU while in private practice on Cleveland's West Side until his retirement in 1996. In 1982, Dr. Bodor noticed an association between otitis media (middle ear infections) and conjunctivitis (eye infections) in children and published a research paper describing the condition, Conjunctivitis-Otitis Syndrome. For his work he was awarded the American Academy of Pediatrics Practitioner Research Award in 2000. Dr. Bodor retired in 1996 and moved to Sarasota, Florida. He loved playing tennis, gardening and listening to classical music. He loved children and was very patient with them. Dr. Bodor is survived by his wife Vera, son Daniel and granddaughters Elena and Karina in Sarasota Florida, son Marko and granddaughters, Sophie, Julia, Maria and grandson Luka in Napa, California, and brother Ivo, in Zagreb, Croatia.