Dr. John-Patrick Berkeley Bagnal

Dr. John-Patrick Berkeley Bagnal, age 33, passed away suddenly at his home in Los Angeles, California, on Monday, October 6, 2003. Dr. Bagnal was an anesthesiologist in Los Angeles. He worked at Cedars Sinai Hospital and with the S.A.F.E. Anesthesia Group. Dr. Bagnal was born in Camden, South Carolina, on January 22, 1970. Due to his father's employment with the E.I. DuPont de Nemours Company, Inc., and many relocations, he lived with his parents while growing up in Camden, South Carolina; Wilmington, Delaware; Richmond, Virginia; Houston, Texas; San Juan, Puerto Rico; and Jonesboro, Arkansas. Dr. Bagnal attended college at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, where he graduated in June, 1992 with a dual degree of Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry and Biology. He then attended Dartmouth Medical School and graduated with a Doctor of Medicine degree in June, 1997. After doing a one year surgery residency at the Huntington Memorial Hospital in Pasadena, California, he completed a three year anesthesia residency program at the Harvard's Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts in June 2001. Starting in June 2001,he worked for one year as a Staff Anesthesiologist and Instructor at the Harvard Medical School's Brigham and Women's Hospital. In August 2002, he moved to Los Angeles and started his anesthesia practice. While at Dartmouth, Dr. Bagnal was heavily involved in activities on campus and in the community. He lettered for four years on the Dartmouth Men's Lightweight Rowing team, and played the French horn in the Dartmouth Wind Symphony, the Dartmouth Symphony Orchestra, and the String Quartet. He continued his love for music by co-founding an a capella singing group that cut a CD and also performed at many college and community functions. Dr. Bagnal was also a member of the Physician's Symphony in Pasadena, California, and the Physician's Longwood Symphony Orchestra in Boston, Massachusetts. He was a four year brother in the SAE Fraternity and was the treasurer in his senior year. He was president of the Dartmouth Outing Club his senior year, and helped lead freshmen trips each summer. He was inducted into the secret honor society of the Fire and Skoal and was a two time presidential scholar. After graduating, he was treasurer of his class's fifth and tenth year reunions. In September 2002, Dr. Bagnal volunteered his time and went with a group of doctors and nurses as part of Operation Perfect World, to Ecuador and performed surgery on local children with significant medical problems. Dr. Bagnal's education started off in a great way in Wilmington, Delaware, in the Wilmington Montesorri School when he was three years old, and his education continued until he was 31 when he completed his residency in anesthesia. He loved to swim and swam competitively for several years. In Puerto Rico he was on the golf team, swim team, and tennis team. He was an accomplished pianist and took lessons from six years of age to 15 years of age. While in Medical School he played on the Medical School's ice hockey team and enjoyed snow skiing. Dr. Bagnal accepted Christ when he was nine years of age and was baptized in The Bon Air Baptist Church in Richmond, Virginia. During most summers growing up, he would spend them in Cincinnati, Ohio, with his mother's parents and attended the Westwood United Methodist Church and was a honorary member of the Westmates Sunday School Class. Dr. Bagnal is predeceased by his grandparents, Evelyn Owen and Roy E. Armstrong of Cincinnati, Ohio. He is survived by his parents, Cheryl Armstrong-Bagnal and Patrick Bagnal who live in Fair Hill, Maryland. Family and friends can be received at the Chandler Funeral Home, 7230 Lancaster Pike, Hockessin, Delaware from 7 to 9 p.m. on Thursday, October 16. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. on Friday, October 17, at the Kemblesville United Methodist Church, Highway 896, Kemblesville, Pennsylvania. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests contributions to The American Cancer Society, 92 Read's Way, Suite 205, New Castle, Del. 19720. www.chandlerfuneralhome.com
This obituary was originally published in the Richmond Times-Dispatch.