Eugene Charles Feldman

Eugene Charles Feldman Loving husband to Eleanor Neumaier. Beloved father to Amy (husband Steven Colton), Mark (wife Suzy Feldman), and Sara Feldman. Doting grandfather to Aaron and Lindsey Colton, Audrey, Tess, and Phoebe Feldman. Gene is also survived by his brother Jules Feldman (wife Saya Feldman) and his niece and nephew Morry and Maxine Feldman. Born on May 21,1935 Gene was the son of parents Max and Lottie Feldman and was raised along with his older brother Jules in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Gene attended undergraduate school at the Carnegie Institute of Technology (1953-54), Oberlin College (1954-56), and the University of Pittsburgh (1956-57); he graduated from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine (1957-61). Gene did his Internship and Residency at the University of Pittsburgh. While serving as a Captain in the United States Air Force, Gene was stationed at Beale Air Force Base in California from 1964-1966, where he was the Chief of Pediatrics. After completing his military service, Gene moved his family to Palo Alto, California and he joined Kaiser Permanente Medical Center where he worked for the next 29 years as a Pediatrician. Throughout his career, Dr. Feldman was widely loved and admired by his patients and colleagues. His career in medicine included 18 years on the Neonatal Intensive Care Team (1970-1988) and 24 years as Assistant Chief of Pediatrics (1970-1994). His career culminated with his appointment as Physician-in-Charge of the Sunnyvale and then Mountain View Kaiser Permanente Medical Center (1986-1999) and Assistant Physician-in-Chief of the Santa Clara Kaiser Medical Center. Gene was devoted to public service and charitable works. In 1976 he was appointed to the California State Medical Board by Governor Jerry Brown. He served on the Medical Board until 1983 and during his tenure he took a particular interest in developing diversionary programs for impaired physicians, co-founding the State's first Physicians Medical Diversion Program. He was a Volunteer Physician at the Arbor Free Pediatric Clinic at Stanford University, gave lectures for incoming medical students at Stanford University Medical School (1998-2008), volunteered his physician services at the San Jose Indian Health Center (1996-2003) and was a volunteer physician at the Rotacare Free Clinic in Mountain View (2005-2008). Gene was a passionate enthusiast of classical music and opera and was a devoted patron of the San Francisco Symphony and the San Jose Opera. He was also an avid sports fan who enjoyed following his beloved San Jose Sharks, San Francisco Giants and 49'ers. Dr. Eugene Charles Feldman passed on April 30, 2008. He is missed enormously by his family, friends and colleagues. He will be lovingly remembered for his compassion, humanitarianism, and the love he so generously graced us with. Memorial services will be held on May 9, 2008 at 1 pm at: The San Jose Municipal Rose Garden, 1500 Naglee Avenue, San Jose, CA 95126. In lieu of flowers please send contributions in Gene's memory to J.W. House, P.O. Box 3666, Santa Clara, CA 95055 (www.jw house.org or tel. 408 927-7885).