Paul Henry Sherman M.D.

SHERMAN, M.D., PAUL HENRY, age 81, died on July 15, 2003. A long-time resident of Winter Park, he was born on May 19, 1922, in Baltimore, Maryland. He graduated from Duke University School of Medicine in 1946, and served as Surgical House Officer at Duke Hospital from 1946-1947. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1947-1949, including 14 months of sea duty. Dr. Sherman was a resident in surgical pathology from 1949-1950 at the University of Chicago and a resident in the field of cardiac and thoracic surgery at the University of Kansas Medical Center from 1950-1954. There, he was awarded the Samuel Murdock Fellowship in Surgery, for outstanding attainments during his residency training. He was a diplomate of the National Board of Medical Examiners, the American Board of Thoracic Surgery and the American Board of Surgery. He was a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and the American College of Chest Physicians. He was a faculty member at the University of California, at Los Angeles Medical Center and the University of Tennessee Medical Center in Memphis, Tennessee. Dr. Sherman was the author of many scientific papers on thoracic and vascular diseases and a member of numerous medical and surgical associations. In 1968, Dr. Sherman performed the first of many successful open heart surgeries at the Florida Hospital in Orlando. He helped develop the reputation of Florida Hospital as a leader in the area of cardiac surgery, in terms of the number of open heart surgeries and the development of "cutting edge" procedures and instrumentation. After retiring from surgical practice, he became an avid fisherman and wildlife photographer. He was a long-time supporter of the Nature Conservancy and the Florida Sheriff's Youth Ranch, and more recently a member of the Orlando Museum, the Orlando Opera Guild, the University Club of Winter Park and the English Speaking Union. He is survived by his wife, Ann MacArthur Sherman, EED; his son Douglas Paul Sherman, MD of Tallahassee, FL; his daughter Barbara, Sherman Simpson, DVM, PhD of Southern Pines, NC; his sister Janet Merchant of Baltimore, MD; four grandchildren, Arden, Paul, and Brice Sherman, and Diana Simpson, and three nieces and one nephew. He was preceded in death by his first wife Betty Hopkins Sherman and his second wife Betty Rose Barker Sherman, in whose honor he helped fund the Paul H. Sherman Outpatient Surgical Center at the Florida Hospital in 1998. Remembrances may be made to the Betty Hopkins Sherman award for clinical excellence in nursing at Florida Hospital, c/o Florida Hospital Foundation, 2809 North Orange Avenue, Orlando 32804, or the Betty Hopkins Sherman Scholarship at Rollins College, 1000 Holt Avenue-2756, Winter Park, FL 32789-4499. Baldwin-Fairchild Funeral Home is handling arrangements. A memorial service will be held at the Florida Hospital Seventh Day Adventist Church, 2800 North Orange Avenue, Orlando, on Saturday, July 19th at 3PM, with a reception to follow at the church. There will be a private interment at Palm Cemetery, Winter Park, FL. Baldwin Fairchild Funeral Home, 301 NE Ivanhoe Blvd., Orlando, FL. 407-898-8111.