Jaime Ernesto Chamorro Salas M.D.

1936 - 2024

Jaime Chamorro, MD

Jaime Ernesto Chamorro Salas, MD, 87, a retired orthopedic surgeon in Wakefield and member of a notable South American family, passed away on Tuesday, August 27th, surrounded by his four children and wife of 55 years, Mary Louise Farley Chamorro.

Born in 1936 in Quito, Ecuador, but raised in Pasto, Colombia, Dr. Chamorro was the eldest of ten children of Manuel Antonio Chamorro, MD, and Laura Graciela Chamorro Salas, an architect and member of the Salas family of Ecuadorian painters. Dr. Chamorro leaves behind his wife, Mary Louise Farley Chamorro, whom he married in 1969, as well as their four children and spouses: Luis Antonio Chamorro, DMD, MPH, and Patricia Chamorro Aguirre, DMD, of Charlotte, NC; Stella Osorojos Eisenstein, MTOM, and Charles Eisenstein of North Kingstown, RI; Pamela Chamorro Bridges, MSW, and Brian Bridges, MBA, of Westborough, MA; and Jaime

Edmundo Chamorro, MBA, and Molly Hedrick, PhD, also of North Kingstown. Additionally, he is survived by seven grandchildren: Gabriela and Cristian Chamorro, Benjamin and Grace Bridges, Isaac and Leo Chamorro-Hedrick, and Cary Eisenstein. Predeceased by siblings Colombia, Mario, and Leonor, Dr. Chamorro's re-

maining siblings are Gladys, Athala, Manuel, Ruth, Maria Eugenia and Nancy, of Cali and Bogot.

In 1963, Dr. Chamorro earned an MD as well as a Masters in cultural anthropology from Universidad Javeriana in Bogot. He completed medical residencies at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami as well as a General Surgery residency at Yale New Haven Hospital. While a

General Orthopedic resident at the Medical College of Virginia, he met and fell in love with Mary Lou, then employed as a social worker, who caused him to abandon his plans to continue on to Europe. Instead, he held positions at Massachusetts General Hospital and St. Joseph's Hospital in Providence, before opening his private practice, first in the Bacon House at South County Hospital and then at the Wakefield Professional Center, where he practiced until his retirement in 2002.

Specializing in total hip replacements, Dr. Chamorro loved his patients and was known for his conscientious care and warm manner.

In later life, Dr. Chamorro enjoyed golf, music, and learning French, Italian, and German. Through his final journey with pancreatic cancer, he came to appreciate the benefits of alternative medicine, which gave him ten pain-free months to continue to enjoy his treasured wife and family.

Dr. Chamorro's wake will be held on September 6th at Avery-Storti Funeral Home in Wakefield, RI, from 4-7pm. A Catholic mass will be held at Christ the King in Kingston, RI, on September 7th at 10am. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that you donate to the Rhode Island Food Bank ( https://rifoodbank.org/ ) or bring a non-perishable food item to the services.