Harry Pitts Hoffman Jr. M.D.

HOFFMAN Jr., MD, Harry Pitts
Harry Pitts Hoffman, Jr., MD, MPH, age 61, Zephyr Cove, Nevada, died unexpectedly Tuesday, May 11, 2004 at Sutter Memorial Hospital, Sacramento, Calif. Harry was born in New Bern, North Carolina, a son of the late Harry P., MD and Joyce (Lewis) Hoffman. He was raised in Bloomsburg, PA where he graduated from Bloomsburg High School in 1960. He also graduated from the United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland. Following several tours of duty as a Navy pilot in Viet Nam, he returned to Philadelphia, PA and graduated from Hahnemann Medical School. He held the dual rank of Naval Flight Surgeon-Pilot for 18 years. Following his Naval service, Dr. Hoffman worked on various medical projects world wide. Dr. Hoffman resumed his military service with the United States Air Force, retiring with the rank of Lt. Colonel on August 31, 1989. In his retirement, he enjoyed managing Web sites for his high school class, his Naval Academy class and several professional organizations. He served on the Editorial Board of the Electronic Journal of Surgery and Specialist Medicine. Harry was a member of the MENSA Society, the Aerospace Medical Association, the International Association of Military Surgeons/Pilots, the Civil Aviation Medical Association, and a past member of the Association of Military Surgeons of U.S. SAFE (Society of Air Force Engineers) Association, the Society of U.S. Air Force Flight Surgeons, the Society of U.S. Navy Flight Surgeons and the Society of Experimental Test Pilots. Harry had several papers published in the Naval Institute Proceedings and in the technical publications of the U.S. Navy. He made a presentation on Traumatic Lesions of the Cervical Spine at the NATO Conference in Bodo, Norway. He is survived by three children: Julie Hoffman Ball, DMD, Virginia Beach, VA; Sheila Marie Hoffman, Smyrna, GA; Christopher A. Hoffman, Daphne, Ala.; a brother, Thomas L. Hoffman, and his wife Terri, Pensacola, Fla.; a sister, Diana Hoffman, wife of Michael Regan, Quakertown, PA; three nephews and one niece; and his dear friend, Lorraine Chew, Sacramento, Calif. Memorial services will be Saturday (May 22) at 11 a.m. in the Dean W. Kriner, Inc., Funeral Home, 325 Market St., Bloomsburg, PA. Interment with full military honors in Elan Memorial Park, Bloomsburg. Friends may call Saturday from 9:30 to 11 a.m. Memorials may be sent to the American Heart Fund or to the American Cancer Society.