Paul Plotkin M.D.

Paul Plotkin, MD

ALPHARETTA, GA-- Dr. Paul Plotkin, age 88, of Alpharetta, GA, formally of Miami Beach, FL, died Thursday, July 29, 2010, at his home after an extended illness.
Born in Chicago, IL on October 4, 1921, he was the son of the Jacob and Dina Hochberg Plotkin. He was a 1937 graduate of Manley High School in Chicago, a 1941 graduate of the University of Illinois, and received his Medical Degree from the University Of Illinois School Of Medicine in Chicago in 1944. He was a veteran of World War II, having served in the United States Army as a Regimental Surgeon.
Following the war, he moved to Miami Beach, Florida where he began an Internal Medicine Practice specializing in Cardiology, retiring in 1988. Dr. Plotkin was a member of the American Medical Association, The Florida State Medical Society, was a Professor of Medicine at the University of Miami School Medicine, a lifetime member of the University of Illinois Alumni Association, a member of the Miami Yacht Club, Temple Emanuel of Miami Beach, and the Men's Club of the Temple.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a brother, Morton Plotkin; and a grandson, Wade Phillip Sprow.
Surviving are his wife of 66 years, Edyth Zeigmund Plotkin of the home; five children; son, Dr. Michael D. Plotkin, his wife, Erica, of Olympia, WA, and their children, Dr. Benjamin Plotkin, his wife, Thuy, and Dr. Anna Plotkin Kitzmann, and her husband, Dan; son, Joseph A. "Jay" Plotkin, his wife, Susan of Woodstock, GA, and their daughter, Ilene Plotkin Lakin, her husband, David, and their children, Sophie and Seth; daughter, Gale Plotkin Sprow, her husband, Carson of Union, SC, and their sons, Abraham "Avi" Adler, his wife, Dorina, and their daughters, Hannah and Julia, Jeremy Adler, Adam Adler and his fiance', Johanna Twersky; son, Norman L. Plotkin, his wife, Lois, of Sandy Springs, GA, and their daughters, Julie Plotkin and Shoshana Plotkin; son, Dr. Jacob S. Plotkin, his wife, Dr. Ruth Ann Plotkin of Brownsville, TX, and their children, Ariel Plotkin and Aaron Plotkin; one brother and sister-in-law, Bernard Plotkin and his wife, Betty of Miami Beach, FL; sister-in-law, Rosalyn Plotkin of Fort Lauderdale, FL; and sister-in-law, Marilyn Zeigmund Bau, and husband, Lawrence of Laguna Woods, CA.
A memorial service will be held Sunday, August 1, 2010, at 10 o'clock at the Orchards of Sweet Apple clubhouse with the family receiving friends until 12 o'clock noon. Commital services will be held Monday, August 2, 2010, at 9:30 o'clock at the Georgia National Cemetery in Canton, GA. Both services will be conducted by Rabbi Harvey Winokur, Cantor Barbara Margulis of Temple Kehillat Chaim and Cantor Benjamin Adler of Temple Emanuel.
In lieu of flowers, the family respectfully request memorial contributions may be made to Greater Atlanta Hadassah, Metula Group, 47 Perimeter Center East, Suite 210, Atlanta, GA 30346, the Weinstein Hospice, 3150 Howell Mill Road, Atlanta, GA 30327, or to the Parkinson's Research Foundation, PO Box 20256, Sarasota, FL 34276.