MARO SARAFIAN M.D.

SARAFIAN MARO SARAFIAN, M.D. Dr. Maro Sarafian, Obstetrician and Gynecologist at Sibley Hospital, formerly residing in Washington, D.C passed away on April 24, 2018 in Michigan, after a tough battle with cancer. Maro was born of Armenian descent to Osep and Nadya Sarafian on November 21, 1968 in Istanbul Turkey. Her family moved to Birmingham, Michigan when she was 12. She was valedictorian at Alex Manoogian High School in Southfield, MI. She received a BA from the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in 1990, and she graduated from Wayne State Medical School, MI, in 1994. She specialized in obstetrics and gynecology at Georgetown University in Washington, DC, where she was also chief resident. In 1998, Dr. Sarafian joined Sibley Memorial Hospital and the Foxhall OBGYN Associates, also functioning as managing partner from 2013 to 2017. She was active in the Washington Clinical Pathological Society from 2010, serv- ing as secretary (2014-15) and President (2015- 2016). She was on the Sibley Memorial Intensive Care Unit and the Ob/Gyn Quality Assurance Committees from 2002 to 2017. Dr Sarafian delivered a generation of healthy babies for over twenty years. She was an attentive, astute, and resolute doctor, admired and beloved by her patients. Her colleagues thought highly of her and voted her to The Washingtonian's Best Doctors List from 2007 to 2017. Maro's ever-present radiant smile lit up faces and souls wherever she went. Everybody felt she emanated competence, reassurance and kindness. She had phenomenal fortitude and energy, and took pleasure in doing the right thing. Effortlessly positive and efficient, Maro successfully juggled active community life in the DC area, full time medical practice, managing the partnership and lovingly raising three great children with unfettered love and fierce attention to detail. Alec (14), Lia (12) and Andrew (9) were always at the center of her happiness. She volunteered in the activities of their schools, and she planned countless weekend trips and family vacations throughout the world. She left them a lifetime's worth of warm and inspirational memories. Maro was the devoted wife of Darell Meyer, beloved sister Nora and her husband Raffi Manoukian, and of her brother Garen and his wife Rita Yeretsian. She was the cherished daughter of Mr. and Dr. Sarafian, and the caring aunt for six nieces and nephews. She was an amazing friend to many. Maro left positive and happy memories in all those who came in touch with her. A celebration of her life will be held at Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, MD on Friday May 11, 2018 at 2 p.m.A celebration of her life will be held at Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, MD on Friday May 11, 2018 at 2 p.m.