Dr. Edward J. Kamin passed distant connected December 25, 2022 astatine his location successful Charter House from bosom illness and the infirmities of aging astatine property 91. Ed was preceded successful decease by Martha, his beloved woman of 66 years (2020). Martha’s gravestone aptly reads Daughter, Wife, Mother, and Saint. He is survived by their children Paul, Thomas, Mary, Mark, Anne, Sarah, and Andrew, grandchildren Peter, Olivia, Jakob, Moira, Miles, and great-grandson Stone.
Ed was calved connected Maudy Thursday connected April 2, 1931 and died connected Christmas Day. His commencement was 10 days aft the decease of his begetter (at property 23) from an infected ankle wound. He was raised successful Chicago by his devoted mother, Margaret, and doting grandparents. He was ever gangly for his property and excelled successful academics and athletics, arsenic a assistance pupil from 8th people done college. He was recruited to Saint Louis University, past the nation’s #1 hoops team. As his diversion vocation slowed, helium received his MD from Chicago’s Loyola University cum laude arsenic Class President, lasting archetypal successful his people successful the objective years.
Ed served a 20 twelvemonth vocation successful the Army Medical Corp, 10 years of which were spent astatine Walter Reed Hospital successful interior medicine residency and staff. He assisted successful the attraction of galore of the elder subject and governmental leaders of that time, including the President. He designed and ran the archetypal Military Coronary Care and Medical Intensive Care units. He extensively studied coronary illness successful 300 men nether the property of 40. He served successful elder positions successful Europe and successful Hawaii. His interior medicine trainees successful Hawaii scored successful the apical 5% of the hundreds of programs successful the country, up of each the teaching programs successful the Military, successful the
challenging American Board of Internal Medicine examination.
In 1975 Ed retired from the Military to judge an assignment astatine the Mayo Clinic to signifier a Division of Internal Medicine to supply punctual entree to big patients successful confederate Minnesota and Northern Iowa. This required introducing an assignment strategy unsocial to this division, with aforesaid time appointments ever available. An fantabulous unit was recruited, a fig of whom aboriginal served successful cardinal Clinic enactment positions. Family Medicine was supported successful Area Medicine for years. Clinics successful outlying country communities were established and staffed by Area Medicine consultants. During his mentorship, an yearly week agelong Internal Medicine Course was introduced and has prospered for 40 years. Mayo faculty-staffed meetings held extracurricular Rochester were an important innovation.
Ed had an antithetic fig of skills extracurricular medicine. Photography and woodworking were prize winning. He refaced his location with stone. He installed cardinal aerial conditioning. He extensively remodeled a kitchen, resurfacing 50 cabinets. Martha was so a diligent woman during these adventures. In status helium yet learned to programme the VCR.
A associated Mass of Christian Burial for Ed and Martha volition beryllium celebrated connected Friday, December 30, 2022 astatine 10:00AM astatine Co-Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist with Msgr. Gerald A. Mahon officiating. Visitation volition beryllium held 1 hr anterior to the work astatine the church. Private burial adjacent to Martha volition beryllium astatine Fort Snelling National Cemetery with subject honors.
In lieu of flowers memorials tin beryllium made to Dorothy Day Hospitality House. PO Box 6054 Rochester, MN 55903 oregon online astatine dorothydayrochestermn.org
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