Dr. Louis E. Grenzer Sr., a retired Baltimore cardiologist who wrote a survey and reappraisal usher for the cardiology committee exam and was an accomplished banjo subordinate and videographer, died of cardiac apprehension Jan. 3 astatine the University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center successful Towson. He was 81.
“Louis Grenzer was a very, precise bright, intelligent and knowledgeable and bully physician,” said Dr. Richard D. Biggs, a retired cardiologist and person of much than 50 years.
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Dr. Louis E. Grenzer Sr. was an accomplished banjo subordinate and videographer.
“I tin attest to that due to the fact that helium was besides my physician. He cared astir his patients and their payment and health. I revered him arsenic a doctor,” Dr. Biggs said. “And an atrocious batch of radical consciousness arsenic I do. He was a bully illustration of a doc who cared and was an advocator for his patients. If helium felt they were being treated unfairly, helium went to bat for them.”
Linda Baier was some a neighbour and a diligent for years.
“No 1 tin comparison to Louis Grenzer. When I broke my limb and couldn’t get to the laboratory to springiness humor samples, helium came and took them,” Mrs. Baier said. “He was a maestro with a stethoscope erstwhile it came to diagnosing a problem. Most docs say, ‘Take a heavy enactment and dilatory exhale,’ but he’d perceive for 5 minutes. He was truthful bully arsenic a diagnostician.”
Louis Eberhardt Grenzer, lad of Dr. William Grenzer, a wide practitioner, and Anna Grenzer, who administered her husband’s bureau and was a subordinate of the Mercy Hospital Auxiliary, was calved successful Baltimore and raised initially connected East 33rd Street. He aboriginal moved with his household to Tivoli Avenue adjacent Clifton Park.
After graduating from Baltimore City College successful 1958, Dr. Grenzer earned a bachelor’s grade successful chemistry successful 1962 from Duke University and his aesculapian grade from the University of Maryland School of Medicine.
Dr. Grenzer completed an internship and residency astatine what is present Mercy Medical Center successful Baltimore, which was followed by a fellowship successful cardiology astatine the University of Maryland School of Medicine.
Dr. Grenzer went into backstage signifier successful 1971 astatine 11 E. Chase St. earlier moving to the Horizon House connected North Calvert Street and past to the nonrecreational gathering astatine Mercy Medical Center.
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He besides maintained a backstage signifier astatine Greater Baltimore Medical Center and Good Samaritan Hospital, present known arsenic MedStar Good Samaritan Hospital, and moved his bureau to Philadelphia Road successful Rosedale, wherever helium continued seeing patients until retiring astatine the extremity of 2021.
When Mrs. Baier was experiencing a wellness issue, it was Dr. Grenzer who accompanied her to the hospital.
“I needed an X-ray and helium sat and waited with maine due to the fact that helium wanted to look astatine the accusation himself,” she said. “And I callback erstwhile we near the infirmary astatine midnight, helium was eating a candy bar. That was his dinner.”
Dr. Michael Plott, a retired cardiologist, archetypal met Dr. Grenzer erstwhile some were cardiology fellows astatine Maryland successful 1970. “He was a doc who showed respect and compassion for his patients,” Dr. Plott said. “He had a superior intelligence, which helium brought to his attraction for his patients.
“Lou was precise affable and casual to speech to and enactment with. We each had our ain practice, but we often discussed cases of communal involvement and connected holidays and weekends we’d screen for 1 another.”
“A precise important facet of my husband’s aesculapian signifier was his diligent advocacy,” Mrs. Grenzer wrote successful an email. “He firmly believed that each diligent deserved the champion effort(s) that aesculapian subject could provide.”
In summation to his nonrecreational career, Dr. Grenzer wrote a survey and reappraisal usher for the cardiology committee examinations.
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Fascinated by computers, helium developed a machine billing program.
“He built and developed the programme with the Apple Computer successful 1978 for his signifier and physicians,” said Mrs. Grenzer, a retired registered nurse, who had worked for Baltimore County nationalist schools. “He conscionable gave the programme distant to friends.”
Dr. Grenzer met his aboriginal wife, the erstwhile Jeanne Abbott, erstwhile she was a nursing pupil astatine the aged Mercy Hospital School of Nursing.
“I met him his inferior twelvemonth successful aesculapian schoolhouse arsenic portion of our program arsenic our radical was assigned to an autopsy and that’s erstwhile I archetypal acceptable eyes connected him,” Mrs. Grenzer said. “He graduated and I graduated and past helium was moving a 24-hour-on and a 25-hour-off rotation successful the exigency country and that’s erstwhile we started dating.”
The mates joined successful 1969, and aboriginal settled successful Cockeysville, wherever they resided for the past 36 years.
Dr. Grenzer enjoyed coaching younker hoops and softball and was an progressive subordinate of the Towson Chess Club. He besides was an accomplished banjo player.
One of his large pastimes was videography.
“He took videos of his kids’ and grandkids’ softball games arsenic good arsenic different household activities,” his woman said.
A work for Dr. Grenzer was held Jan. 14 astatine the Delta Marriott Hotel successful Hunt Valley.
In summation to his woman of 54 years, Dr. Grenzer is survived by 2 sons, Louis E. Grenzer Jr. of Monkton and Andrew Grenzer of Catonsville; 4 daughters, Amy Bachran of Phoenix successful Baltimore County, Claire McGuiness of Sparks, Jill Crowley of Freeland and Ellen Laber of Ventura, California; a brother, William Grenzer of Woodstock; a sister, Joan Grenzer of Pikesville; and 16 grandchildren.
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