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Michael-J.-Noetzel-MD

Michael Noetzel, MD

1951-2022

Michael Justin Noetzel M.D. was born on April 3, 1951, and raised in Cleveland, Ohio. He died on February 20, 2022, just six weeks before his 71st birthday, and just...

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Joseph Farrell Pasternak, MD

Joseph Farrell Pasternak, MD

Died in 2006

Joseph Farrell Pasternak, Head of the Division of Pediatric Neurology at Evanston Northwestern Hospital and Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Neurology at Northwestern University Medical School died at home on...

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John M. “Jack” Pellock, MD

John M. “Jack” Pellock, MD

1943-2016

John M. “Jack” Pellock, M.D. has been inseparably linked with the advancement in the treatment of childhood epilepsy for more than 30 years. After being a champion for the care of children with epilepsy, he succumbed on May 6, 2016 to his long battle with pancreatic cancer.

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Michael Pranzatelli, MD

Michael Pranzatelli, MD

Died in 2018

It is proving exceptionally hard for his colleagues and his patients to say good-by to Dr. Michael Pranzatelli who left us in October of 2018. He valiantly and quietly fought...

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Isabelle Rapin, M.D. (1927-2017)

Isabelle Rapin, MD

1927-2017

Isabelle Rapin was professor emerita in the Saul R. Korey Department of Neurology and Department of Pediatrics at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine.  A longtime colleague and friend, mentor...

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