In Memoriam

Dr. Patrick D. Brophy

Patrick D. Brophy, MD, MHCDS, a celebrated pediatric nephrologist, died Oct. 6, 2023, leaving a void in pediatric medicine. Born in Saskatchewan, Dr. Brophy dedicated his life to advancing health care for children, particularly in the realm of…

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Dr. William "Bill" Bell

William “Bill” E. Bell, MD, Professor Emeritus in the Departments of Pediatrics and Neurology at the University of Iowa, died June 28, 2023, at the age of 93. He joined the faculty at the University of Iowa after serving as a Captain in the…

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Dr. Jon TingelstadDr. Jon Bunde Tingelstad, Professor Emeritus in the Department of Pediatrics at East Carolina University (ECU), died Feb. 28, 2023, at the age of 88. He was Chair of the department for 23 years before he retired in 2000.

Dr. Tingelstad, certified in both General Pediatrics and Pediatric Cardiology, sat on the ABP Board of Directors from 1994–1999 and chaired the Board of Directors in 1998. He was a member of numerous ABP committees over a span of twenty years, including the Long-Range Planning Committee and…

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Dr. Harlan GephartDr. Harlan Reid Gephart, Emeritus Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Washington Medical School in Seattle, died Sunday, May 15, 2022. He also recently supported Pediatric Associates in Bellevue, Washington as their ADHD consultant.

Dr. Gephart served on the American Board of Pediatrics (ABP) Board of Directors from 1996–2002 and served as the Board Chair in 2001. He started his volunteer commitment with the ABP in 1982 as an oral examiner and continued to serve the ABP on numerous…

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Dr. Bill SchnaperH. William (Bill) Schnaper, Professor and Vice Chair in the Department of Pediatrics at Lurie Children’s Hospital, died Nov. 19, 2020, at the age of 70. He was the Irene Heinz Given and John LaPorte Given Research Professor in Pediatrics at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.

Dr. Schnaper served on the American Board of Pediatrics’ (ABP) Pediatric Nephrology Subboard for 20 years. During his tenure, he rose to chair the subboard and then served as medical editor for the past 13…

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Dr. Jimmy L. SimonJimmy L. Simon, MD, Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics at Wake Forest University School of Medicine, died June 4, 2020.

Certified in General Pediatrics, Dr. Simon was a volunteer with the American Board of Pediatrics (ABP) for more than 20 years, starting as an oral examiner. He also served on the ABP Board of Directors, Long-Range Planning Committee, Strategic Planning Committee, Joint Committee with the Association of Medical School Pediatric Department Chairs (AMSPDC), and the Certifying Examination…

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Dr. Thomas R. KinneyThomas R. Kinney, MD, Duke University School of Medicine Wilburt C. Davison Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics and Associate Chair Emeritus in the Department of Pediatrics, died May 25, 2020.

Dr. Kinney was certified by the American Board of Pediatrics (ABP) in General Pediatrics and Pediatric Hematology-Oncology. He had been a volunteer with the ABP since 1992, serving on the Certifying Exam Committee and the Long-Range Planning Committee.

Renowned as a pediatric hematologist, Dr. Kinney…

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Dazelle Dean Simpson, MD, died Feb. 9, 2020, in Miami. She was 95.

Dr. Simpson was the first African-American pediatrician in Florida to become certified by the American Board of Pediatrics (ABP). She received her certification in General Pediatrics on Oct. 1, 1957.

A native of Miami, Dr. Simpson graduated from Fisk College in Nashville, TN, in 1945. She earned her medical degree from Meharry Medical College in Nashville in 1950. She and her husband, George Simpson, MD, (whom she met at Meharry) moved to Coconut Grove, FL, after graduation, and practiced medicine in the Miami area for more than 40 years. Dr. George Simpson was the first board-certified African-American…

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Dr. Carolyn BridgemohanCarolyn H. Bridgemohan, MD, co-director of the Autism Spectrum Center at the Boston Children’s Hospital and chair of the American Board of Pediatrics (ABP) Developmental-Behavioral Subboard, died Aug. 16, 2019. She was 58.

Dr. Bridgemohan began volunteering with the ABP in 2016. In addition to chairing the Developmental-Behavioral Subboard, she served on the subboard credentials committee until her untimely death.

An international leader in Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics, Dr. Bridgemohan was one…

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Dr. Linda AnzLinda Harter Anz, MD, a general pediatrician in Auburn, AL, and former American Board of Pediatrics (ABP) volunteer, died June 13, 2019. She was 70.

Dr. Anz practiced pediatric medicine in the Auburn/Opelika metropolitan area for 39 years. For more than 12 years, beginning in 2002, she served on the ABP’s Certifying Exam Committee Group B (later known as the General Pediatrics Exam Committee Group B). Dr. Anz also was a member of the General Pediatrics Pilot testing committee.

While practicing medicine full time and…

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