Departments
Obituary
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Week of 11 September 1998 |
Vol. II, No. 5 |
Obituary
Gaspar W. Anastasi, chief of the department of plastic surgery at Boston Medical Center and clinical professor of surgery at Boston University School of Medicine, died April 21 after a five-year battle with cancer. He was 65.
Anastasi continued with his medical practice until shortly before his death. "Dr. Anastasi was loved by his colleagues, patients, and medical residents and will be remembered as a warm and compassionate man," says Elaine Ullian, president and CEO of Boston Medical Center and associate professor of public health at BUSM. "Despite his illness, Dr. Anastasi continued his teaching and clinical responsibilities, believing he owed it to his students and patients."
Born in New York City, Anastasi received his bachelor's degree from St. John's College in 1955. He received his medical degree in 1959 from the Ottawa University School of Medicine and performed his internship at Stanford Hospital in Connecticut in 1960. Anastasi served his residency at the U.S. Naval Hospital in New York and the New York University Medical Center. He was a captain in the Medical Corps of the U.S. Navy and served as a medical officer during the Persian Gulf War in 1990.
Anastasi served simultaneously as chief of plastic surgery at the Boston Veterans Administration Hospital, the Public Health Hospital in Brighton, the Kennedy Memorial Hospital in Brighton, the former Boston City Hospital, and the former University Hospital.
Anastasi leaves his wife, Sandra (Comeau); two daughters, Nancy and Claudine; his son, Joseph; and a granddaughter, Monica.
Donations may be made in his memory to the Aesthetic Surgery Education and Research Foundation, 11081 Winners Circle, Suite 200, Los Alamitos, CA 90720.