Shared Memories and Stories of the Life of Stanley Rosenberg
A Place to Remember Together
The stories here have been shared by the many loved ones of Stanley Jay Rosenberg M.D. Family, colleagues, long time friends, hiking companions, patients, and community members. They are stories of love, joy, laughter, solace, community, mishaps, wonder, sadness, hope, grief, and more. We hope that they will at least begin to tell the story of a man whose life touched so many and made the world a better place.
Stan will live forever in our hearts and minds; we have dismissed his passing as a bad dream. His wit, humor, knowledge, awareness, scholarship, assertiveness, kindness, Athleticism, are lessons we hold dear. His driving was unique, especially the Jeep Trip in the Rockies. Greece, Turkey, Argentina, Canada, Guatemala, Mexico, Arizona, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, climbing, hiking, enjoying scrumptious meals, delightful conversations will live with us forever. We were fortunate to have shared part of his life.
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~George and Jody Briner
I am deeply saddened to hear of the passing of my good friend and colleague, Stan. We had similar career paths at the Beth Israel first starting around the same time as internists/gastroenterologists in private practice. We both joined the BIDMC around the same time although I continued mostly in an off campus setting including internal medicine. We both enjoyed working doing GI procedures and teaching house staff. We both enjoyed the outdoors and indeed shared some fond memories of hiking in Spain in 2004 with a group from the hospital and going on a mission to China with fellow gastroenterologists in 2012. He was an brilliant and caring physician. I will miss him.
~Bruce M. Pastor M.D.
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I was so sad to hear about Stan's passing today. He was in my mind today as I was scoping with a fellow. Stan was a wonderful teacher and mentor and became my conscience. A fellow was performing a colonoscopy with me today and as he withdrew the scope past a fold, I heard Stan's voice in my head, "Did you see behind that fold!?" I took the scope and went back in behind that fold as Stan had taught me years ago and found a polyp. Stan kept me honest and grounded.
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~Michelle Lai
In 1973, the year after my pediatrician died, I was experiencing symptoms of mono and in need of a doctor. My Father said his doctor told him there's a young internist in Brookline by name of Stanley Rosenberg who was well-trained and seeing new patients. I was 18 when I first went to him for suspicion of mono and just remained w/ him for 39 years.
He was a great diagnostician, terrific listener and insightful about clinical issues w/out a necessity of ordering numerous tests to treat. He clearly practiced by experience, common sense and treated patients, not lab studies.
He was reassuring and always exacting in how he rendered treatment. He saw me through a few tough periods of illness that eventually subsided exactly as he predicted.
By his own admission, he was always the first to admit what he didn't know and refer when in doubt. Even though a GI specialist, he had a very extensive
knowledge of what a primary care physician needed and successfully treated most of the complaints which brought a person to a doctor's office.
We'd always talk about exercise and the amount he spoke of being able to do was incredible. Listening to some of his hiking stories was intriguing. He also took great pride when he'd tell me about his grandchildren of whom he was so proud.
He was a first class doctor, a first class person and will be sorely missed.
~Russell S. Grand
We were fortunate to meet Stan and Max on a trip to South Africa in 2013. That trip was memorable for all of us and created a strong bond. Following the trip, we saw them during our summer trips to Brookline. They always took us to the greatest hiking places and invited us for wonderful lunches on their beautiful porch (not to mention drinking delicious beer with them). Stan had the greatest sense of humor, always ready with a terrific story. I always looked forward to hearing what he was reading and he provided us with a list of TV series that we are still working on! It was a pleasure to know Stan and we will miss him.
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~Wally Pliska
As a patient of Dr. Rosenberg, my husband and I had fond feelings for him.We were patients for many years. When ending his practice and going to BI for gastroenterology. he recommended someone he thought we would like and indeed we did and are still with him.
Of course if we needed anyone for gastro we continued to go to him. He interacted with our other Drs and looked out for us conscientiously. Although we did not know him personally, we felt a close relationship with him. He will be missed from the list of outstanding Doctors.
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~Ruth Goldman
I first met Dr. Rosenberg many years ago when he succeeded to the medical practice of Dr. Sam Stearns, for whom my wife worked. Dr. Rosenberg cared for us until he became the head of the GI Endoscopy at the BI. He continued to treat me for my chronic condition. He was also my brother's classmate at Boston Latin School. I was sad when Dr. Rosenberg retired and now even sadder to learn of his passing. He was such a supportive and caring doctor. He always made us feel at ease during our various medical challenges over the years and always encouraged us to have a positive outlook. To us, Dr. Rosenberg's calmness and even keel were his greatest qualities--perfect qualities for a man in the ultimate "helping" profession. He often spoke of his family and his love of the outdoors. He lived the good life and made an important difference in our lives. God bless him and watch over his family.
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~Tom Maffei
He was my gastroenterologist for many years. He was extremely competent, patient, and a genuinely nice guy.
I had the honor to work with Dr. Rosenberg for almost 26 years. I am deeply saddened by the news of his passing. He left his mark at Beth Israel Deaconess, one that will last beyond a lifetime. His passion for his work will continue to be seen in the physicians who trained under him. Rest easy Dr. Rosenberg, you will be missed. My deepest condolences to his family and friends.
~Robin Dann
My sincerest sympathies to the family of my internist / gastroenterologist of several years. Dr. Rosenberg was so kind, caring, and comforting. He came highly recommended and I had so much faith in his judgment and expertise. My previous doctor, my father, Dr. Robert Rosenberg, had a huge medical library. After my father passed away, I gave a medical book on gastroenterology to Dr. Rosenberg who was so thrilled and appreciative. I had two very special Dr. Rosenbergs in my life and miss them both.
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~Janet (Rosenberg) Kramer