Robert M. Goldwyn
We have all been saddened by the death of Robert M. Goldwyn, M.D. who passed away on March 23, 2010 at the age of 79 after a protracted struggle with prostate cancer. Throughout the 16 years from the time of the original diagnosis, Dr. Goldwyn was sustained by his extraordinary sense of humor, by his zeal to communicate with his patients and colleagues, and by his love for writing and communicating, wonderful qualities which only grew and never waned. Robert M. Goldwyn was born in Worcester, MA, in 1930. He attended Worcester Academy, Harvard College (A.B. 1952; Phi Beta Kappa, Magna cum Laude) and Harvard Medical School (M.D. 1956). He trained in general surgery at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital as a Harvey Cushing Fellow in Surgery from 1956 to 1961. From 1961 to 1963 he was a fellow in plastic surgery at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center after which...