Prominent U.S. epidemiologist and medical educator.
Dr. Root was most recently a professor and vice chairman of the Department of Medicine at the University of Washington and chief of medical service at the medical school; he had held emeritus status since December 2002. He previously was the chairman of medicine at the UCSF.
He had worked earlier as senior investigator at the National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in Bethesda, Md., was the founding chief of the department of infectious diseases at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in the 1970s and was chief of the department of infectious diseases at the Yale University School of Medicine.
He graduated from Wesleyan University in 1959 and received his medical degree at Johns Hopkins University in 1963.
He was known nationally as an educator who helped medical schools develop their teaching programs. His research and clinical studies focused on the body's defenses against bacterial infections, particularly the management of sepsis and septic shock, and he wrote extensively in that field.
He was a mentor to physicians and scientists who moved into leading positions in academic medicine.
He was married to Rita O'Boyle. His first wife, Marilyn Parletta Root, died in 2001 after 41 years of marriage. He is survived by three sons, Richard A., of Upland (San Bernardino County), David L., of Seattle, and Dr. Daniel C., of Kirkland, Wash.; a sister, Carole Neubauer of Merritt Island, Fla.
Dr Root was 68.
Dr. Root was most recently a professor and vice chairman of the Department of Medicine at the University of Washington and chief of medical service at the medical school; he had held emeritus status since December 2002. He previously was the chairman of medicine at the UCSF.
He had worked earlier as senior investigator at the National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in Bethesda, Md., was the founding chief of the department of infectious diseases at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in the 1970s and was chief of the department of infectious diseases at the Yale University School of Medicine.
He graduated from Wesleyan University in 1959 and received his medical degree at Johns Hopkins University in 1963.
He was known nationally as an educator who helped medical schools develop their teaching programs. His research and clinical studies focused on the body's defenses against bacterial infections, particularly the management of sepsis and septic shock, and he wrote extensively in that field.
He was a mentor to physicians and scientists who moved into leading positions in academic medicine.
He was married to Rita O'Boyle. His first wife, Marilyn Parletta Root, died in 2001 after 41 years of marriage. He is survived by three sons, Richard A., of Upland (San Bernardino County), David L., of Seattle, and Dr. Daniel C., of Kirkland, Wash.; a sister, Carole Neubauer of Merritt Island, Fla.
Dr Root was 68.
Prominent U.S. epidemiologist and medical educator.
Dr. Root was most recently a professor and vice chairman of the Department of Medicine at the University of Washington and chief of medical service at the medical school; he had held emeritus status since December 2002. He previously was the chairman of medicine at the UCSF.
He had worked earlier as senior investigator at the National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in Bethesda, Md., was the founding chief of the department of infectious diseases at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in the 1970s and was chief of the department of infectious diseases at the Yale University School of Medicine.
He graduated from Wesleyan University in 1959 and received his medical degree at Johns Hopkins University in 1963.
He was known nationally as an educator who helped medical schools develop their teaching programs. His research and clinical studies focused on the body's defenses against bacterial infections, particularly the management of sepsis and septic shock, and he wrote extensively in that field.
He was a mentor to physicians and scientists who moved into leading positions in academic medicine.
He was married to Rita O'Boyle. His first wife, Marilyn Parletta Root, died in 2001 after 41 years of marriage. He is survived by three sons, Richard A., of Upland (San Bernardino County), David L., of Seattle, and Dr. Daniel C., of Kirkland, Wash.; a sister, Carole Neubauer of Merritt Island, Fla.
Dr Root was 68.
Dr. Root was most recently a professor and vice chairman of the Department of Medicine at the University of Washington and chief of medical service at the medical school; he had held emeritus status since December 2002. He previously was the chairman of medicine at the UCSF.
He had worked earlier as senior investigator at the National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in Bethesda, Md., was the founding chief of the department of infectious diseases at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in the 1970s and was chief of the department of infectious diseases at the Yale University School of Medicine.
He graduated from Wesleyan University in 1959 and received his medical degree at Johns Hopkins University in 1963.
He was known nationally as an educator who helped medical schools develop their teaching programs. His research and clinical studies focused on the body's defenses against bacterial infections, particularly the management of sepsis and septic shock, and he wrote extensively in that field.
He was a mentor to physicians and scientists who moved into leading positions in academic medicine.
He was married to Rita O'Boyle. His first wife, Marilyn Parletta Root, died in 2001 after 41 years of marriage. He is survived by three sons, Richard A., of Upland (San Bernardino County), David L., of Seattle, and Dr. Daniel C., of Kirkland, Wash.; a sister, Carole Neubauer of Merritt Island, Fla.
Dr Root was 68.
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