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FPS Member Obituaries
RAPHAEL
S. GOOD, M.D., who was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Herman
and Esther Good, passed away at the age of eighty-six on Friday, March 28,
2008. Dr. Good, who was Board Certified in both Ob/Gyn and Psychiatry, held
joint appointments at the University of Miami School of Medicine and the
University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, where he served as
Vice-Chairman in the Department of Psychiatry. He was a past president of
the South Florida Psychiatric Society and also of the Miami OB/GYN Society.
In addition, Dr. Good was a former Board Examiner for the American Board of
Psychiatry and Neurology. He was predeceased by his first wife, Eleanor, and
his brother, Daniel. He is survived by his loving wife of twenty-seven
years, Sharon; his daughters, Heidi Hancock (Donald) and Bonnie Good; his
sister, Pearl Kay; his step- children, Isabel Freeman, Arthur Evans
(Stephanie), and Christopher Evans (Heidi), and eight grandchildren.
Services will be held Monday morning, March 31st, at 10:00 a.m., at
Riverside Gordon Memorial Chapel at Mount Nebo Kendall, 5900 SW 77th Avenue,
Miami, followed by interment at Graceland Cemetery.
Memorial contributions can be
made to "Vitas Hospice Care", 2075 Loch Lomond Drive, Winter Park, Florida
32792.
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FPS
Loses Former Leader
Dr. Bernard Tumarkin’s death this past August 10 brought to a close his
44-year career as a clinician, professor, consultant, author, expert witness
and guiding force in Miami’s psychiatric community.
Tumarkin, who spent most of his career in Miami, had retired to Gainesville,
FL, where he died of complications of pneumonia. He is survived by his wife
of 60 years, Ethel, and their four children.
Born in 1916 in New York City, Dr. Tumarkin started medical school at the
Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons in Edinburgh, Scotland where he
studied until World War II broke out. He continued his education and
graduated from Chicago Medical School in 1946. After service in the U.S.
Navy and reaching the rank of Lt. Commander, he established a general
practice in Chicago. He later became board certified in both psychiatry and
neurology.
Dr. Tumarkin set up a private practice in both specialties in Miami in 1955.
He served as a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Miami,
School of Medicine as well as a consultant to the University of Miami
Guidance Center. Among many affiliations, he served as president of the
South Florida Psychiatric Society, the Florida Psychiatric Society, the
Southeast Group Therapy Psychiatric Society and the Florida Society of
Adolescent Psychiatry.
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| James J. Goodman |
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GOODMAN
M.D., JAMES J., of Coral Gables, passed away Friday, December 3, 2004 in
Baptist Hospital after a history of cardiac problems. The eighth of eight
children, he was born to Mr. & Mrs. Morris Goodman in Boston Mass, in 1924.
He graduated from Boston Latin School and Boston University and received his
MD from Middlesex University School of Medicine in Waltham, Mass. He did his
medical & psychiatric training at St. Mark's, Salt Lake City; St. Vincents
in St. Louis and Western State Hospital in Washington. Dr. Goodman served in
the U.S. Army with the 101 Airborne Division, and was chief of the Mental
Hygiene Clinic at Camp Breckenridge, Kentucky during his military duty. He
and his wife Janice came to Miami in 1954 following his tour of duty and he
opened an office at 550 Brickell Avenue where he practiced for 10 years. He
then joined the Miami Veterans Administration Medical Center where he was a
caring and devoted practitioner for over 30 years. He held an appointment as
an Associate Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences at the University
of Miami during that time, as well serving as Associate Director of
Residency Training and Director of the Psychiatry Observership Program at
the Miami VA, where he contributed to the careers of so many young
physicians. He was a Diplomate of the American Board of Forensic Medicine
and was acknowledged as the Employee of the Year at the Miami VA Hospital
many times. He was awarded the "Practitioner of the Year" by the South
Florida Psychiatric Society in 1996 after serving as its President in 1992.
In 2001, he received the Dade County Medical Association "Practitioner of
the Year" Award. He was a member of the Florida Medical Association and
Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association. He is survived by his
devoted wife of 53 years, Janice Goodman, his daughter Ann Rosalind Goodman,
and his many nieces and nephews. There will be a celebration of his life at
1:00 PM, Monday, December 6, 2004, at Temple Beth Am, 5950 No. Kendall
Drive, Miami. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the James J.
Goodman Scholarship Fund (tax-deductible) for the Dept. of Psychiatry
Behavioral Sciences at the University of Miami/ Jackson Medical Center,
Attn: Carl Eisdorfer, M.D., 1695 N.W. 9th Avenue, Miami, FL 33136.
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