Dental News - Endodontist David B. Rosenberg and wife die in accident

Fred Michmershuizen, DTI

Sun. 14 June 2009

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NEW YORK CITY, NY, USA: Dr David B. Rosenberg, an endodontist with a practice at Vera Beach, USA, and his wife, Jean, died in an accident on 11 June, according to a local media report. An article posted to the online edition of the Vero Beach Press Journal, reported that Dr Rosenberg and his wife were killed in a whitewater rafting accident while vacationing in the Dominican Republic.

Dr Rosenberg was highly recognized as a leading expert in the field of endodontics. He practiced and taught endodontic retreatment for more than 15 years, and he was a regular presenter at endodontic meetings throughout the country. He also offered hands-on conventional endodontic and re-treatment courses at his practice in Florida.

Fellow specialists who knew Dr Rosenberg expressed admiration.

“David Rosenberg was an outstanding endodontist who was passionate about our specialty,” said Dr Frederic Barnett, editor in chief of Endo Tribune and chairman and program director of the IB Bender Division of Endodontics at the Albert Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia, PA, USA. “He was a true gentleman and will be missed by the many people that he touched.”

“David was one of the best people I have ever known, both as a human being as well as an endodontist,” said Dr L. Stephen Buchanan. “He was honest and true, he had his priorities in line, and I couldn’t ask for a better friend. I first got to know him as a young endodontist who looked to me as a mentor but very quickly he became mine. Some of the best things I have learned in my career were taught to me by him, and it was always cool to hear his latest thoughts on procedures. He definitely thought outside of standard convention with the only rigidly held principal being that the patient was first, that anything that could make a procedure more successful was worth the effort, and that doing things well was its own reward.”

“Dr Rosenberg was one of my closest friends in the business,” said Jim Kelley of Dental Education Laboratories. “He was a talented clinician and an innovative thinker who was well respected among his peers. But above all, Dr Rosenberg was a devoted husband to Jean and an active participant in the lives of his sons, Eddie and Steven. While we talked often, business was always secondary to the stories and adventures he shared with and about his family.”

Dr Rosenberg was well-liked by his patients. Some of them posted online comments about him to the tcpalm.com Web site.

“Dr Rosenberg did a root canal for me a few years ago,” one of his patients wrote. “He got me in at the last minute and stayed until my root canal was done well after 8 p.m. He could not have been more kind and professional.”

“This makes me so sad,” another wrote. “I was in his office a few months ago. [He was an] excellent doctor and just a genuinely nice person. My condolences to his kids and his office staff.”

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