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Dr. Franklin Zeplowitz, former chief of staff at Our Lady of Victory Hospital and past president of the Erie County Medical Association, died Tuesday at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland following a short illness. He was 81. <\/p>\n
Dr. Zeplowitz was a lifelong Buffalonian. He earned his bachelors and medical degrees from the University of Buffalo, graduating from medical school in 1958, and was a member of the Phi Beta Kappa National Honor Society. From 1959 to 1970, he was a captain in the New York National Guard Medical Corps, and from 1962-63 he was chief resident in surgery at the Youngstown Hospital Association in Youngstown, Ohio. <\/p>\n
Dr. Zeplowitz, a general and pediatric surgeon, joined the staff at OLV in 1963. He was president of its medical and dental staff in 1980-81 and vice president of medical affairs and chief of staff from 1994 until the hospital was closed in 2000. He also practiced at Mercy, Buffalo General and Women & Childrens hospitals, where he maintained emeritus staff status. After OLV closed, Dr. Zeplowitz continued work as a private medical consultant. <\/p>\n
Also, in 1990, he was appointed to the faculty of the UB School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. <\/p>\n
Dr. Zeplowitz was a member of several professional organizations. He was a past president of the Buffalo Surgical Society as well as the Erie County Medical Association; past chairman of the Governing Board of the James Platt White Society of the UB Medical School, and a member of the UB Medical School Alumni Association and the American Medical Association. He was a state alternate delegate to the AMA from 1998 to 2005 and was a tireless advocate for patients rights. <\/p>\n
My father put patients first, second and third, said his son, David Zeplowitz. <\/p>\n
Dr. Zeplowitz also was a member of Temple Beth Zion and Temple Beth Tzedek. <\/p>\n
Besides his son, he is survived by his wife of 52 years, the former Piera Salama; and his daughter, Lynn. <\/p>\n
Services will be at 11 a.m. Sunday at Temple Beth Zion, 80 Delaware Ave. <\/p>\n
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