Max Samuel Sadove, M.D., Chairman of the Department of Anesthesiology

at Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center,

Chicago to 1981, a leader in both anesthesia research and in the

training of physicians died on July 15 in Indianapolis, Indiana.

He was eighty-three years old.

For 20 years, at the University of Illinois, Dr. Sadove supervised

the only certified Anesthesiology residency- training program

in the state. According to Dr. Anthony Ivankovich, who succeeded him

as Chairman of the Department at Rush, Dr. Sadove

contributed immeasurably to advancement in the field of anesthesiology.

" Max Sadove was one of the real giants in

anesthesiology."

Dr. Sadove was an early and vocal innovator of pain management both

for patients suffering chronic pain and for improved

local and regional operative techniques. As a member of the Walter

Reed Society, he was the first human to successfully

undergo fluorine anesthesia.

By 1949, Dr. Sadove was named Director of the Division of Anesthesiology,

Department of Surgery at the University of

Illinois where he remained as a Chairman the Department of Anesthesiology

until 1971. He also was head, Dept. of

Anesthesiology of West Side VA Hospital from 1954-1971. He became Chairman

Emeritus at Rush University in 1981.

In 1982, the Department of Anesthesiology at the University of Illinois

gave him its Distinguished Faculty and Alumni Award,

citing his role in the training of hundreds of anesthesiologists throughout

the world.

He was as a contributor and consulting editor to numerous medical journals

and eighteen books. Throughout his illustrious

career, he lectured extensively in the United States and abroad.

In a tribute to his many achievements, Dr. Sadove's friends and former students

endowed a Professorship in 1984 -- The Max S. Sadove, M.D. Professorship in

Anesthesiology to support educational initiatives as well as basic and clinical

research. Dr. Sadove is survived by his wife Ethel and three children. The funeral

and burial in Indianapolis were private.

A memorial service in his honor will be held at 4:00 PM on September 29,1997 at

Rush-Presbyterian Medical Center in Chicago in Room Five Hundred - 1725 West Harrison

St., Professional Building on the Medical Center Campus. Friends,

students, colleges are invited by Internet due to the short time available for

notification. For more information contact Dr. Ivankovich at 312-942-6504.