Gordon Ross Neufeld, 78, formerly of Chestnut Hill and Flourtown, who was chief of anesthesiology at the Philadelphia Veterans Administration Medical Center, died Feb. 21 of a stroke at St. Vincent Regional Medical Center, in Santa Fe, N.M.
Dr. Neufeld also had been an associate professor of anesthesiology and bioengineering at the University of Pennsylvania Medical School.
Leaving Philadelphia in 1997, Dr. Neufeld and his late wife, Lynne, relocated in Shiprock, N.M., where he worked with the Indian Health Service as chair of the department of anesthesia at the Northern Navajo Medical Center.
Born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, he received his medical degree from the University of Alberta. He also earned a diploma in engineering in medicine from the Imperial College of Science and Technology in London.
He and his wife moved to Philadelphia for his residency in anesthesiology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. While at the VA Medical Center, he conducted research into gas exchange in the lungs.
Dr. Neufeld was a fan of the arts, especially classical music and opera, and enjoyed ballroom dancing, sailing, travel and working with his hands.
In retirement, he volunteered at the Santa Fe Opera and started a business designing women’s fashion accessories in feathers, fibers and furs.
He is survived by a daughter, Katherine; a son, David; sisters Joyce Sikora and Florence Boyle; and two grandchildren.
A memorial service will be held in Philadelphia at a later date. Memorial donations may be made in his memory to the Santa Fe Opera at www.santafeopera.org or to Doctors Without Borders at www.doctorswithoutborders.org. – WF
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