DBJCU@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU (Danny B. Jones) (05/31/89)
[Reposted from USENET newsgroup soc.motss.]
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Excerpted from The New York Times, Tuesday, May 30th. Without permission.
Dr. Barry D. Gingell, who helped AIDS patients seeking speedier testing
of experimental drugs and broader access to them, died of AIDS at St.
Vincent's Hospital yesterday. He was 34 years old and lived in Manhattan.
Dr. Gingell was for nearly two years the top medical experts for the
Gay Men's Health Crisis, a New York City service and education organization
seeking to combat the lethal disease. He as also an internist and a nutri-
tionist.
The doctor served on many advisory committees, including panes sponsored
by the National Academy of Sciences, the Society of Infectious Diseases,
the Community Research Ininitiative and the AIDS Resource Center. The
center operates Bailey House, a Christopher Street residence for homeless
people with acquired immune deficiency syndrome.
Dr. Gingell, describe by associates as an outgoing, deeply committed
advocate for advanced medical treatment for AIDS patients, was stricken
by the disease four years ago and had been hospitalized for the last three
months.
Barry David Gingell was a native of Johnson City, N.Y., who won a Bachelor
of Science degree at Syracuse University and a medical degree at New York
University. He extended his internship at the N.Y.U. School of Medicine and
then practiced medicine in th Bronx and the Lower East Side of Manhattan.
He studied computer science at Columbia University and founded a computer-
ized nutritional advisory program, Optimal Nutrition Engineering, which he
operated for five years in Greenwich Village.
In July 1987, he became medical information director of the Gay Men's Health
Crisis, where he founded Treatment Issues, a newsletter about AIDS therapy. He
also spoke to many groups about the disease.
He is survived by his parents, Harry and Betty Gingell of Johnson City, and
two sisters, Betsy Lake of Reston Va., and Sherry Cione of Johnson City.
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Personal encounters with Dr. Gingell make this an even greater sadness.
In this tiresome battle, we have lost one of our generals. The rest of
us have to fight even harder to give more meaning to these losses.
- Danny
P.S. Could someone see that this gets reposted to sci.med.aids, I
don't have access.
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