DBJCU@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU (Danny B. Jones) (05/31/89)
[Reposted from USENET newsgroup soc.motss.] ======================================================================== 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. ____________________________________________________________________________ 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. ____________________________________________________________________________ ------- === Danny B. Jones -- CUNY/UCC Operations === === *INET: DBJCU@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU === === *BITNET: DBJCU@CUNYVM === === Voice: Day 212-903-3630 Eve. 212-678-7699 ===