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Aldo Rossini, MD |
The UMass Medical School community is mourning the loss of Aldo A. Rossini, MD, professor emeritus of medicine, who died Aug. 7, at the age of 74, at Miriam Boyd Parlin Hospice Residence in Wayland. Dr. Rossini, of Sudbury, was the William and Doris Krupp Professor of Medicine and chief of the Division of Diabetes prior to his retirement in 2009. He also directed the diabetes endocrinology research center at UMMS.
A funeral Mass was held Saturday, Aug. 20, at Good Shepherd Parish (St. Ann Church), 124 Cochituate Road (Rte. 27) in Wayland.
Rossini joined UMMS in 1978 following two years as a physician at the Joslin Clinic, a world-renowned diabetes research center. His career in medical science also included six years of teaching and research at the Harvard Medical School and Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston.
Rossini received his medical degree from the St. Louis University School of Medicine and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Dayton. It was while completing his internship and residency in internal medicine at the St. Louis University Group Hospitals that his interest in diabetes research was ignited.
Focused on finding a cure for the disease, Rossini became world-renowned for his expertise in pancreas cell transplantation, immune system response to pancreas cell transplantation and the immunological basis for organ rejection. Rossini wrote or contributed to hundreds of journal articles and studies related to his research on diabetes. He received countless awards throughout his medical career including, in 2003, the Banting Medal for Scientific Achievement, presented by the American Diabetes Association (ADA). Named in honor of Sir Frederick Grant Banting, who co-discovered insulin in 1922, the award is the highest scientific honor given by the ADA. Rossini also received the Colin G. Nadeau Excellence in Research Award, given by the Bay State chapter of the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation in 1996 and the David Rumbough Award from the International Juvenile Diabetes Foundation.
He leaves his wife of 48 years, Ann; two sons, Anthony and Michael; and a daughter, Katherine Huber.
