Tuesday, November 02, 1999
Doctor was more than colleague
Cincinnati native remembered fondly
BY EARNEST WINSTON
The Cincinnati Enquirer
His humor. His outgoing personality. His generosity. His desire to provide medical care to people in Third World countries.
Those are the qualities friends and colleagues said Monday they will miss most about Cincinnati native Dr. Stephen Reinhart, who was among 217 passengers aboard the EgyptAir Boeing 767 that slammed into the Atlantic on Sunday. No one is believed to have survived the crash.
“What a tragic loss,” said Dr. Clarence R. McLain, who is the distinguished teaching professor emeritus of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. Dr. McLain taught Dr. Reinhart, 38, during his clerkship in obstetrics and gynecology in 1984.
“He was a very mature person, and he was probably one of the most outstanding students academically in that class,” said Dr. McLain.
After graduating with a bachelor's degree from UC in June 1981, Dr. Reinhart enrolled in UC's College of Medicine, graduating in 1985. He finished a fellowship at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation before beginning work at Kaiser Permanente in Lakewood, a suburb of Cleveland.
Dr. Taslim Pesh-Imam, chief of gastroenterology at Kaiser Permanente, was Dr. Reinhart's boss and worked very closely with him.
“I guess his humor,” Dr. Pesh-Imam said when asked what she will miss about her colleague. “(He was) really a very warm, passionate person. And he was always willing to help out or pitch in when we needed any help.”
Dr. Reinhart enjoyed gardening and was a big Cleveland Indians fan. At the time of the crash, he was traveling with a friend to Egypt for a four-week vacation. It would've been his third trip to Egypt.
Employees at the Cleveland-area medical center where Dr. Reinhart worked were “really distraught” Monday, said Dr. Pesh-Imam. “We miss him a great deal,” she said.
Dr. Reinhart's parents and siblings live in Cincinnati. Family members are planning a memorial service. Dr. Reinhart's sister, Kathy Borgman of Cincinnati, said her brother accomplished a lot in his short life. “He was a wonderful brother, a wonderful friend and a dedicated physician to his patients,” she said.
Dr. Reinhart told friends he planned to provide medical attention to people in Third World countries after he retired.
The family requests that donations or charitable contributions be made to: Doctors Without Borders, 6 E.39th, Eighth Floor, New York, NY 10016. Doctors Without Borders is the world's largest independent international medical relief agency to aid people who lack health care.
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