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Margo Krasnoff

Margo Krasnoff

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04/01/15 02:09 PM #1    

Lori Berezin

Just read today of Margo's passing. Didn't know her well, but after reading about what she's been doing in the medical field and beyond, I'm truly sorry I didn't know her better. She clearly touched a lot of people in a life cut too short.


04/20/15 09:09 AM #2    

Teri Bloom

Margo's life was a blessing to so many and she was very beloved by her friends, patients and family.  She lived life to the fullest and I believe was incredibly happy.  More about her stellar life here:

 

The text of Margo’s obituary, published in The Valley News, January 20th, 2015:

Meriden, N.H. — Margo J. Krasnoff of Meriden, passed away at her home on Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2015.
She was born in Newark, N.J. on Nov. 3, 1957, the daughter of Lawrence and Lynn Krasnoff. Margo decided on a career in medicine in her first year of college at Dartmouth, where she also did her medical training on a full scholarship through the National Health Service Corps, graduating from the Geisel School of Medicine in 1982. To fulfill her scholarship following her residency in internal medicine, she worked as a solo primary care physician in Ludlow, Vt. She subsequently specialized in geriatrics and in hospice and palliative care. She joined the faculty at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center and the Geisel School of Medicine in 1988. Margo then moved to Buffalo, N.Y. and was an associate professor of clinical medicine at SUNY Buffalo and an attending physician at the Millard Fillmore Hospital from 1995 until 2000, when she returned to Dartmouth as an associate professor of medicine. She maintained a longitudinal primary care practice for over twenty years as well as teaching medical students and residents. Margo was committed to the highest quality, compassionate medical care. Her colleagues and students appreciated her outstanding clinical skills, work ethic, integrity, and commitment to her patients. Margo was admired for her inclusive style of leadership and was a role model for young physicians.
Margo was passionate about global health and health equity issues. She volunteered in Belize educating healthcare workers, in Mexico, and in Nepal. She made several trips to Honduras and later led groups of Dartmouth undergraduate and medical students on service trips to Nicaragua. In 2013, Margo edited a guide for global health workers entitled “Building Partnerships in the Americas” (Dartmouth College Press), which Paul Farmer (of Partners in Health) called “the go-to volume for those deeply engaged in such work,” which she was. Margo was committed to working collaboratively and respectfully in the local communities and with every patient she encountered.
Margo counseled many of her patients about living a healthy life style, including frequent exercise and moving toward adopting a plant-based diet. Many of her friends changed their eating habits or became vegetarians as a result of what they learned from her.
Margo loved to spend time outdoors and many of her friends were people she met on the trail. Adventure travel was her favorite vacation—cycling, hiking, or back country skiing. She was accomplished at all of these. She fell in love with the White Mountains while she was an undergraduate at Dartmouth. She hiked all of New Hampshire’s four thousand footers and completed the Catamount Trail (300 miles on skis, 2013). Recently she and her partner Bob focused on cycling, riding the Prouty Century, and cycling up many of the Cols of the Tour de France.
Margo was devoted to her family. She was constant in her support of her parents, and so grateful to be able to spend time with them when they relocated from Florida to Lebanon in 2010. She packed a lot into her daily life, but always made time to spend time with friends and family, who will all miss her intelligence, energy, humor and genuinely kind spirit. Margo is survived by her mother, Lynn Krasnoff, her partner, Bob Wanamaker, and her brother and his wife, Mitch and Marcia Krasnoff.
In recognition of Margo’s passion for healthy living, contributions in her memory can be made to support an annual lecture given in her honor on the topic of nutrition and health. Contributions can be sent to DHMC c/o Michele Clark, 1 Medical Center Drive, Lebanon, NH 03756, made out to “Dartmouth Hitchcock Health, Margo Krasnoff Fund” in the memo line.


11/18/15 03:51 PM #3    

Marc Bloom

Margo was my first girlfriend.  We were 5.  I think it was first grade when I ran into her playing at the poolside at the old Aztec Hotel in Miami Beach, FL, a funny coincidence.  Years later I worked with her on the JDRHS school newspaper, which she edited.  Margo was a brilliant, beautiful, courageous person and I always admired and respected her.  May she rest in peace.  Marc Bloom


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