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October 27, 1948 - June 27, 2011
Steve, who lived in Short Hills, died on June 27, 2011, at age 62. Born in Jersey City, he was raised in Short Hills. Steve was the founding surgeon of Professional Associates in Surgery in West Orange, where he was in the private practice of general and vascular surgery. He was associated with St. Barnabas Medical Center, where he was a past president of the medical staff and the St. Barnabas-Metrowest Individual Practice Association, and continued to serve on the Medical Center’s board of trustees. He was a graduate of Hamilton College and Emory University School of Medicine, and received his surgical training at Barnes Hospital, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, MO. He was a member of numerous medical societies as well as Congregation B’nai Jeshurun, Short Hills. His wife, Arlene; four sons, Evan, Jed, Russell, and Bradley; and a brother, Arnold, survived him.
Bill Wadt sent in the following two memories of Steve Feldman: “The first was when I was triple dating with Steve and Pete Katsampes to attend the Class of 1967's Junior Play. Steve was proudly driving his parents' Chrysler Imperial, which had a push button panel to shift gears and a rounded, rectangular steering wheel, which Steve loved to make turns with a showy use of the palm of his right hand. The last person we picked up was my date, Betsy Dykema. I went to Betsy's door and then escorted her to the back seat of Steve's car, where Pete and his date were sitting and then proceeded to get in the front seat with Steve and his date, Bert Teltser. I thought sitting 3 and 3 would be most comfortable for everyone, but was told in no uncertain terms by Steve that I should have gotten in the backseat with Betsy so that folks would be crammed together, which was more romantic. After the play, we, of course, sat 2 in the front and 4 in the back.
The second came in the mid-70's when I was working near Dayton, Ohio, and received an invitation to Steve's wedding to Arlene in Pittsburgh. Pete came from NYC to attend. Steve and Arlene's wedding was one of the nicest and most beautiful I've ever attended. It took place at what is the largest synagogue I've ever seen. The happiness just flowed through the immense interior space and made it seem warm and intimate. Steve always made you feel welcome. Also, his love of medicine and helping others just made you feel good. He was a very special classmate and friend, who is greatly missed.”
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Daniel Palumbo
RIP... Steve
JoAnn 'Jo' Weinberg (Pasternack)
My first crush. Accomplished vascular surgeon. May Steve's memory always be a blessing.
Cathie Ray (Barnes)
Many years of shared laughs and memories of classes together in junior and senior high where we joked about our hopes for medical school.Laughs at dancing school at the Rackets Club where the tallest girl(me) ended up dancing with the shortest boy( Steve) who managed to swing me skidding across the dance floor...an event resulting in the sin of laughter in the class! Afterward we developed nicknames for each other "Cannonball" and "Swifty".I called him once regarding a new neurologist moving into town with a young family and asked Steve if he would take him under his wing. Without a moments hesitation,his answer was "of course". Over the years we would talk as our paths crossed professionally. A fine man who loved his family deeply,a fine physician and a fine friend. Sorry I didn't know you were ill "Swifty" I would have said goodbye and offered your lovely wife my condolences. "Cannonball"
Seth Kane
When I got involved in the 50th reunion, it took me a few weeks to get used to the website, and I don't like Facebook, or posting, for that matter. However, when I looked at the "In Memoriam" section and saw that Steve had passed away, I was shocked and saddened.
Steve was a great and loyal friend. In fact, Steve was the one who gave me my high school nickname, "Tiny". Steve, along with Paul Greenfield, Jack Luxemburg, and myself made up the Knights of Knote a small dance band that we started to make a little money playing the mostly private school dances in our area that did not want or or could not afford the guita rock bands that were quite the rage at the time. Steve played bass and was very good. He kept us laughing at our weekly rehearsals. One night, we stopped rehearsal earty to watch the Jack Paar show. He had a video tape of a band from Liverpool England that was all the rage over there. As they finished their first song, Paul and Steve both noticed that Ringo had completely missed a cymbal on the last beat. We all laughed and said that the future of that band was not too bright, Little did we know....
AFter college, Steven went to Emory Medicak School in Atlanta. I used to travel there a lot and we had a lot of great times back then. I visited him in St. Louis ten years later when he was the Chielf of Surgery at a major hospital there (I can't remember its name now). He let me tag along with him on rounds on a Sunday--his was a 24/7 type job. He cared for his patients like they were his mother with care, follow-up, and compassion. He left us far too soon, and I, for one, will really mis seeing him at our reunion,