The Sbarro Health Research Organization (SHRO) and the Temple University community would like to extend their condolences to the family of Dr. George W. Katter of Johnstown, PA, who passed away on May 24, 2013 at the age of 94.
A graduate of the University of Notre Dame and Georgetown University Medical School, Dr. Katter began his medical career in Washington, D.C. While serving as adjunct professor of medicine at Georgetown, he cofounded the Center for Cardiovascular Research, collaborating with leading figures in American cardiology. Dr. Katter was part of the Georgetown team that designed and prototyped the first cardiac catheterization procedure. Additionally, he founded the Mother McCauley Medical Clinic at Mercy Hospital, where thousands of uninsured patients are treated today.
Upon his retirement in 1998, Dr, Katter founded and later became president emeritus of the Johnstown Free Medical Clinic. For years he traveled to Haiti to train physicians and health care professionals, as well as to care for impoverished patients.
In recognition of his lifetime of work, Dr. Katter was inducted into the knighthood of the Sovereign Order of Malta by Cardinal John O’Connor and remained an active member until his passing.
In October of 2011, at the National Italian American Foundation’s 36th anniversary awards convention in Washington, D.C., Dr. Katter was named the recipient of the second annual Giovan Giacomo Giordano Foundation and the National Italian American Foundation Award for Ethics and Creativity in Medical Research. Upon presenting the award, Dr. Antonio Giordano, President of SHRO and Director of the Center for Biotechnology at Temple University in Philadelphia, said “Dr. George Katter exemplifies the ideals of this award with his admirable, charitable and ethical approach to practicing and distributing medical care to the impoverished."
In addition to his important work in cardiovascular research, Dr. Katter was instrumental in facilitating significant endowments to the University of Notre Dame and Georgetown University focused on advancing science education, as well as to the Sbarro Health Research Organization at Temple University, supporting biomedical research in the Italian-American scientific community, through SHRO's internationally recognized breast cancer research program.
In Memoriam of Dr. George W. Katter - April 20, 1919- May 24, 2013.
da SHRO Media Press
30 Mag 2013
The Sbarro Health Research Organization (SHRO) and the Temple University community would like to extend their condolences to the family of Dr. George W. Katter of Johnstown, PA, who passed away on May 24, 2013 at the age of 94.
A graduate of the University of Notre Dame and Georgetown University Medical School, Dr. Katter began his medical career in Washington, D.C. While serving as adjunct professor of medicine at Georgetown, he cofounded the Center for Cardiovascular Research, collaborating with leading figures in American cardiology. Dr. Katter was part of the Georgetown team that designed and prototyped the first cardiac catheterization procedure. Additionally, he founded the Mother McCauley Medical Clinic at Mercy Hospital, where thousands of uninsured patients are treated today.
Upon his retirement in 1998, Dr, Katter founded and later became president emeritus of the Johnstown Free Medical Clinic. For years he traveled to Haiti to train physicians and health care professionals, as well as to care for impoverished patients.
In recognition of his lifetime of work, Dr. Katter was inducted into the knighthood of the Sovereign Order of Malta by Cardinal John O’Connor and remained an active member until his passing.
In October of 2011, at the National Italian American Foundation’s 36th anniversary awards convention in Washington, D.C., Dr. Katter was named the recipient of the second annual Giovan Giacomo Giordano Foundation and the National Italian American Foundation Award for Ethics and Creativity in Medical Research. Upon presenting the award, Dr. Antonio Giordano, President of SHRO and Director of the Center for Biotechnology at Temple University in Philadelphia, said “Dr. George Katter exemplifies the ideals of this award with his admirable, charitable and ethical approach to practicing and distributing medical care to the impoverished."
In addition to his important work in cardiovascular research, Dr. Katter was instrumental in facilitating significant endowments to the University of Notre Dame and Georgetown University focused on advancing science education, as well as to the Sbarro Health Research Organization at Temple University, supporting biomedical research in the Italian-American scientific community, through SHRO's internationally recognized breast cancer research program.