Dr. Edward J. Resnick, 86, orthopedic surgeon
Edward J. Resnick, 86, of Bala Cynwyd, an orthopedic surgeon and former director of the Pain Control Center at Temple University, died of complications from heart disease Tuesday, Oct. 25, at Temple University Hospital.
Edward J. Resnick, 86, of Bala Cynwyd, an orthopedic surgeon and former director of the Pain Control Center at Temple University, died of complications from heart disease Tuesday, Oct. 25, at Temple University Hospital.
Dr. Resnick founded the center and operated it from 1975 to 1991, his son, Bernard, said.
On summer visits sponsored by Care/Medico from 1973 to 1984 and Orthopedics Overseas from 1984 to 1990, Dr. Resnick taught physicians in Kenya and Tunisia as well as in Peru and the Dominican Republic.
Born in Philadelphia, Dr. Resnick graduated from Overbrook High School in 1943 and worked as an X-ray technician in the Army Medical Corps in Europe from 1944 to 1946.
His son wrote in an e-mail that Dr. Resnick "learned so much about medicine while in the Army that he was allowed to go straight into Temple Medical School."
Without a bachelor's degree, he graduated from Temple University School of Medicine in 1951.
After completing his residency in 1956, Dr. Resnick was a part-time surgeon on the SS United States from 1957 to 1959, his son said.
An orthopedic consultant at Ancora State Hospital from 1961 to 1970, he was chief of orthopedic surgery at the former Philadelphia General Hospital from 1964 to 1967. He also was an instructor at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine from 1960 to 1964 and at Temple Medical School from 1964 to 1966.
Dr. Resnick climbed the professorial ladder at Temple until becoming a full professor of orthopedic surgery in 1977, a post he held until 2011.
He was president of three professional organizations: the Philadelphia Orthopaedic Society in 1977-78, the Philadelphia County Medical Society in 1986, and the Pennsylvania Orthopaedic Society in 1989-90.
He was a member of the executive committee and board of directors of Pennsylvania Blue Shield from 1978 to 1996.
His son said Dr. Resnick produced and hosted a weekly opera program on WHYY-FM from the late 1960s to the early 1970s.
Besides his son, Dr. Resnick is survived by a daughter, Jane DeBlieux. His wife, Irene, died in 2002.
A memorial service was set from noon to 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 30, at the College of Physicians, 19 S. 22d St.