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DavidOf course.  I'm happy for trauma.org to coordinate this, although it'll
be a little difficult for me to set up from here.  If you or someone close
to John can set this up we can make donations available through the website.
 Otherwise I could set up a Paypal account for people to donate to and then
forward proceeds to his family or an appropriate intermediary.
I know John was close to many people on this list, in the US and
internationally, and we'll do everything we can to help his family.
Karim

2008/12/28 <nappio at aol.com>

> Karim, although there may be countless individuals throughout the year that
> may benefit from good will, I feel during this special season many on the
> trauma.org site would like very much to show their support to the Pryor
> family thru a scholarship donation for his children. Possibly directly into
> a 529 savings plan.  Is that something the list administration could
> consider spearheading or any colleagues' of his who are on the list?David
> Napoliello md facs
> Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: KMATTOX at aol.com
>
> Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2008 15:04:47
> To: <ccm-l at ccm-l.org>; <trauma-list at trauma.org>
> Cc: <SURGINET at listserv.utoronto.ca>
> Subject: John Pryor, M.D.
>
>
> To the many families, friends, and colleagues of Dr. John Pryor.
>
> First, John died doing what he and all on these lists are genetically
> programmed to do - care for their fellow men and women, give them a chance
> at
> survival and recovery and to return them as a functional member of
>  society.
> John trained in his chosen profession to be the  medical adventurer that is
> an
> understandable underlying and unquenchable force  which is present in each
> of
> us.    Going to the heart of danger,  both in the large inner city hospital
> as
> well as in a war in bay off lands, we  see the toughest of the tough; the
> task
> which others might retreat or shirk  from, John found his peace while
> attempting to piece together the most complex  of cases.
>
> Second, John understood the illogic of his chosen field of trauma  surgery.
> He understood that the streets of Philadelphia were just as  dangerous as
> the
> venues of hostility in a country at war.   He  understood that he was
> predestined to be in the heat of the battle, whether it  be Philadelphia or
> Mosal.
>  It was his fate to patch  up the secondary effects of man's inhumanity to
> man.    Yes, in  an ideal world preventive strategies would completely
> eliminate the area of  surgical skill where John was most skilled and
> comfortable, the
> need for John  Pryor's in the future will never be eliminated.    Now and
> for
>  the long foreseeable future, the acute care trauma critical care surgeon
> will at  the pinnacle of physicians in demand and needed in communities
> around
> the  world, especially the United States.
>
> Third, how so very sad to loose John Pryor during this special time of the
> year.    For all of the major faiths with which we in the United  States
> are
> most familiar, their festive and holy times are now:   Christianity,
> Judaism,
> Islam, Quanza.    Yes, even Ramadan is  now.
>
> Some on these list knew John Pryor very well and their loss is most
>  severe.
>  Our hearts, prayers, support, and understanding are extended  to them.
> Some knew John peripherally or were just learning of his  developing career
> trajectory.   Still others only suffer as they know  John represents the
> kind of
> surgical spirit that all surgeons possess.   Yes, John Pryor has the trauma
> surgeon's genome.   There is no need  for question or discussion.   We each
> in our
> own way know exactly why  John was in Iraq.   On another day, the loss
> could
> have been any one  of us.
>
> John:  as a soldier, we respect and salute you.
>          as a teacher, we  seek to emulate you.
>          as a visionary, we  support you.
>          as a surgeon we  recognize your master skills
>          as a human, we  applaud and memorialize your unique and lasting
> contributions.
>
> We each will rededicate our genetically predetermined professionalism to be
> built on the foundations of your work.
>
> Kenneth L. Mattox, MD
> Houston
>
>
>
>
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