Michael Passero ’66

Michael Passero ’66, M.D., died peacefully at home in Pittsburg on January 6 from complications of Parkinson’s disease. Son of the late Anthony and Concetta Passero, he grew up in Newark, New Jersey. Michael was a music major at Dartmouth and member of the Marching Band and Christian Fellowship. He met his future wife, Mary Ann, at Dartmouth Medical School and received his M.D. at the Harvard Medical School. He was an internal medicine resident and pulmonary fellow at Duke University Hospital before serving two years in the U.S. Army Medical Corps at Ireland Army Hospital in Fort Knox, Kentucky. Michael spent most of his professional life in Providence, Rhode Island, as an internist and pulmonary specialist. His patients and their families fondly remember him as a knowledgeable and compassionate physician. He influenced generations of physicians by teaching medical students, internal medicine residents, and pulmonary fellows at the Roger Williams Medical Center and the Brown University Program in Medicine. A man interested in people, he took the time to listen to family, friends, colleagues, employees, patients, and students. Michael had many intellectual interests, including history, science, and music. He also liked working with his hands and taking family cruises on Narragansett Bay in the 22-foot powerboat he maintained. In addition to his wife of 51 years, he leaves sons Michael and Christopher; daughters-in-law Parul and Vida; granddaughters Evangelina and Cecilia; brother Frank; sister-in-law Rosara; and numerous cousins, nieces and nephews.