2006
Ronald Dale Kurstin, 61, a Washington area surgeon specializing in cancer surgery, died Aug. 22 at Sibley Memorial Hospital. He had lung
cancer.
Dr. Kurstin had been in private practice since 1980, most recently in Chevy Chase, and practiced medicine at Sibley, George Washington
University Hospital and Georgetown University Hospital.
He had been a surgical instructor since 1980 at GWU's medical center and since 1999 at Georgetown's medical school.
Dr. Kurstin, a Bethesda resident, was a native Washingtonian and 1963 graduate of Woodrow Wilson High School. He also was a 1967
graduate of Tulane University and a 1971 graduate of GWU's medical school.
After finishing his residency at GWU medical center in 1976, he spent three years in the Army Medical Corps in Landstuhl, West Germany.
He was a former president of the Jacobi Medical Society, an organization of Jewish physicians in Washington. He did volunteer work for
Catholic Charities.
His marriage to Coralie Bendheim Kurstin ended in divorce.
Survivors include his fiancee, Terry LeSohn of Bethesda; four children from his marriage, Randy Kurstin of Charlotte, Todd Kurstin of
Wellington, Fla., Joshua Kurstin of Washington and Melanie Kurstin of Bethesda; his parents, Dr. William and Sally Kurstin of Washington;
a sister, Adrienne Maman of Chevy Chase; and a brother, Gary Kurstin of Boca Raton, Fla.