Orthopedic surgeon Peter J. Marchisello, MD, died March 24 of aspiration pneumonia, according to Newsday. He was 94 years old.
Dr. Marchisello received his medical degree from New York University School of Medicine in New York City. He worked at New York City-based Hospital for Special Surgery, New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center and the now-defunct St. John's Catholic Medical Center in Queens until his retirement in 1995.
He served as the chief of the lower back clinic at HSS and chief of orthopedics at St. John's Catholic Medical Center. Dr. Marchisello also served as a consultant for the Bureau for Handicapped Children between 1970 and 1982.
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