Mark Shapiro: He helped a family stay together

posted June 15th, 2009

Mark Shapiro, M.D., associate director, Trauma, Critical Care, General Surgery, received the overall SHC Physician Award at DUH.

Due to a car accident, an elderly couple was critically ill in the Emergency Department. Dr. Shapiro requested that the staff bring the husband to his wife’s room so they could speak to each other one last time. And when the family decided to withdraw life support for the couple, the staff moved the husband to the room next to his wife’s room so that the family could be with both as they passed away within two minutes of each other.