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In
Memoriam
Samuel
J. Hassenbusch, III, M.D., FIPP
(February 6, 1954 - February 25, 2008)
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Dr.
Samuel J. Hassenbusch III was born on February 6th,
1954 in St. Joseph, MO. Samuel went by the nicknames
“Sam” and “Hoppy.” As he grew
up under influence of his parents Samuel and Suzanne
Hassenbusch, he continued to achieve high marks at
school and excelled at everything he tried. He played
both the violin and the trumpet as he entered high
school at Central High School. In the summer of 1970
Sam traveled through Europe. In high school Samuel
earned his Eagle Scout.
In 1970 while in high school he met Rhonda Warner
and fell in love. Upon graduating high school at the
age of 17 to pursue Medical School, he married Rhonda
Warner on May 23, 1972 in St. Joseph, MO. They then
relocated to Baltimore, Maryland where Samuel attended
Johns Hopkins University to do his Clinical Internship,
Clinical Residency, Clinical Residency in Neurosurgery,
and Research Residency in Pharmacology. Samuel received
his Medical Degree and degree in Pharmacology from
Johns Hopkins University. He received many awards
throughout his college days. While living in Baltimore,
Samuel “Jack” Hassenbusch IV was born
on December 16, 1978. Then on April 9, 1980 Jason
Arthur Hassenbusch was born and lastly, on October
22, 1982 Amanda Sue Hassenbusch was born. From 1987
to 1988 Samuel was the Instructor for the Department
of Neurosurgery at the Johns Hopkins Hospital.
In 1988 the family relocated to Cleveland, Ohio where
Samuel continued his career as a neurosurgeon at the
Cleveland Clinic Foundation. From 1989 to 1993 Samuel
was the head of the Department of Neurosurgery, Section
of Neuro-Pharmacologic Oncology and Pain Management
at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation. For the last year
in Ohio, he was a staff Member of General Anesthesiology
in the Pain Management Center at the Cleveland Clinic
Foundation.
In 1993 the Hassenbusch family relocated to Houston,
Texas where Samuel continued his career at The University
of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. In 1993 he was
an Assistant Professor in the Department of Neurosurgery,
Division of Surgery at The University of Texas M.
D. Anderson Cancer Center. In 1996 he became an Associate
Professor, and then in 1998 an Associate Professor
with Tenure. From 2001 to the present he was a Professor
in the Department of Neurosurgery in the Division
of Surgery and from 2005 to the present he was the
Medical Director of the Physicians Referral Service
at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.
From 2006 to the present he was an Associate Professor
in the Department of Neurosurgery, Division of Surgery
at Baylor College of Medicine.
Samuel earned many awards during his lifetime; from
1983 to 2007 there was at least one award a year recognizing
his accomplishments. He joined many committees and
professional societies, taught courses, reviewed journals,
and attended and spoke at many medical conferences
around the world. Samuel did much research during
his career and with the research he wrote thirty-one
book chapters and eighty-one articles in peer-reviewed
journals. In the summer of 2002 he aired on the Houston
Medical TV show concerning one of his patients (Marnie
Rose) with a brain tumor.
In May of 2005 Samuel was diagnosed with glioblastoma
in the right frontal lobe. He had surgery in May of
2005 to remove the tumor. He had done much research
previously on this type of tumor and decided that
he wanted to be a “six foot lab rat” and
try out new medical combinations to help reduce, if
not eliminate the tumor in his brain. During his cancer
journey many articles were written about him and published
in The Houston Chronicle Newspaper, Texas Monthly
Magazine, Newsweek Magazine, and aired on CBS Evening
News with Katie Couric.
Samuel Hassenbusch devoted his life to his work and
that of healing people. In his spare time he loved
to go motorcycle riding, travel around the world to
see new places, play with his two dogs, watch movies,
and increase his knowledge of history and the Bible.
He was an amazing husband, father, grandfather, doctor,
and biblical scholar.
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