Sherban Pavlovici Jr. MD

Sherban Pavlovici Jr., a 45-year-old physician from Manhasset Hills, NY, passed away on April 11, 2016. Sherban was unfortunately stricken with a neurodegenerative disease which claimed his life in less than a year. This is why the family is accepting donations for MSA treatment research in hopes that one day no family will have to experience the pain of watching a loved one be crippled by such malady.

Sherban was born on November 3, 1970 in Patterson, NJ to Daniella Berger and Șerban Pavlovici, shortly after they fled communist Romania in 1969. He grew up in Flushing, NY and attended St. Mary’s Nativity and then Archbishop Molloy High School from which he graduated in 1988. He left New York to study Medicine in Cluj-Napoca, Romania at the University of Medicine and Farmacy Iuliu Hatieganu from which he graduated in 1994. He returned to New York and completed his residency and fellowship in Geriatric Medicine at Flushing Hospital Medical Center. He was Board certified in both Internal Medicine and Geriatrics. Dr. Pavlovici started his career as an Emergency Medicine Attending at Flushing Hospital as well as an internist in private practice. He continued his path in Internal Medicine, as Medical Director at Flushing Care Nursing Home. He was also part of the Geriatric Palliative Care Team at NY Presbyterian Queens as the Director of the Geriatric Clinic. Throughout his medical practice, he has healed his patients with attention and care as well as taught future doctors.

Sherban was well-known for not only being a gifted doctor, but for his artistic talents. All throughout his life, Sherban sketched, drew, painted, and designed. Many of his artworks were photographed, hung, and published in yearbooks. Also, he was the main architect for the family’s famous Dickens Village. He was musically talented as well. At the age of 11 years old, he was accepted into the Manhattan School of Music for piano. He continued his studies until high school; he switched piano for the guitar. He thought himself how to play the electric guitar and eventually was the lead singer and guitarist in his band called Whitewash. After medical school, Sherban continued to play music for his friends and family. In 2015, Sherban played on the piano – for the last time – two classical pieces by Beethoven and Mendelssohn.

Besides medicine, art, and music, Sherban’s other hobby was his cars. He loved his top-of-the-line Audi with its custom sports package. He frequently detailed it with layers of “Vitamin-E-enriched wax.” He would dig his hands into the tire rims to make sure that there was not a speck of dirt in his wheels. His cars were by far his most favorite “toys.”

On April 19, 1996, Sherban married Calina Lia Vintila. A few months later, he became the proud father to his first daughter, Francesca Alexis Pavlovici. Ten years later, he became an equally proud father to his second daughter, Isabella Andrea Pavlovici. He was not only a thoughtful husband, but a caring father who diligently worked every day to make sure his family lived happily and comfortably. Sherban traveled the world with his family, making precious memories through the unforgettable adventures they had together. These memories will live forever in the hearts of his girls, Francesca, Isabella, and Calina.

If you wish to donate for his cause, please visit https://gofundme.com/j2yvewwk.