Jay A Sher

Jay Allan Sher, MD, aged 61, resident of Ocean Township, physician and Director of Endocrine & Metabolism at Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, passed away peacefully at his home on Friday, January 23, 2015. Dr. Sher, who was born in Brooklyn, NY, graduated from Highland Park High School, NJ and the University of Pittsburgh. He attended the Medical School at the State University of New York at Brooklyn and completed his residency in Internal Medicine at Nassau County Medical Center. Jay completed his fellowship in Endocrinology at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami, Florida, and, prior to starting his celebrated career in New Jersey, served as Director of the Division of Endocrinology and President of the Medical Staff at Woodhull Medical Center Brooklyn, NY. Jay became the Director of Diabetes Care at Jersey Shore University Medical Center (JSUMC), was Associate Program Director of the Department of Medicine, chaired the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee, the Drug Utilization Committee and the Meridian Health Formulary Committee, and served on the Information Technology Steering Committee and the Clinical Excellence Committee. In recognition of his contributions to JSUMC, he was honored with the 2014 Department of Medicine Lifetime Achievement Award. Jay was also the JSUMC Site Program Director for the Endocrinology Fellowship Program of Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson. Even more important than his impressive list of professional accomplishments was his role as devoted husband, father, grandfather, and friend. Jay is survived by his loving and deeply saddened wife Elaine; his daughters Heather (Herman), Erin (Kristofor), Samantha; son Alex; granddaughters Maya and Sydney.

Funeral services for Dr. Sher will be held at 11:00am on Monday, January 26, 2015, at Bloomfield-Cooper Jewish Chapels, 2130 Highway 35, Ocean, NJ 07712. Burial will be delayed until further notice at Riverside Cemetery 12 Market Street Saddle Brook, NJ 07663. In lieu of flowers, the family prefers donations be made to The Preston Robert Tisch Brain Tumor Center at Duke University Medical Center.

The family will be sitting shiva daily, after 12pm, until Sunday February 1st at their home in Ocean Township.