Barry Lee Fanburg

Dr. Barry Lee Fanburg peacefully passed away on the evening of 4/29/24, at the age of 91. He was a kind, caring, thoughtful, intelligent, and loving gentleman, who always made time for his family, to attend events, play sports and go on vacations together.

Born in Tuscumbia, AL and raised in Chattanooga, TN, he was selected into the seven-year undergraduate-medical school program at Tulane University. He trained as an intern at Boston City Hospital and was chief resident at Tufts (New England) Medical Center. He completed fellowships in Cardiology and Pulmonary Medicine at the Cardiovascular Research Institute at the University of California, San Francisco. Dr. Barry Fanburg practiced at Tufts for more than 63 years and was the first Chief of the Pulmonary and Critical Care Division at Tufts. He was renowned as an academic clinician and mentor and was honored by receiving a Tufts Distinguished Faculty Award. As an avid and experienced researcher, he had more than 50 years of continuous NIH grants and mentored many physicians and trainees around the world. He had a longstanding career and retired at the age of 90. A giant in the field of Pulmonary Medicine, he received the highest honor of a Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Thoracic Society.

He is survived by his wife of 63 years, Jane Rosenthal Fanburg, children Dr. Julie C. Fanburg-Smith and husband Joe Smith, Dr. Jonathan Fanburg and wife Dr. Stephanie Gartner Fanburg, Dr. Susan Fanburg and husband Dr. Stephen Hanlon, seven grandchildren: Austin, Jessica, Jake, Lily, Liam, Dylan, and Jackie, and sisters Helene Marshall and Harriet Anderson, several in-laws, cousins, nieces/nephews and their offspring.

His colleagues, mentees, patients, friends and extended family will infinitely miss him, and he will live on in our hearts forever.

Donations---can be made in Dr. Fanburg’s name to the American Thoracic Society, which supports the patients whose lives he saved who had lung cancer, sarcoid and other pulmonary fibrosis and lung diseases. Please use the following link for donations: https://aeugmntn.donorsupport.co/page/BarryFanburgMemorial

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