Robert Demos MD

Dr. Robert George Demos, native Chattanoogan, was born June 7, 1919. He graduated from Central High School and received his B.S. and M.D. from the University of Tennessee.

He served in the United States Army where he was Chief of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Oliver General Hospital in Augusta, Georgia. While in the Army, he received the Commendation Medal.

When he returned to Chattanooga, he practiced obstetrics and gynecology with Dr. Harry Jones and Dr. Charles Suggs. He was Chief of Gynecology at Erlanger and Memorial Hospitals. He was a member of the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology and a diplomat of the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

Dr. Demos was responsible for the formulation of the drug Estratest. He was chairman of the committee who distributed the polio vaccine to school children in Hamilton County. He received the Outstanding Alumni Award from the University of Tennessee.

He was a member of the Chattanooga Golf and Country Club since 1952. He was president of the Hamilton County Medical Society in 1970. He was a University of Tennessee Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Erlanger Hospital. He is on the Athletic Wall of Fame at the University of Tennessee.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Bernice and Chris Demos, and his son Robert G. Demos, Jr.

He is survived by his wife of 52 years, Jean, and his four daughters, Judy Demos, Sharon Casteel, Jane (Mike) Coop, Memphis, Tennessee and Ann (Charles) Mitchell. He is also survived by his brother, James Demos, Ogden, Utah, and his sister, Kathleen Phillips, Nashville, Tennessee. He is survived by his grandchildren, Warren Sawyer, III, Dr. Jay (Erin) Sizemore, Matt Sizemore, Taylor Sizemore, Robert Demos, III, Laura (Brooks,) Slayton, Huntsville, Alabama, Charlotte Mitchell, and Lauren (Chris) Koehl. His great-grandchildren, Austin Sizemore, Ansley Sizemore, Michael Sizemore, Morgan Sizemore, Denver Oliver, Izzy Oliver and Robert Demos, IV.

Visitation will be at Chattanooga Funeral Home, East Chapel on S. Moore Road from 5:00 to8:00 on Tuesday, May 17, 2016. Interment will be private at the National Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, donations to Orange Grove Center or the charity of your choice.

The family wished to thank Alexian Assisted Living and Hospice of Chattanooga.

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Arrangements under the direction of Chattanooga Funeral Home, Crematory & Florist-East Chapel, East Ridge, TN.