Marvin F. Kraushar

Marvin F. Kraushar, M.D., F.I.C.S., of Newark, N.J., Westhampton Beach, N.Y. and Palm Beach, Fla., passed away on Thursday, Aug. 16, 2012, at the age of 74. Services will be held on Wednesday, Aug. 22, at the Bernheim-Apter-Kreitzman Suburban Funeral Chapel, 68 Old Short Hills Road, Livingston, N.J., beginning at 11 a.m. Dr. Kraushar grew up in Brooklyn, N.Y., where he was graduated from the Poly Prep Country Day School. He received his B.S. from Bowdoin College and his M.D. from the Tufts University School of Medicine. After a residency in ophthalmology, Dr. Kraushar took a fellowship in medical and surgical diseases of the retina at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School. He then served two years as a surgeon in the U.S. Public Health Service, attaining the rank of Lieutenant Commander. Dr. Kraushar served as the chief of ophthalmology at Beth Israel Medical Center and the Interfaith Medical Center, both in New York City. He was a clinical professor in ophthalmology at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, an associate clinical professor of ophthalmology at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, an attending physician in ophthalmology at St. Barnabas and Overlook Hospitals, and maintained a private practice as director of the Retina Center of New Jersey in Westfield and Livingston, N.J. Dr. Kraushar served as the president of the Brooklyn Ophthalmological Society. He was the recipient of the A.M.A.'s Physician's Recognition Award, and the Senior Honor Award of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, as well as several other awards and honors. He was also a member of numerous professional societies, most notably the Retina Society and the Schepens Alumni Society. During his lengthy career, Dr. Kraushar published significant professional papers in the field of retinal detachment, and was invited to present papers to colleagues on more than 250 occasions throughout the United States. Such was his skill in the field of detached retinas that he was the eye surgeon of choice for the New Jersey Devils. An accomplished guitarist, Dr. Kraushar had a myriad of interests, including his love of dogs, collecting antiques, studying and collecting Persian carpets, and oil painting. He combined several hobbies through painting portraits of his dogs seated on Persian carpets. In his youth, he played baseball and was a pitcher in the minor leagues. Dr. Kraushar was a man of great generosity to family, friends, and those in need. His quiet confidence and modesty belied his voluminous and varied accomplishments. He will be remembered for his great smile, his gentle voice, and his sense of humor. Dr. Kraushar is survived by his loving wife of nearly 40 years, Gaytha Iuliano Kraushar. He was predeceased by his father, Samuel Kraushar, M.D., his mother, Helen Holtz Kraushar, and his sister, Lois Gross. He is also survived by his niece, Amy Gross Blane and her husband, William; his niece, Hilary V. Gentile and her husband, Thomas, and his niece, Heather V. Pflug and her husband, Kevin, as well as his great-nephew, Gregory J.R. Gentile, great-niece, Vittoria V. Gentile, and his brothers-in-law, Bernard Gross and Richard A. Guarino, M.D. Dr. Kraushar took great interent in his involvement as a trustee of the Seeing Eye Inc. The family requests that donations in Dr. Kraushar's memory be made to that charity at P.O. Box 375, Morristown, NJ 07960