Mark Edward Oren

Miami, Florida -Edward Mark Oren was born on December 20.1940, in Catskill, New York, to Isidor and Belle. After prolonged illness, Mark died peacefully at home in Coconut Grove on December 30, surrounded by family, having recently celebrated his 85th birthday.

He was a devoted husband, father, grandfather, and physician. He is survived by his beloved wife of 62 years, Nedra (Yulman): his three children, Brad (Judith), Sara (Quincy), and Jill (Jeff); and his six grandchildren, Rachel (Mare), Zach, Daniel, Sophie, Mia, and Noa. He is also survived by his sister, Jane Siegel. He was predeceased by his sister, Sheila Balson.

Family was central to his life. He adored his children and was especially devoted to his grandchildren, taking deep pride in each of them and in the time they spent together.

He graduated from Cornell University as an undergraduate and pursued his M.D. at Harvard Medical School, inspired by the premature loss of his beloved mother. He completed an internship in medicine at Beth Israel Hospital in Boston and then served in the National Cancer Institute is part of the U.S. Public Health Service in Bethesda, Maryland. He completed his residency in medicine and a fellowship in hematology and oncology

at Yale University Hospital in New Haven, Connecticut, before finishing his training as a junior faculty member at the

University of Miami. He was later appointed as a Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine and Oncology there.

He and Nodra established their roots in Coral Gables as Mark continued his career as a distinguished hematologist, oncologist, and internist in Kendall.

Mark was an exceptional physician who was deeply devoted to his patients and was widely beloved by them He Book their care personally and remained committed to them long after he retired.

Beyond medicine, he was actively involved in his community. He was a lifetime trustee of the Greater Miami Jewish Federation and a Trustee Emeritus of the Pérez Art Museum Miami, where he also served as president of the docents. For more than thirty years, he spent each summer in Aspen. CO. where he developed his abiding joy in attending lectures at the Aspen Institute and concerts at the Aspen Music Festival.

He was deeply devoted to the United States, to Israel, to his Torah study. And to his Jewish identity. He loved playing his guitar every day and taught himself to speak both Spanish and Hebrew; he also adored his frequent walks through Coconut Grove and Aspen. Later in life, regular ROMEO lunches and visits with lifelong friends gave great purpose and meaning to his final years.

Funeral services will be held on Friday, January at 1:00 p.m. at Mount Nebo Kendall Gardens, 5500 SW 77th Avenue. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Greater Miami Jewish Federation or the Perez Art Museum Miami (PAMM).