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Hadassah and has been active with
the JCC’s Jewish Book Fair. Over the
years, he has developed one of the
largest travel clinics in the U.S., and
he gives talks about what vaccines
travelers to Israel should receive and
how to stay healthy abroad.
The physician’s faith guides his
work. He says dedicating himself to
caring for others, helping and giving
back are all products of his Judaism.
“My goal has always been twofold.
One is obviously to do the best I pos-
sibly can and work on the patient’s
behalf around the clock. But I still
haven’t accomplished what I need to
do if I haven’t left that room without
bringing either a smile to the patient
or the patient’s family,” says Band,
who estimates he has seen more than
85,000 patients during his career.
Robert Kass has been Band’s
friend and attorney for more than 50
years. Kass says Band is unswerving
in his service to those under his care.
“He has a strong personal commit-
ment to always placing the patient’s
interest first and was never willing
to sacrifice quality or patient safety,”
Kass says. “I would consider him a
medical super-sleuth.”
Band is something of a world
traveler, both in his private and pro-
fessional life. Outbreak investigations
have taken him as far afield as Mali
and Burkina Faso. He says there is
no place he would not travel to help
the sick.
Traveling for pleasure has become
a top priority since Band’s partial
retirement. He and Meredith spent
three weeks in June in Ecuador and
the Galapagos Islands.
“It was the first time since 1973 I
was able to take more than one week
off at a time,” Band says. “On three
trips over the years I went on with
my wife and our kids, I was called
back because of an outbreak. So, I
always had to have my phone con-
nected. I never really was free.”
As soon as they returned stateside,
the couple booked an excursion to
Tanzania and Kenya. A trip to Japan
is also on the docket.
While Band is enjoying the extra
time he has for traveling, exercising
and catching up with friends, he
doesn’t plan to hang up his doctor’s
coat any time soon.
“I just love what I do and that’s
why I don’t think I’ll ever stop
completely.” ■
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