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In Memoriam - Edward Amaral, MD
Edward L. Amaral, MD
May 26, 1935 to October 13, 2023
WDMS/MMS Join Date: May 28, 1966
A noted Worcester surgeon, Edward Amaral, age 88, passed away on October 13, 2023.
Ed was born in Salem, Mass. and was educated at Boston College, graduating in 1957. He attended medical school at Georgetown and took a surgical residency at R.I. Hospital in Providence, RI and also at St Vincent Hospital in Worcester.
Following his residency, in 1966, he joined the US Air Force, serving as Chief, Surgical Service at Barksdale AFB in Shreveport, Louisiana. After his military service, he returned to Worcester and assumed the surgical practice of Dr. Charles Brown on Lincoln St. After years of private practice, he joined the Fallon Group in 1992. In all, he practiced general surgery in Worcester for 40 years, where he lived.
Ed was appointed Assistant Professor of Surgery at UMass Medical School and served as President of the WDMS 1996-1997. He was a member of the American College of Surgeons and the Massachusetts Medical Society. At MMS, he served as Chair of the Arts, History and Culture Network. Toward this endeavor, he contributed his own stained-glass art. He was honored by the WDMS in 2019 with the President’s Award.
Dr. Amaral pioneered the use of laparoscopic surgery at Hahnemann and Memorial Hospitals in September 1991.
He was devoted to community charitable works. As a member of the Rotary Club of Worcester, he went on a mission to Ukraine, organizing a fund for the children of Chernobyl. He devoted himself to other charitable works in the Worcester community.
Ed was a fun-loving, affable colleague who contributed professionally and socially to his beloved Worcester community. We will miss him.
