Judith Korek Amorosa MD FACR, FAAWR was born in Budapest Hungary before moving to the United States with her parents and sister Andrea. Although she did not speak English, she studied at Bishop Conaty High School in Los Angeles, CA. She studied undergrad at Long Island University before attending the New Jersey College of Medicine (where she met her husband Louis), completed her Diagnostic Radiology Residency in NYC and a fellowship at St. Vincent’s Hospital. She worked with the pioneer Radiology educator, Lucy F. Squires, M.D., at SUNY Downstate in her first job. She started at the New Brunswick Radiology Group (later University Radiology Group) as a partner and went on to be the Chief of Cardiothoracic Radiology.
She considers her greatest professional accomplishments to be: creating the Radiology Education for Medical Students at Rutgers Medical School, creating the first Diagnostic Radiology Residency at Rutgers Medical School/RWJ University Hospital (served as program director for 14 years), the training of close to 100 Radiology residents and mentoring over 200 medical students who have chosen a career in Diagnostic Radiology, serving as the site Principal Investigator of the NLST (National Lung Cancer Screening Trial), establishing lung cancer screening, and participating on the expert Thoracic panel in ACRIN (American College of Radiology Imaging Network).
Louis Amorosa, MD, studied undergrad at University of Notre Dame before attending the New Jersey College of Medicine (where he met his wife Judith), completed his residency and fellowship at Bronx Municipal Hospital Center in Internal Medicine, followed by a second fellowship at Mt. Sinai Hospital, NY in Endocrinology. Louis became a physician educator at the new Rutgers Medical School in Piscataway in 1975. He has experienced all the richness of a career in medicine: the care of challenging and grateful patients; formal and bedside teaching of students and trainees; basic and clinical studies with insulin and other new drugs; and intervals of leadership. He has been an advisor to the NJ Department of Health. Between 1972 and 1988, Dr. Amorosa passed four certifying examinations in his specialties. In recognition of his motivation, the American Board of Internal Medicine has certified him to the year 3000. He continued his career as an endocrinologist in New Brunswick, New Jersey at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital.
When asked his thoughts on being a doctor, Louis shared the following:
Dedication may not be the right word. I have been privileged. The universe is magnificent, but I began to see in medical school and realized during my long career that human beings are the most incredible expression of nature. Every human being when medically studied is more intriguing than all the genius Shakespeare created in his characters. Thousands of professional encounters have taught me that the patient with me was once the lifetime achievement of two people who brought this unique being into the world. This patient is there because of a bodily concern or disorder. Whether the cause is organic or functional, my job is to restore hope and the potential that this person‘s parents saw many years before; alternatively, when their disorder is beyond our science, to simply care. Every encounter is a challenge. I have to earn the patient’s respect by demonstrating my willingness to help and my insight into their problems. I have to know what I’m doing, which requires that I remain on top of my science. I have continued this effort and enjoyed this privilege, now for over 50 years — a thought that both astonishes me and evidently promotes my health and energy to continue.
Their greatest personal accomplishments are raising four wonderful children together and growing their family with 13 beautiful grandchildren who they are both so proud of.
