Renowned ophthalmologist Ze'ev Rabinowitz remembered

LIBERTY

A news junkie with encyclopedic knowledge of Jewish and Israeli history and Middle East politics, a good friend and a great doctor who cared deeply about his patients is how friends and colleagues described Dr. Asher Ze’ev Rabinowitz.

An ophthalmologist who pioneered refractive eye surgery in the Youngstown area, Dr. Rabinowitz, of Liberty Township, died Sunday after a long illness.

A funeral service was conducted at Shriver-Allison-Courtley and King Funeral Home in Youngstown shortly after his death, and he was buried Tuesday in Israel, where he was born, raised and educated.

“He was a great eye doctor who really cared about his patients. Many of them had been with him so long they thought of him as a friend as well as their doctor,” said Dr. Sherif Hanna, Dr. Rabinowitz’ business partner for 17 years at Belmont Eye Clinic on Belmont Avenue in Liberty. “He was a very likeable person; a good man who definitely will be missed.”

Read more about Dr. Rabinowitz and his legacy in Friday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.