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Dr. Goran Enhorning, 88, of Vero Beach, Florida, died Friday, January 25, 2013.
Dr. Enhorning was born March 18, 1924 in Birkdale, England and moved to Vero Beach in 2004, coming from Buffalo, NY, by way of Toronto, Canada and Stockholm, Sweden, where he grew up.
Mr. Enhorning was a graduate of the Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, where he received his doctorate in 1961, and shortly thereafter was awarded a Fulbright Grant and spent three years doing pulmonary research in Utah and California. After seven years in Sweden, he moved with his family to join the faculty as a Professor at the University of Toronto, Canada in 1971, and later to Buffalo, NY, where he retired as Professor of Medicine with the State University of New York at Buffalo. His major research centered on breathing difficulties in premature babies, and he was a pioneer in identifying and supplying the missing surfactant in their lungs, now a worldwide therapy, saving countless children. By 1998 he focused his attention on asthma, being convinced that this disease was also surfactant-related, and that a cure must be found. Unfortunately, this work was not completed.
Dr. Enhorning served at the Swedish Red Cross Hospital of Korea in 1952 and 1954. He was awarded the Syngman Rhee medal and the WW2 Medal of Freedom.
Dr. Enhorning and his wife were the owners of the Surf and Sand Oceanfront Resort, Vero Beach, from 1991-2002.
He is survived by his wife, Louise; three sons, Ulf of Sweden, Dag(Diane) and Peder (Stacey) both of Toronto; daughter, Marianne (Chris)of Comox, B.C., Canada, and six grandchildren.
Services will be held in Sweden in May and in Canada in the summer.
Contributions may be made to the Dr. Goran Enhorning Foundation for Pulmonary Research through the University at Buffalo at https://ubfoundation.buffalo.edu/giving/index.php.
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stefan semchyshyn, md - Professional coleague
February 11, 2025, 11:36 pm
I am deeply saddened to hear of Dr. Enhorning’s passing. He was a remarkable teacher and role model. His life’s work, improving the survival of prematurely-born babies, made a difference in many lives, including my own. I met Dr. Enhorning In Toronto, Canada when I was an ob/gyn resident. At the time, he was trying to figure out how to help premature babies breathe better to survive. He inspired me to pursue a career as a Maternal-Fetal Medicine specialist (high-risk obstetrics) to try and find another way of helping these babies by preventing prematurity in the first place and delivering pregnancies at term. I devoted my life to pursue these efforts to find a way of winning the war against prematurity the #1 enemy of the newborn and as a result of his inspiration I am delighted to report the good news that prematurity is preventable. I just wish that he were here to know how his inspiration led me to my pursuit of waging a war against the number one enemy of the newborn and winning. The good news is that prematurity is now preventable. The good news is too important not to be shared with the rest of the world. He would be pleased to know.