WVU Medicine mourns the loss of beloved pediatrician, colleague and teacher
The West Virginia University School of Medicine continues to mourn the passing of one of its own beloved pediatricians and dedicated community members, remembered for the joy of teaching the art and science of medicine to the next generation of medical leaders.
Edward Fike Arnett died on April 3 at his residence surrounded by family and friends after a long life dedicated to the medical field.
Born on Sept. 15, 1945, in Rowlesburg, West Virginia, the son of the only local physician, Jerome Cayton Arnett, M.D., and local mathematics teacher, Maye Fike Arnett, Arnett’s medical career could be considered destiny.
Arnett graduated from Rowlesburg High School, and then Bridgewater College in 1967 and continued his education at the West Virginia University School of Medicine, the beginning of a lifelong dedication to medical advancement in his community, as described by his family and colleagues.
“During the many years I’ve worked in marketing and development at City Hospital and Berkeley Medical Center, I’ve had the pleasure of knowing and working with Dr. Edward Arnett,” said Teresa E. McCabe, vice president of Marketing & Development at WVU Medicine Berkeley Medical Center and Jefferson Medical Center. “As a pediatrician on staff until he retired, he took the lead in organizing free athletic physicals for area high school athletes in Berkeley County. He was also instrumental in establishing the pediatric cardiology clinic in Martinsburg working with specialists from the WVU School of Medicine in Morgantown.”
Arnett completed his pediatric residency at Harrisburg Polyclinic Hospital in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, before coming to Martinsburg in 1976, where he spent 37 years in private pediatric practice.
While in the Panhandle, he was an active member of the medical staff of City Hospital and held the position of consulting staff for the Pediatric Department for the WVUH-East Hospitals.
Read more of this article from The Martinsburg Journal