Renowned endocrinologist and medical educator
Dr. Thomas T. Amatruda Jr., a Yale endocrinologist, former chief of medicine at the West Haven VA Medical Center, and director of clinical services at Waterbury Hospital, died on April 22 at his home in Woodbridge, Connecticut after a short illness.
He was 86 years old.
A memorial service celebrating Amatruda's life will be held at 4 p.m. on Friday, May 5, in the Medical Historical Library of Cushing/Whitney Medical Library, Sterling Hall of Medicine, 333 Cedar St. A memorial mass will be held on Saturday May 6, at 10 a.m. at the Church of the Assumption, 81 Center Road, Woodbridge.
Amatruda was born in New Haven, and received his undergraduate and medical degrees at Yale University, where he was a member of the Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi and Alpha Omega Alpha honor societies. His undergraduate training was interrupted by a tour of service in the U.S. Army in World War II, during which Amatruda developed his interest in medicine.
Amatruda spent the early years of his career as a professor of medicine at the Yale School of Medicine and chief of medical service at the Veterans Administration Hospital in West Haven. He became Waterbury Hospital's director of clinical services in 1971, and held that post for 17 years.
He made major contributions to graduate and postgraduate medical education at Yale and Waterbury. Many of his publications are considered classics in the field of endocrinology and metabolism.
Amatruda is remembered by his colleagues and patients as an energetic leader, a dedicated and caring physician and an outstanding teacher. In 1989 he received the Laureate Award from the American College of Physicians, Connecticut Chapter. In 1990, the Thomas T. Amatruda Visiting Lecture Series in Endocrinology was established in his honor at Waterbury Hospital.
He is survived by his wife of 54 years, Barbara Colety Amatruda. He is also survived by five children and their spouses, Dr. Thomas T. Amatruda III and Lynne Morishita of Edina, Minnesota; Kate Amatruda and Roy Kaltschmidt of Novato, California; Christina Amatruda and Eb Luckel of Berkeley, California; Elizabeth and Charles Howell of Grand Rapids, Michigan; and Dr. James F. Amatruda and Lisa Pon of Dallas, Texas; as well as nine grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
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