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IN LOVING MEMORY OF Antonio Scommegna, M.D.
Antonio Scommegna,
M.D.
August 26, 1931 – March 26, 2017
Antonio Scommegna, M.D.'s Obituary
Antonio Scommegna, M.D., age 85, of Chicago, died March 26, 2017. He was born Aug. 26, 1931 in Barletta, Italy, son of Francesco and Antonietta (Maresca) Scommegna. He is survived by his wife of 59 years, Lillian (Sinkiewicz) Scommegna, three children and five grandchildren: Paola Scommegna and Paul Nelson, Renata and Theodore; Frank and Aileen (Bergen) Scommegna and Antonio; Roger and Pam (Charles) Scommegna, Nicole and Kristen.
An obstetrician-gynecologist with expertise in reproductive endocrinology and infertility, he trained more than 200 residents and 30 fellows during 30 years of heading residency programs and chairing the OB-GYN departments at Chicago's Michael Reese Hospital and the University of Illinois Hospital and Clinics (UIC).
He invented the first hormone-releasing IUD, Progestasert, patented in 1974. He received the Benjamin Franklin Medal for Population Research the same year. Colleagues consider him the "father of modern infertility treatment in Chicago" for his efforts in training physicians and establishing a cooperative relationship among local infertility clinics.
He first came to the United States as a Fulbright Scholar in 1954, after receiving a medical degree from the University of Bari, Italy in 1953 at age 22. He interned at the New England Hospital in Boston and then moved to Chicago for a residency in obstetrics and gynecology at Michael Reese Hospital, where he practiced medicine and conducted research for 34 years.
He was a professor at the University of Chicago's Pritzker School of Medicine from 1969 to 1989, and at UIC beginning in 1989. After retirement in 1999, he cultivated grapes and bottled wine at a small vineyard in southern Wisconsin.
Following a private, family service, he will be interred at a family plot in Barletta, Italy. Memorial contributions may be made to Resolve: The National Infertility Association, 7918 Jones Branch Drive, McLean, VA 22102, www.resolve.org ; or UIC Antonio Scommegna, M.D Symposium Endowment Fund (771378), www.medicine.uic.edu/givenow . Checks should be made payable to University of Illinois Foundation, re: Antonio Scommegna, MD; send to Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Illinois at Chicago, 820 South Wood Street MC 808, Chicago, IL 60612. Office of Medical Advancement telephone 312-996-4470.
For further information please call 312-421-0936.
An obstetrician-gynecologist with expertise in reproductive endocrinology and infertility, he trained more than 200 residents and 30 fellows during 30 years of heading residency programs and chairing the OB-GYN departments at Chicago's Michael Reese Hospital and the University of Illinois Hospital and Clinics (UIC).
He invented the first hormone-releasing IUD, Progestasert, patented in 1974. He received the Benjamin Franklin Medal for Population Research the same year. Colleagues consider him the "father of modern infertility treatment in Chicago" for his efforts in training physicians and establishing a cooperative relationship among local infertility clinics.
He first came to the United States as a Fulbright Scholar in 1954, after receiving a medical degree from the University of Bari, Italy in 1953 at age 22. He interned at the New England Hospital in Boston and then moved to Chicago for a residency in obstetrics and gynecology at Michael Reese Hospital, where he practiced medicine and conducted research for 34 years.
He was a professor at the University of Chicago's Pritzker School of Medicine from 1969 to 1989, and at UIC beginning in 1989. After retirement in 1999, he cultivated grapes and bottled wine at a small vineyard in southern Wisconsin.
Following a private, family service, he will be interred at a family plot in Barletta, Italy. Memorial contributions may be made to Resolve: The National Infertility Association, 7918 Jones Branch Drive, McLean, VA 22102, www.resolve.org ; or UIC Antonio Scommegna, M.D Symposium Endowment Fund (771378), www.medicine.uic.edu/givenow . Checks should be made payable to University of Illinois Foundation, re: Antonio Scommegna, MD; send to Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Illinois at Chicago, 820 South Wood Street MC 808, Chicago, IL 60612. Office of Medical Advancement telephone 312-996-4470.
For further information please call 312-421-0936.
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