Steven Oristian, Silver Spring Surgeon, 82

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Steven Oristian, a retired surgeon who had a private practice in Silver Spring,
Maryland, from 1956 to 1989 and was an executive at Holy Cross Hospital, died
November 22, 2005, at his home in Auburn, New York, suffering from an abdominal
cancer, at the age of 82.

Dr. Oristian was chief of general surgery at Holy Cross in the 1970s and 1980s.
He was chairman of the medical staff in the late 1980s. He moved to Auburn his
birthplace, from Kensington, Maryland, in 1989.

He was a 1947 graduate of what is now Mount St. Mary's University in Emmitsburg,
Maryland, and a 1951 honors graduate of Georgetown University School of
Medicine. He completed his residency in general surgery at the old Providence
Hospital in Washington DC.

During World War II, he served in the Navy in the Pacific and was a team leader
with the "Scouts and Raiders" reconnaissance teams that were precursors to the
Navy Seals.

An amateur golfer, Dr. Oristian won 10 club championships at clubs in the
Washington DC area and Auburn.

His memberships included Ducks Unlimited, an organization dedicated to the
conservation of wetland habitats.

A son, Paul Oristian, died in childhood in 1963.

Survivors include his wife of 56 years, Marjorie Rossi "Babe" Oristian of
Auburn, New York; five sons, Steven G. Oristian of Gaithersburg, Maryland, Mark
Oristian of Throop, New York, Karl Oristian of Gainesville, Vithinia, and Dr.
Eric Oristian and Peter Oristian, both of Rockville, Maryland; 14 grandchildren;
and three great-grandchildren.

Washington Post