GMHC Honors the Life of Joseph Sonnabend, MD, Pioneer and Hero in the HIV/AIDS Epidemic Jan. 6, 1933 – Jan. 24, 2021
“Compassionate, hopeful, kind, devoted, humane…” These were just some of words described in Jay Blotcher’s obituary about Dr. Sonnabend, who passed away on Jan. 24. At the start of the HIV/AIDS epidemic when scores of people were diagnosed or dying of AIDS felt frightened, alone, and abandoned, Dr. Sonnabend was one of the first physicians […]
