Robert Daniel Brandstetter, M.D., died at Sound Shore Medical Center of Westchester on October 18 after a long illness. He was the beloved husband of Gwyn and cherished son of Christian Brandstetter. He deeply loved his children, William, Daniel, Jennifer, Karen, Elizabeth and Kathleyn. His grandchildren, Ashley and Christian, infused his life with joy. Robert Brandstetter was born in the Bronx on February 27, 1947, the youngest son of Christian and the late Muriel Brandstetter. He graduated from DeWitt Clinton High School and served as a Hospital Corpsman in the United States Navy. Following his honorable discharge, he was a Pulmonary Technician and later Supervisor of the Pulmonary Laboratory at Morrisania Hospital in the Bronx for five years. He received his B.A. degree, Magna Cum Laude, from Herbert H. Lehman College and was awarded his M.D. degree from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in 1977. Dr. Brandstetter completed his internship and residency at New York Hospital-Cornell University Medical Center and a clinical and research fellowship in pulmonary medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital-Harvard Medical School, where he received the 1981 Fellowship Teaching Award. Following completion of his training, Dr. Brandstetter joined the staff of the former New Rochelle Hospital Medical Center (now Sound Shore Medical Center of Westchester) in 1982 as Acting Chief of Pulmonary Medicine. Throughout his nearly two decades of service to Sound Shore Medical Center, he held increasingly responsible positions, including Chief of Critical Care Medicine, Acting Director of Medicine, Associate Director of Medicine and Director of Medical Education. He was the visionary who forged Sound Shore Medical Center's partnersihp with the Mercy College Graduate Program in Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine and offered complementary medicine practitioners the opportunity to train in a hospital setting. As coordinator of the Department of Medicine's weekly Grand Rounds lecture series, Dr. Brandstetter brought Nobel Laureates, foreign diplomats and internationally renowned speakers to Sound Shore Medical Center. A member of Phi Beta Kappa, Dr. Brandstetter was Board Certified in Internal Medicine, Critical Care Medicine and Pulmonary Medicine. He received numerous awards for his extraordinary work, including the Dr. William C. Schraft Memorial Teaching Award, the Medical Center's Attending Teaching Award and the Medal for Outstanding Contribution to Science and Letters from Mercy College. He served on the Editorial Boards of Chest, Heart and Lung, the Journal of Intensive Care Medicine, Archives of Internal Medicine, and was the author of two books. He published over 300 papers in medical journals throughout the United States and abroad. In addition to his wife, Gwyn, his father, children and grandchildren, Dr. Brandstetter is survived by his sisters Muriel Del Conte and Beverly Montouri, loving aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces and nephews, the thousands of patients he treated and his extended family at Sound Shore Medical Center. He is predeceased by his mother, Muriel and older brother, Christy. All of the people who knew and loved him will remember that he embraced life, with zeal and passion; he cherished every moment of life. Visiting hours are from 2-4PM and 7-9PM on Wednesday and Thursday at Lloyd Maxcy Funeral Home, 16 Shea Place in New Rochelle. The Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Friday at 10:30AM at St. Gabriel's Church in New Rochelle. A reception to celebrate his life and honor his memory will be held in the Goldstein Auditorium at Sound Shore Medical Center immediately following the Funeral Mass. In lieu of flowers, friends may donate to the Robert Daniel Brandstetter Memorial Scholarship Fund at Sound Shore Medical Center of Westchester.