RELEASE: MSDC Mourns Passing of Past President Lewis Biben, MD

Washington, D.C., October 22, 2019 - The Medical Society of the District of Columbia (MSDC), the largest medical organization in the District that represents metropolitan Washington physicians, is saddened by the news that Past President Lewis H. Biben, MD, passed away on October 20, 2019.   

Dr. Biben was an esteemed physician leader and philanthropist. He earned his medical degree at Hahnemann Medical College in Philadelphia and then came to Georgetown University School of Medicine for his residency. Dr. Biben served a term as MSDC president in 1981, and he served Washington, DC patients as a board-certified internist for many decades. He was a member of the DC Delegation to the American Medical Association, where he advocated for public health. He was “a dear friend, excellent physician, and a gregarious raconteur,” according to MSDC Past President Raymond Scalettar, MD. His commitment and service earned him many awards, including the Medical Society’s Distinguished Service Award in 1993.   

He is survived by his wife Beverly Biben and family. Mrs. Biben was also active in the community and received MSDC’s John Benjamin Nichols Award for service to the community in 1989.

The temple service and burial are as follows.
 

TEMPLE SERVICE

Thursday, October 24, 2019

11:00 AM

Washington Hebrew Congregation (3935 Macomb St. NW, Washington, DC)

BURIAL

Thursday, October 24, 2019

King David Memorial Gardens (7482 Lee Highway, Falls Church, VA 22042)

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Media Contact:

Pia Duryea                                                                 

Medical Society of the District of Columbia               

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(202) 355-9414                                                             

About the Medical Society of the District of Columbia (MSDC)

With more than 2,900 members, the Medical Society of the District of Columbia (MSDC) is the largest medical organization in the District of Columbia representing metropolitan Washington physicians. Founded in 1817, MSDC is the first medical society chartered by an Act of Congress, and it remains dedicated to ensuring the well-being of physicians and their patients in metropolitan Washington. Learn more at msdc.org.