- Date Of Birth: November 8, 1933
- Date Of Death: July 1, 2022
- State: Connecticut
Ronald DeConti passed away on July 1, 2022. He is predeceased by his wife Louise DeConti, his father, Louis DeConti, and his mother, Virginia DeConti. Dr. DeConti is survived by his daughter, Elizabeth Anne DeConti, his son-in-law, Michael J. Colitz, III, his granddaughter, Emma Louisa Colitz, and his siblings Virginia, Sandra, Vincent, and Reginald, and their spouses and children. He was a loving son, brother, husband, father, grandfather, uncle, and friend, and will be greatly missed by all those whose lives he touched so deeply.
Dr. DeConti had an extraordinary career in medicine and practiced for more than fifty years. After graduating from Yale Medical School, he served as a Medical Officer in the U.S.
Dr. DeConti was a pioneer in medical oncology, and would go on to hold faculty positions at Yale University, Tufts University, the UMASS School of Public Health, Albany Medical College, and the University of South Florida. He was devoted to patient care and served as the Chief of Oncology at hospitals in Massachusetts and New York, before moving to Tampa in 1993 and joining the first group of core physicians at the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute. Dr.
