Dr. Robert D. Strauss, M.D., a 1955 graduate of Upper Moreland High School, former Captain in the United States Air Force, and former Chief of Surgery at Lehigh Valley Hospital, passed away on Tuesday, January 13. He was 88.

As a Captain in the United States Air Force, Dr. Strauss was appointed Director of the Medical Clinic at Clark Air Force Base in the Philippines. His residency training was completed at Abington Memorial Hospital and he was inducted as a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons in 1973, his obituary said.

As a physician, his roles included Chief of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery at Lehigh Valley Hospital, and Chairman of the Department of Surgery at Sacred Heart Hospital, where he helped develop the hospital’s open‑heart cardiac surgery program, his obituary said.

Following his graduation from Upper Moreland High School, Dr. Strauss received a biology degree from Franklin & Marshall College in 1959 and a medical degree from Temple University School of Medicine in 1963. While at Temple, he received the O. Spurgeon English Psychiatry Award.

A memorial service for Dr. Robert D. Strauss will be held at 3 pm on Sunday, January 18, 2026, at the Zenz Community Center in the Villa at Fellowship Community, 3000 Fellowship Dr., Whitehall, PA 18052. Visitation will be from 1–3 pm prior to the service. Arrangements are by Heintzelman-Stephens Funeral Home, P.C.

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