SEGAL, ALAN JAMES, MD, passed away Friday night in the comfort of his own home, surrounded by his beloved family, after a short but intense battle with cancer. Jimmy, as he was affectionately known by all, was born in Highland Park, IL on March 24, 1943 to Alfred and Hilda Segal. During his early childhood, he lived in the Philippines, where he became an Eagle Scout and developed his abiding love of the ocean. His high school years were spent in Baltimore and New York where he was captain of his football team and president of his high school. In 1965, he graduated from Brown University, and went on to medical school at the University of Maryland. It was here he met Carol May Kaufman, a nursing school student. Nine months later, on June 7th, 1969, he graduated from medical school and married his wife Carol, of 49 years. Jimmy and Carol spent his internship at Montefiore hospital in the Bronx, followed by two years in the Public Health Service, where he served as a general medical officer in Philadelphia and on the Coast Guard cutter Gallatin in the North Sea. It was during this time, that Jimmy and Carol were introduced to the idea of living in Florida. During the years of 1972-1975, Jimmy developed his surgical skills as a resident ophthalmologist at the Washington Hospital Center. In 1974, he and Carol welcomed their first child, Zachary, into the world. After residency, the growing Segal family began their Florida adventure in Coral Gables. While Jimmy and Carol's intention was to move back North after a year, the beautiful weather and waters of Biscayne Bay kept them here in Miami and in 1977 their daughter Alexis was born. The Segal family was now complete and their life flourished with a community of friends. As a physician, Jimmy touched the lives of thousands of patients, bringing healing, warmth, and compassion to them all. As a husband and father, his nurturing, guidance, and love was immeasurable. With his affable and magnetic personality, wit and charm, he was loved by all who knew him. He derived his greatest joy by creating magical childhoods for his children, his biggest source of pride. The love and care he gave to everyone was reflected back by the love, respect and regard he received from everyone whose life he touched. He is survived by his loving wife Carol, devoted son Zachary (Katarina), and his adoring daughter Alexis, grandsons, Elias and James, and sister, Bette (Harvey) Levin. A memorial service will be held at Temple Beth Am, Sunday Jan 21st, at 1pm. In lieu of flowers, donations to the Light House for the Blind or Lions of Miami-Dade in Jimmy's name would be appreciated.