For 17 years, Dr. Becker volunteered to teach evening classes with his self-designed curriculum “Change of Heart,' urging patients to adopt a heart-healthy lifestyle.
He urged his cardiology patients to adopt healthier lifestyles without scolding them or overloading them with jargon, said Patti Morris, a dietitian who helped teach the evening courses. He did it with warmth and compassion.“His real gift was that he never talked down to anybody, not dumbing it down,” she said. “It wasn’t too high, it wasn’t too low. People understood.”
“Nice isn’t the right word,” said Rodgers, of Temple Chestnut Hill Cardiology, in Flourtown. “His patients loved him because he took care of them. He was genuine. He was honest. He was inherently good.” After he stopped practicing medicine in 2022 because of cancer, Dr. Becker received hundreds of letters from patients who said they were still following his advice, said his wife, Sherri, a registered nurse and adjunct professor at Gwynedd Mercy University.In addition to medicine, Dr. Becker’s other main passion was family. He was always making time for his four children’s music recitals and sporting events.
Yet Dr. Becker did not treat his patients with a one-size-fits-all approach, his colleague Rodgers said. If a patient seemed likely to benefit from statins or other drugs, Dr. Becker prescribed them. And in recent years, when studies cast doubt on certain types of fish-oil supplements, Dr. Becker“He would think about every patient and what to do,” Rodgers said. “He would try to do the right thing for the right patient.”Dr.
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