Max Zarling, MD, a neurosurgeon and former chief of staff at St. Paul, Minn.-based United Hospital, died Oct. 23 at his home in Edina, Minn., according to an obituary published in The Minnesota Star Tribune. He was 94.
Dr. Zarling earned his medical degree from the University of Minnesota Medical School in Minneapolis in 1961. He then opened a solo neurosurgery practice in St. Paul, operating at several hospitals, including facilities in outlying communities.
In the 1970s, Dr. Zarling joined Neurosurgery Associates, where he practiced for the rest of his surgical career. Patients, peers and staff held him in high regard, the obituary said.
At United Hospital, Dr. Zarling served as chief of staff. The United Hospital Foundation also honored him with its Service to Humanity Award.
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