Gerald Doyle , 77

• Added: 04-03-2026
• Died: Jun 21st, 2019

• Hometown: Hingham, MA
• Occupation: Doctor

About Gerald : Gerry Doyle grew up in Watertown, MA, a motivated and charismatic student-athlete who was president of his class at Watertown High School, Class of 1960, and a track & field state champion in hurdles and pole vault. His achievements in the classroom and on the track fielded opportunities, and he became the first member of his family to go to college. Gerry declined an appointment to Annapolis from then Senator John F. Kennedy to attend Harvard College. Gerry enjoyed four fun years at Harvard. He commuted by bicycle from his parents’ home in Watertown his sophomore year to save money and paid for his tuition at times through work as a life guard and vacuum cleaner salesman. He graduated a member of the Class of 1964 and cultivated friendships there that lasted a lifetime. At Harvard Gerry committed himself to becoming a doctor, although it seemed to him an impossible dream at the time. Medicine did turn out to be his true calling. After graduating from Albany Medical College in 1969, Gerry did his internship and residency in internal medicine at Boston City Hospital, starting his training on July 1, 1969 with literal and figurative fireworks assigned to the emergency room overnight on the 4th of July holiday. Gerry also completed a fellowship in cardiology at Roxbury VA Hospital. He worked around the clock in the early years of his career in medicine, moonlighting extra shifts to support his family and powering through his days with a level of enthusiasm and exhaustion that resulted in his falling asleep standing up at social gatherings. Early dedication resulted in his growing a giant—truly inconceivably large—medicine practice as an internist. This past spring, Gerry celebrated his 45th anniversary at Massachusetts General Hospital. more... less...