Florence Suerig began her professional career as an interior designer and builder of homes.

After her son Michael died at the beginning of the AIDS pandemic, she and her husband Karl Suerig, a doctor in their community, decided to work …

Karl Suerig received a BS from Queens College in Chemistry and Mathematics, and an MD from NYU Bellevue Medical Center. After Internship and Residency at Greenwich Hospital, he graduated from the Aerospace Medical Center and became a Naval Flight Surgeon. …