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James J.H. Carey

March 5, 1933 - Aug. 15, 2023

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James (“Jim” or “Jamie”) Johnston Hale Carey, MD, of Spokane, WA, died peacefully on August 15, 2023 at the age of 90. Born in Briar Cliff Manor, New York on March 5, 1933, he was the youngest of 4 children to Westenra Henry and Priscilla Husted Carey. Graduating from The Lawrenceville School in New Jersey in 1951, Dr. Carey then went onto Yale, where he graduated with a BA in History in 1955. Following graduation, Jim entered the US Navy, where he trained as an Aviator, flying helicopters from 1955-1958 and attained the rank of Lieutenant USNR. He then spent several years working in Finance on Wall Street. During this time, he came to realize that his life vision and goals were better suited to the field of medicine, and he was accepted into the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine graduating with a medical degree in 1966. Dr. Carey finished his medical training at Georgetown University Hospital (1966-1971) and worked the next three decades as a Nephrologist in Baltimore, MD. Dr. Carey joined the division of Nephrology at Maryland General Hospital in 1972 and then that of St. Agnes Hospital in 1974, where he opened the first dialysis unit at that hospital. During his career at St Agnes Hospital, Dr. Carey

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