Obituary
BY ROSE ADAMS
Anthony DiMango, a
longtime resident of
Dyker Heights and a revered
oral surgeon, died on
May 31. He was 95 years old.
DiMango reigned over
Brooklyn dentistry, working
as a surgeon and a professor
for more than 50 years. In
addition to his private practice
in Bay Ridge, DiMango
served as a senior vice president,
chief of dentistry,
and co-director of Oral and
Maxillofacial Surgery at
Lutheran Medical Center
(LMC), now NYU Lagone, for
decades.
DiMango also taught oral
surgery at Columbia Prebystrian
and NYU Lutheran,
and was an active member of
several dental societies, including
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the 2nd district dental
society, the Greater
New York Dental
Meeting, and the
Italian Dental
Society.
DiMango
was born in
Flatbush on
May 21, 1924.
In 1944, he
was drafted to
serve in World
War II, where
he received medical
training and worked
with wounded soldiers. Upon
returning from the war, Di-
Mango attended Fordham
University and graduated
from the Georgetown University
School of Dentistry
in 1953. He received his
training in oral surgery
at King’s County
Hospital.
“He was brilliant,
warm,
caring,” said
his daughter,
Justice
Patricia Di-
Mango.
In 1950, Di-
Mango married
Mafalda Coccaro,
a longtime community
and education advocate
in Dyker Heights who
died in August 2018. The couple
gave birth to two daughters,
Patricia and Joanne.
“He never made me feel
that because I was a girl I
couldn’t do something,” Patricia
DiMango said. “I have
to attribute my success in
life to him.”
She added that DiMango’s
legacy will live on not
only as an influential educator,
but as a kind and wellgrounded
role model.
“He taught me to love
what you’re doing and do
what you love,” Patricia Di-
Mango said. “He was the
quintessential gentleman.”
‘He was brilliant, warm, caring’
Dyker Heights luminary and oral surgeon,
Anthony DiMango, dies at 95
Anthony DiMango, who died on May 31 at 91, was known as “the quintessential
gentleman.”
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