DR. JACK NATHANIEL ALPERT

07/20/1938 - 10/03/2023

Dr. Jack Nathaniel Alpert, aged 85, died on Tuesday, October 3, 2023 after a long struggle with cancer. Born on July 20, 1938 in Newark, New Jersey, to Ruby (Margulis) and Louis Alpert, Jack attended Johns Hopkins University and later Tufts Medical School where he discovered his passion for neurology. After completing his service in the Air Force, Jack moved to Houston in 1971 where he began working in private practice. He served as Chief of Neurology at St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital for 22 years and throughout his career, he taught medical students and residents at the University of Texas and Baylor College of Medicine. For six years he was Chairman of the St. Luke’s Ethics Committee where he led a group of physicians, clergy, and ethicists to review complex life and death cases. While he authored some 24 journal articles, his proudest accomplishment was the writing and subsequent publication of his textbook “The Neurologic Diagnosis: A Practical Approach.” He also spent his later years writing about his life and travels. His final book was a collection of quotes and aphorisms that he had been collecting for decades.

Devoted to family, he is survived by Ruth, his wife of 56 years, son Richard Alpert (Kelly) and daughters Ariela and Jessica Alpert Silber (Jacob) as well as his five grandchildren Maya,

Emi, and Wyatt Alpert and Theo and Nicola Silber. He had a very close relationship with his nephews and nieces, Michael Frishkopf (Iman Mersal), John Frishkopf (Brett Mattingly), Sophie Frishkopf (Phil Pitha) and Bianca Medina (Ned Gold). He is predeceased by his parents, Ruby and Louis Alpert, his sister Barbara Frishkopf, and his son Daniel Alpert.