In April of 2021, my mother Janice Pelletier was diagnosed with aggressive metastatic cancer. After enduring chemo, immunotherapy treatments, and surgery, her cancer progressed too rapidly to pursue additional treatment. Jan passed away at home in Maine surrounded by her family on October 23rd, 2022.

To leave condolences and view pictures of Jan, please visit her CaringBridge site here.

These funds will be contributed towards the Raymond A. Pelletier and Janice L. Pelletier M.D. Memorial Fund at the University of Maine and the Maine Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics.

More about Jan:

After Harvard, Jan attended the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in NYC, graduating in 1984. She completed her medical residency at Massachusetts General Hospital and her fellowship at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto. She was a clinical professor at Tufts, the University of Vermont, and the University of New England, and an ad hoc professor at the University of Maine. She was a prolific writer and contributor to medical research, having authored, co-authored or otherwise contributed to more than twenty grants and fifty publications. Jan's resume, spanning a full eleven pages, evidences the tremendous breadth and scope of her professional career and may be viewed along with other details from her life at the CaringBridge website assembled by her family (link below).

Despite these many accomplishments, Jan would like to be most remembered for her more than forty years of service in Maine as a pediatrician and as a member of the Maine Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics. As its president she came to national prominence, accepting positions at the district and national levels. Jan was a social activist, having provided testimony in twenty-five legislative cases and having written twenty-two editorials, all towards improving the health and well-being of children. In 2017 she was honored with the "Giraffe Award" from the Maine Children's Alliance, for unsung community heroes who go above and beyond their job descriptions to "stick out their necks" for Maine children, youth, and families. Jan was a healer, an advocate, and a builder of lasting works for the benefit of others. She freely gave her time to her family, friends, and various communities and causes.

To read her obituary, please click here.

To read her entire CV, please click here.