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Welcome to DrKhatib.Org

Dr. Reza Khatib and his wife Georgianna made improving health care and quality of life their lifelong work. Their Dr. Reza Khatib Foundation was created to be their vehicle to ensure their altruistic legacy today, and for well into the future.

The Khatibs succeeded because of their personal energy, care for others, faith in the future, and long and close associations with major medical institutes, universities, government agencies, and colleagues on both sides of the Atlantic. They also depended on their extended family to honor their charitable goals. See a Projects Summary here.

Reza and Georgie also knew how to play as well as how to work. They were dedicated fans of duplicate bridge and worked energetically to promote the game. They were sports enthusiasts who loved to travel, and loved boating, golf and the theater. And they were generous to friends, family and their community.

Please explore this website and join our celebration of their lives and gifts to us all… and then visit the Khatib Bridge & Education Center!


Georgie

Reza & Georgie. Georgianna Clifford Khatib and Reza enjoyed their loving marriage for 57 years. “Georgie” was born during an Indiana road trip on April 3th, 1930 and grew up in a New York City home. She graduated from Bishop McDonald High School on New York’s Eastern Parkway and received her bachelor’s degree from Brooklyn’s Saint Joseph College in 1958.

Georgie enjoyed a successful career as a special education teacher, later accepting a prestigious job as the principal for all five New York City’s special schools for the language and hearing impaired. From her early years Georgie loved travel, and had vacationed five times in Europe even before meeting Reza. They were married in 1965. Georgie was warmly accepted by Reza’s Persian family, and the couple frequently returned to Iran for joyful family visits in the years that followed.

Georgie fully shared and supported Reza’s medical career, and shared his altruistic spirit and personal energy. As his medical assistant she became his favorite colleague, aiding patients with her personal help and promoting Reza’s associations with other health care professionals. In their personal lives, she was the reason for Reza’s initial interest in learning Bridge, and was very active in creating and supporting the Khatib Bridge Center.

Georgie passed away peacefully at home in 2023, and will be missed by her personal and Bridge friends, her extended family and her communities. See other pages of this website for much more about the lives and activities Reza and Georgie shared.

Visit the Khatib Bridge & Education Center