Anne Marie Cusack Fallahnejad, 77, of Gladwyne is remembered for her pioneering work as a pathologist and her dedication to Catholic theology, writes Gary Miles for The Philadelphia Inquirer.

She passed away on Friday, July 28, of vascular dementia in Haverford.

Dr. Cusack graduated from Hahnemann Medical School in 1974 and went on to work in pathology laboratories at Philadelphia General, Crozer-Chester, and Bryn Mawr Hospitals from 1970 to 1984.

She married fellow doctor Manucher Fallahnejad, and eventually left her work as a pathologist to raise her daughter and son.

In the late 1990s though, she went back to school to study theology at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary and became a church deacon and codirector of religious education at St. John Vianney Church.

Her family said she had a very active mental life and embraced “any chance to silently think and contemplate the world.”

Her son added, “She liked to stay home, to sit and read. She was always thinking about something.”

Dr. Cusack was also vice president at the Mary E. Groff Charitable Trust for medical science, research, and education.

A great thinker, it wasn’t just science and theology that she was passionate about. She also was certified in art history by the Barnes Foundation.

Read more about Dr. Cusack and her creative mind in The Philadelphia Inquirer.

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Art education at the Barnes Foundation.