Elizabeth Genovese, doctor

Elizabeth Genovese of Chestnut Hill, medical director of IMX Medical Management Services, died of complications from cholangiocarcinoma, a bile-duct cancer, at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital on Friday, April 9, her 53d birthday.

In 1995, Dr. Genovese, was a founding partner of IMX in Bala Cynwyd. The firm, whose clients include insurance companies and corporations, specializes in independent medical evaluations and occupational health services.

Besides her duties as medical director, Dr. Genovese maintained a private practice at IMX focused on women. She was also an adjunct assistant professor of emergency medicine at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.

She was a frequent lecturer and the author or coauthor of more than 30 medical articles and book chapters and three books. In 2009, the American Medical Association published Guide to the Evaluation of Functional Ability, which she wrote with Jill S. Galper.

IMX vice president David Dugery described Dr. Genovese as "energetic and brilliant."

A native of Queens, N.Y., Dr. Genovese graduated from Hunter College High School in New York at 16. She earned a bachelor's degree from Harvard University in 1977 and then a medical degree and a master's degree in business administration from Penn.

Dr. Genovese interned and completed a residency in internal medicine at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center in New York. She was certified in internal and preventive medicine, with a subspecialty in occupational medicine.

Before helping to establish IMX, she was medical director of Quality Health Services and Centramed Inc.

She was active with several professional groups, including the American Academy of Disability Evaluating Physicians, for which she edited its newsletter.

Dr. Genovese was an accomplished ballroom dancer, performed in musical revues at Harvard and Penn, and skied with her children, said Judith Swanson, a high school classmate. The women became best friends and traveled to Asia, South America, and Europe.

Dr. Genovese is survived by a son, Christopher Stone; a daughter, Jessica Stone; her father, Mario; her mother, Marie; a brother; two sisters; five stepchildren; and her former husband, Sam Waldner. Her first husband, Richard Stone, died in 1997.

A Quaker service will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday, April 17, at William Penn Charter School, 3000 W. School House Lane.