Dr. Peter LaMotte, founder of Hilton Head Hospital and a former team physician for the New York Mets, has died. He was 78.
LaMotte died Sunday at Hospice House in Savannah, Ga., of complications from a fall, said his wife, Beryl LaMotte. He had fallen outside his Bluffton home on Nov. 15, she said.
Jim Chaffin, former vice president of Sea Pines Resort, said he introduced the LaMottes to the island in 1970, when it contained little more than woods, mosquitoes and a bridge.
The couple moved here in 1972. LaMotte was asked by Sea Pines founder Charles Fraser whether he'd be interested in opening a hospital. It opened in 1975.
The hospital was sold to Tenet Corp. in 1994 and the proceeds were used to create a $22 million community foundation.
Born in New York City, LaMotte attended Trinity College in Hartford, Conn., and George Washington University Medical School in Washington, D.C. He was chief of trauma surgery and chief of orthopedic surgery at Roosevelt Hospital in New York as well as the Mets' physician before moving to Hilton Head.
LaMotte died Sunday at Hospice House in Savannah, Ga., of complications from a fall, said his wife, Beryl LaMotte. He had fallen outside his Bluffton home on Nov. 15, she said.
Jim Chaffin, former vice president of Sea Pines Resort, said he introduced the LaMottes to the island in 1970, when it contained little more than woods, mosquitoes and a bridge.
The couple moved here in 1972. LaMotte was asked by Sea Pines founder Charles Fraser whether he'd be interested in opening a hospital. It opened in 1975.
The hospital was sold to Tenet Corp. in 1994 and the proceeds were used to create a $22 million community foundation.
Born in New York City, LaMotte attended Trinity College in Hartford, Conn., and George Washington University Medical School in Washington, D.C. He was chief of trauma surgery and chief of orthopedic surgery at Roosevelt Hospital in New York as well as the Mets' physician before moving to Hilton Head.
Dr. Peter LaMotte, founder of Hilton Head Hospital and a former team physician for the New York Mets, has died. He was 78.
LaMotte died Sunday at Hospice House in Savannah, Ga., of complications from a fall, said his wife, Beryl LaMotte. He had fallen outside his Bluffton home on Nov. 15, she said.
Jim Chaffin, former vice president of Sea Pines Resort, said he introduced the LaMottes to the island in 1970, when it contained little more than woods, mosquitoes and a bridge.
The couple moved here in 1972. LaMotte was asked by Sea Pines founder Charles Fraser whether he'd be interested in opening a hospital. It opened in 1975.
The hospital was sold to Tenet Corp. in 1994 and the proceeds were used to create a $22 million community foundation.
Born in New York City, LaMotte attended Trinity College in Hartford, Conn., and George Washington University Medical School in Washington, D.C. He was chief of trauma surgery and chief of orthopedic surgery at Roosevelt Hospital in New York as well as the Mets' physician before moving to Hilton Head.
LaMotte died Sunday at Hospice House in Savannah, Ga., of complications from a fall, said his wife, Beryl LaMotte. He had fallen outside his Bluffton home on Nov. 15, she said.
Jim Chaffin, former vice president of Sea Pines Resort, said he introduced the LaMottes to the island in 1970, when it contained little more than woods, mosquitoes and a bridge.
The couple moved here in 1972. LaMotte was asked by Sea Pines founder Charles Fraser whether he'd be interested in opening a hospital. It opened in 1975.
The hospital was sold to Tenet Corp. in 1994 and the proceeds were used to create a $22 million community foundation.
Born in New York City, LaMotte attended Trinity College in Hartford, Conn., and George Washington University Medical School in Washington, D.C. He was chief of trauma surgery and chief of orthopedic surgery at Roosevelt Hospital in New York as well as the Mets' physician before moving to Hilton Head.
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