On November 27, Dr. Philip Todaro will lay down his stethoscope, close the doors of his office and retire after 46 years of serving the medical needs of many in the Bainbridge and Decatur County area. Dr. Phil grew up in Italy, where he received his preliminary and advanced education in Sicily.

Then, in 1959 he emigrated from Palermo to Detroit, Michigan, where he received his BA and completed one year of graduate school at Wayne State University. In 1967 he enrolled at the Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences in Kansas City, Mo., receiving a Doctor of Osteopathy in 1971. He completed a year of internship at Grandview Hospital in Dayton, Ohio, then served in a general practice in Germantown, Ohio for one year.