Dr. Andrew Barbier, D.O.

Dr. Andrea Barbier, D.O., age 59 of Wayne, died on Tuesday, February 11, 2025. She had fought a courageous battle with head and neck cancer for five years.

Dr. Andrea was a dedicated family physician for more than thirty years with a solo practice in Bloomfield, NJ. She loved her patients and truly cared for each of them. When she became ill herself, one of her greatest concerns was the continued care of her patients, and she is grateful to her medical colleagues who have assisted with seeing her patients. To her patients; she will miss each of you dearly. To all the children who came from Stephen Crane Village in Newark, you can achieve great things in life through hard work and determination.

Andrea earned her undergraduate degree from Seton Hall University and then her doctorate from the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. During her years of practice, she had been associated with such institutions as Columbus Hospital, Mountainside Hospital, and Clara Maass Medical Center. It was at each of these that she built relationships with innumerable professional colleagues whom she held the highest regard for. She respected and admired them all, and many of them became dear friends. Andrea became the 1st female President of the Clara Maass Medical Staff on 1/1/2020. She served as President with Honor and Dignity always in service to the Doctors, Nurses, Support Staff and patients of Clara Maass. As a medical professional herself, she knew with clarity that her cancer diagnosis would require a fight for her life. She would call upon these colleagues and friends in her time of need, and Andrea is eternally grateful to each of you for the care, support, and encouragement you provided. It meant the world to her that you were there to help in that fight. To all her nurses, you truly run the medical profession, never forget your value and worth to the medical doctors and patients you care for.

Andrea and her husband, Anthony Gagliano, were introduced by one of Andrea’s patients, Pete Benedetto who worked at the NJ Meadowlands with Anthony. They spoke on the phone a few times before meeting at Giants Stadium at a Bruce Springsteen concert in the fall of 2003. They both enjoy classic rock from the 70’s and 80’s, and they went to many concerts over the years. They dated for a few years, settled into their home in the Packanack Lake area of Wayne in June of 2005 and as fate would have it, they were married a few years later on April 21, 2007. They honeymooned to Kauai, Hawaii. Andrea was a student of all thing’s history related, and together they enjoyed road trips to interesting and historic places. Of course, those places always included visiting old Catholic churches, good Italian restaurants and seafood! Andrea also enjoyed spicy foods and she could go toe-to-toe eating long-hot peppers, or even ghost peppers, with the best of them! The hotter the pepper, the better! She was also a big sports fan who had season tickets to the NY YANKEES for decades and had been fortunate enough to meet several of the players throughout the years. She was also a NY GIANTS fan and met Eli Manning on Hospital Charity Golf events. She was also a NJ DEVILS hockey fan and met her favorite player, “Mr. Devil” Ken Danyeko. Whatever the sport, she had a love for the game.

Andrea is survived by her beloved husband, Anthony Gagliano of Wayne, her brother; Charles Barbier of Calicoon, NY, her nephew; Peter John Barbier and his girlfriend Ashley Crawford of Succasunna, NJ, one great-nephew; Julian Barbier, and her three beloved and much adored dogs; Phoebe, Buttons, and Munson, and her predeceased pooches Rocky and Nina. Andrea was predeceased by her father, Peter Barbier, Sr. in 1997, by her mother, Theresa Del Mauro in 2017, and by her brother Peter Barbier in 2018.

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