Dr. Emil Wirostko's Death

[Guest guest]

Dear Group,

A number of people on these boards, and myself, benefited so much

from treatment by Dr. Wirostko. At the same time Dr. Brown was

discovering mycoplasma and its detriment to bones and joints, etc.,

Dr. Wirostko was discovering these organisms in the eyes --

especially in the eyes of his young JRA patients who were brought to

him.

He rescued me in 1999 when treatment of my own uveitis was failing

me miserably. My local ophthalmologists refused to treat me if I

did not remain on their treatment of methotrexate, etc. My faith in

Dr. Wirostko's knowledge and experience was justified (Praise the

Lord!) and the condition was turned around. And it was for numerous

others with whom I shared information about him. Now he is gone. I

just hope there is another who has knowledge even close to his.

I knew some of you who went to him from all over the country might

not know about his passing, and that you would want to know.

I will be forever in his debt.

bg

Wednesday, January 08, 2003 newspaper obituary read:

A Mass for Dr. Emil Wirostko, M.D., 68, of Tewksbury Township will

be 11 a.m. tomorrow in St. s Church, Passaic, after the funeral

from the Bizub-Quinlan Funeral Home, 1313 Van Houten Ave., Clifton.

Dr. Wirostko, who died Sunday at home, was a professor of

ophthalmology at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, New York

City, where he also practiced medicine and specialized in uveitis

research. He also authored several articles in medical journals

dealing with eye disease.

A 1955 summa cum laude graduate of Fordham University, Dr. Wirostko

earned his medical degree from Cornell University in 1959 and

completed an internship at Bellevue Hospital and residency at

Columbia University, both in New York City. He received a doctorate

of medical science from Columbia University, New York City.

Dr. Wirostko was a member of the Association in Research and Vision

in Ophthalmology and the American Academy of Ophthalmology.

Born in New York City, he lived in Garfield and for 30 years in

Paramus before moving to Tewksbury six years ago.

Surviving are his wife, Barbara Anne; a daughter, Dr. Barbara Marie

Wirostko-Morelli; a son, Dr. ph Wirostko, and four

grandchildren.