NEWS: (Obituary) Dr. Teresa Royer MacKnight was a founding member of ILADS
Dr. MacKnight practiced medicine until being disabled by neurologic Lyme disease. She was one of the founders of the International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society and became the group's first president in 1999.
From the Daily Item, Sunbury, PA:
August 18, 2010
Dr. Teresa Royer MacKnight, 57, Andover, Maine
ANDOVER, Maine — Dr. Teresa "Terri" Royer MacKnight, 57, passed away on Sunday, Aug. 15, 2010, peacefully at her home in Andover.
She was born March 25, 1953, in Lewisburg, Pa., a daughter of Russell and Louise Royer, of New Columbia, Pa.
She graduated from Lewisburg High School, Class of 1971 and received her Doctorate of Osteopathic Medicine, Des Moines University in Iowa in 1979.
Dr. MacKnight practiced medicine in Hollywood, Fla., Seattle, Wash., Negley, Ohio, and Beaver, Pa., before moving to Maine in 1990. She practiced medicine in Rumford until being disabled by Neurologic Lyme Disease. She was one of the founders of the International Lyme and Associated Disease Society and the society’s first president in 1999. As a lecturer and author, she strived to help the medical community and the public to recognize, treat and prevent Lyme Disease. Her desire to help others also took her to Barrow, Ala.; American Samoa and into rural areas where she was able to help those without access to medical care.
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Was she still infected when she died and what was the cause of death?
was there an autopsy performed. ?
That's so sad to hear. Still so young, smart, with so much passion for the Medical Arts … healing: I wish she was still here, physically. I know she is spiritually: She will live on.
…I had no idea she practiced in Beaver, Pa: My home stomping grounds, where I grew up. Negley, Ohio … I know well, too. I have a memory which stands out so bright … when my oldest sister, mother, and I went shopping in the area … in and out of antique shops. I had a dream about something, which took place on that day, before it happened. Not exactly, but similar. Same thing happened to me again … leading up to my diagnosis of CLD. I pay attention to my dreams, those around me … more so than ever, my environment.
Well, God bless Dr. MacKnight's soul and all those she touched.