NEWS: Wisconsin's Dr. Burton Waisbren has passed away
A founding member of the Infectious Diseases Society who disagreed with IDSA’s view of chronic Lyme, Waisbren was the author of “Treatment of Chronic Lyme Disease.”
Posted on the Wisconsin Lyme Network Website on January 25, 2012:
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Dear Wisconsin Lyme Community,
With great sadness we inform you that Dr. Burton Waisbren {Milwaukee, WI.} has passed away. The services were held yesterday. I believe Dr. Waisbren was 89 years of age and treated patients right up until his passing. Dr. Waisbren was one of the founding fellows of the IDSA and treated Lyme patients with long-term antibiotics. He was certainly familiar with Lyme and co-infections and that they needed to be addressed properly.
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It must be staggering to consider how many patient lives Dr. Waisbren touched over the years. It was our great pleasure in the Wisconsin Lyme community to know, socialize and be treated by such a compassionate and caring man as Dr. Waisbren. His service to his fellow man is incalculable.
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May he rest in peace.
Sincerely,
The Wisconsin Lyme Community
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Going through some of my paperwork for my social security I found a letter written to me from Dr. Waisbren. Telling me that I would be a case study due to the perplexity of my situation with my chronic lyme. He was such a dear man, and I am so deeply saddened to hear of his passing. He was the one person that listened and comforted me both with his knowledge of of the illness, his compassion and tender heart.
May you rest in peace Dr. and thank you for all you have done for us.