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Cyril Michael Hetsko

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Cyril Michael Hetsko
M.D., FACP
Born(1942-05-25)May 25, 1942
Montclair, New Jersey, US
💀DiedNovember 15, 2022(2022-11-15) (aged 80)
Madison, Wisconsin, USNovember 15, 2022(2022-11-15) (aged 80)
💼 Occupation
👶 ChildrenMichael Dimitri (son)

Dr. Cyril "Kim'" M. Hetsko (May 25, 1942 – November 15, 2022) was a doctor of internal medicine, with a subspecialty in infectious diseases and laboratory medicine.[1] For two terms, Hetsko was a member of the AMA Board of Trustees (2003, 2007).[2] Hetsko was a clinical professor of medicine at the University of Wisconsin[3] and also the Chief Medical Officer for Commission on Office & Laboratory Accreditation (COLA), a clinical laboratory education, consultation, and accreditation organization in Columbia, Maryland.[4] Hetsko did his medical internship and residency in internal medicine at the University Hospitals in Madison, Wisconsin where he became chief resident.[5] He was the Chairman of the Wisconsin Medical Society Task Force on AIDS in Wisconsin.[6]

Personal life[edit]

Hetsko was born in Montclair, New Jersey[6] on May 25, 1942 to Cyril Francis Hetsko, an attorney working in Manhattan, New York City,[7] and Josephine Stein Hetsko, a homemaker and community volunteer.[8]  He had an older sibling, Jacqueline Hetsko Kaufer and two younger siblings, Cynthia (Cindy) Hetsko Rainey and Jeffrey Francis Hetsko. He graduated from Ridgewood High School in 1960 with high honors.[9] Hetsko attended Amherst College in Amherst, MA where he was a member of the Psi Upsilon fraternity writing for the News Bureau[10] and he served as the Chapter President during his senior year.[11] He graduated from Amherst in 1964.[12] Hetsko's great-grandparents on his father’s side emigrated to the United States from Slovakia.[13] Hetsko died peacefully in St. Mary's Hospital in Madison, WI on November 15, 2022, at the age of 80.[14]

Education[edit]

Hetsko graduated from Ridgewood High School in 1960 with high honors. and further graduated from Amherst College (1964, Bachelor of Arts), and the University of Rochester School of Medicine (1968, M.D.).[15] Hetsko received a National Institute of Health fellowship for study at the Royal Marsden Cancer Hospital in London, UK. Hetsko was Board Certified in internal medicine.

Military service[edit]

Hetsko served as a Major in the United States Army at Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases and Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Fort Detrick, Maryland, and Washington, D.C., (1972–1975).[16]

Medical practice[edit]

Hetsko provided Internal Medicine and Infectious diseases medical care for for more then three decades at the Dean Medical Center, Madison, WI (1975-2002).

Boards, associations and panels[edit]

American Medical Association Hetsko was an elected member and then chair of the American Medical Association Council on Medical Service from 1995 to 2003. From 1982 to 2003, he was a member and then chair of the Wisconsin delegation to the AMA House of Delegates. Hetsko was a member of the Board of Trustees and liaison to the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, Chicago, IL from 2003 until 2011.[17]

American College of Physicians (ACP, merged with American Society of Internal Medicine) From 1991 until 1998 Hetsko served as a trustee and the treasurer of the American Society of Internal Medicine. Hetsko played an active role in leading its merger with the American College of Physicians. After that, Hetsko served as regent and then the national treasurer of ACP from 2002 to 2004.[18]

Wisconsin Medical Society From 1991 to 1992, Hetsko was president of the Wisconsin Medical Society.[6] [19]

Hetsko was the Chief Medical Officer of Commission on Laboratory Accreditation, a member of Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement Executive Committee.

Teaching and lecturing[edit]

From 1995 to 2017 Hetsko was a Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health (1995-2017), Madison, WI[20][21] and Lectured nationally and internationally on many topics including health system reform, quality measures and bioterrorism.

Honors and tributes[edit]

The Wisconsin Chapter of the American College of Physicians awarded Hetsko in 1990 with Addis Costello Award for outstanding work in internal medicine.[22]

In 2005 Hetsko received the Wisconsin ACP Laureate Award in 2005,[23] and the Wisconsin Medical Charles Hoffman Memorial Lecture at the American Urological Association meeting. In 2007, he received the Society’s highest honor, the Directors Award.[24]

In 2009 Dr. Hetsko presented the Charles Hoffman Memorial Lecture at the American Urological Association meeting. In 2015, Hetsko was elected a Master of the American College of Physicians, which is the highest rank in the largest medical specialty organisation in the United States of America.[25] Wisconsin Medical Society awarded Hetsko in 2007 with society’s highest honor, the Director’s Award and in 2011 with Presidential Citation Award.[26]

In 2022 a memorial fund, Cyril "Kim" Hetsko, MD Trainee Leadership Fund, the has been set up at the Wisconsin Medical Society Foundation.[27]

Publications[edit]

  • "AMA and Wisconsin Medical Society: together we are stronger", C.M. Hetsko, WMJ 2009 Sept, PMID 19813503[28]
  • "Health system reform needed", Rieselbach R.E., Remington P.L., C.M. Hetsko, WMJ 2009 Oct, PMID 19886589[29]
  • "AMA Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement committed to quality", C.M. Hetsko, WMJ 2006 Dec, PMID 17256701[30]
  • "Status of the health care financing crisis in Wisconsin ‘medicina nusquam non est’(medicine is universal)", C.M. Hetsko, Wis Med J. 1992 Mar, PMID 1615694[31]
  • "Health care reform’s future the road less traveled", C.M. Hetsko, Wis Med J. 1992, Jul PMID 1509776[32]
  • "Health care financing reform in Wisconsin: prescription for the future ‘medicina nusquam non est’(medicine is universal): XI.",  C.M. Hetsko, Wis Med J. 1992 Apr, PMID 1574908[33]
  • "The challenge to health insurers. ‘medicina nusquam non est’(medicine is universal): VI.", C.M. Hetsko, Wis Med J. 1991 Nov, PMID 1759463[34]
  • "Competitive pricing: ASIM’s (American Society of Internal Medicine) alternative",  C.M. Hetsko, Internist 1992 Sept, PMID 10121363[35]
  • "Hepatic and renal dysfunction following nafcillin administration", Lestico M.R., Vick K.E., Hetsko C.M., Ann Pharmacother 1992 Jul-Aug, PMID 1504413[36]
  • "Risk of nephrotoxicity with combination vancomycin-aminoglycoside antibiotic therapy"  Pauly D.J., Musa D.M., Lestico M.R., Lindstrom M.J., Hetsko C.M., Phamarotherapy 1990, PMID 2287556[37]
  • "Immunoprophylaxis of experimental Mycoplasma pneumoniae disease: effect of aerosol particle size and site of deposition of M. pneumoniae on the pattern of respiratory infection, disease, and immunity in hamsters,  Jemski J.V., Hetsko C.M., Helms C.M., Grizzard M.B., Walker J.S., Chanock R.M., Infect Immun. 1997 Apr, PMID 873619[38]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ "House Staff". The Wisconsin Medical Alumni Magazine Quarterly. 36 (1): 34. 1996. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  2. ↑ "AMA House of Delegates Handbook" (PDF). American Medical Association. American Medical Association. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  3. ↑ "Publication of mortality data affects angioplasty rates". American Medical Association. 31 January 2005. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  4. ↑ "Madison doctor named to national agency". Milwaukee Business Journal. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  5. ↑ "Dr. Cyril M. Hetsko Weds Mary Wright". The New York Times: 46. 6 September 1970. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 "A new hand assumes the SMS helm". Wisconsin Medical Journal. 90 (5): 239. May 1991. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
  7. ↑ "Paid Notice: Deaths HETSKO, CYRIL F." The New York Times. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  8. ↑ "Paid Notice: Deaths HETSKO, JOSEPHINE STEIN". The New York Times. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  9. ↑ "Ridgewood H.S. Graduates Class of 194 Boys 200 Girls". The Record. Hackensack, New Jersey. 18 June 1960. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  10. ↑ "The Diamond of Psi Upsilon" (PDF). The Diamond of Psi Upsilon. XLVIII (4): 119. 1962. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  11. ↑ "The Chapter Speaks" (PDF). The Diamond of Psi Upsilon. XLIX (2): 27. 1963. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  12. ↑ "2014 Reunion". Amherst College. Amherst College. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  13. ↑ Rechcigl Jr., Miloslav (17 February 2021). American Men and Women in Medicine, Applied Sciences and Engineering with Roots in Czechoslovakia: Practitioners - Educators - Specialists - Researchers. AuthorHouse, 2021. ISBN 978-1665514972. Retrieved 28 December 2022. Search this book on
  14. ↑ "Cyril M. Hetsko 1942-2022". www.madison.com. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  15. ↑ "Rochester Review - Class Notes". University of Rochester. University of Rochester. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  16. ↑ "Immunoprophylaxis of Experimental 'Mycoplasma pneumoniae' Disease: Effect of Aerosol Particle Size and Site of Deposition of 'M. pneumoniae' on the Pattern of Respiratory Infection, Disease, and Immunity in Hamsters". Defense Technical Information Center. Defense Technical Information Center. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  17. ↑ "House of Delegates Handboook 2018 Annual Meeting". American Medical Association. American Medical Association. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  18. ↑ "ACP Treasurers". American College of Physicians. American College of Physicians. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  19. ↑ "WisMed mourns the loss of Cyril "Kim" Hetsko, MD". Wisconsin Medical Society. Wisconsin Medical Society. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  20. ↑ "2014 Reunion". Amherst College. Amherst College. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  21. ↑ "Medigram 2022". Wisconsin Medical Society. Wisconsin Medical Society. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  22. ↑ "Past Chapter Awardees". American College of Physicians. American College of Physicians. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  23. ↑ "Past Chapter Awardees". American College of Physicians. American College of Physicians. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  24. ↑ "Awards". Wisconsin Medical Society. Wisconsin Medical Society. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  25. ↑ "ACP Honors Outstanding Contributions to Medicine in Annual Convocation Ceremony". American College of Physicians. American College of PhysiciansACP Honors Outstanding Contributions to Medicine in Annual Convocation Ceremony. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  26. ↑ "Awards in business". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  27. ↑ "Cyril "Kim" Hetsko, MD Trainee Leadership Fund". Wisconsin Medical Journal. Wisconsin Medical Journal. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
  28. ↑ Hetsko, Cyril M. (September 2009). "AMA and Wisconsin Medical Society: together we are stronger". WMJ: Official Publication of the State Medical Society of Wisconsin. 108 (6): 327. ISSN 1098-1861. PMID 19813503.
  29. ↑ Hetsko, Cyril M. (October 2009). "Health system reform needed now". WMJ: Official Publication of the State Medical Society of Wisconsin. 108 (7): 379. ISSN 1098-1861. PMID 19886589.
  30. ↑ Hetsko, Cyril M. (December 2006). "AMA Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement committed to quality". WMJ: Official Publication of the State Medical Society of Wisconsin. 105 (8): 23. ISSN 1098-1861. PMID 17256701.
  31. ↑ Hetsko, C. M. (March 1992). "The status of the health care financing crisis in Wisconsin 'medicina nusquam non est' (medicine is universal): X". Wisconsin Medical Journal. 91 (3): 115–116. ISSN 0043-6542. PMID 1615694.
  32. ↑ Hetsko, C. M. (July 1992). "Health care reform's future: the road less traveled". Wisconsin Medical Journal. 91 (7): 435–437. ISSN 0043-6542. PMID 1509776.
  33. ↑ Hetsko, C. M. (April 1992). "Health care financing reform in Wisconsin: prescription for the future 'Medicina nusquam non est' (medicine is universal): XI". Wisconsin Medical Journal. 91 (4): 163–164. ISSN 0043-6542. PMID 1574908.
  34. ↑ Hetsko, C. M. (November 1991). "The challenge to health insurers. 'Medicina nusquam non est' (medicine is universal): VI". Wisconsin Medical Journal. 90 (11): 615–616. ISSN 0043-6542. PMID 1759463.
  35. ↑ Hetsko, C. M. (September 1992). "Competitive pricing: ASIM's (American Society of Internal Medicine) alternative". The Internist. 33 (8): 14–16. ISSN 0020-9546. PMID 10121363.
  36. ↑ Lestico, M. R.; Vick, K. E.; Hetsko, C. M. (July 1992). "Hepatic and renal dysfunction following nafcillin administration". The Annals of Pharmacotherapy. 26 (7–8): 985–990. doi:10.1177/106002809202600724. ISSN 1060-0280. PMID 1504413. Unknown parameter |s2cid= ignored (help)
  37. ↑ Pauly, D. J.; Musa, D. M.; Lestico, M. R.; Lindstrom, M. J.; Hetsko, C. M. (1990). "Risk of nephrotoxicity with combination vancomycin-aminoglycoside antibiotic therapy". Pharmacotherapy. 10 (6): 378–382. ISSN 0277-0008. PMID 2287556.
  38. ↑ Jemski, J. V.; Hetsko, C. M.; Helms, C. M.; Grizzard, M. B.; Walker, J. S.; Chanock, R. M. (April 1977). "Immunoprophylaxis of experimental Mycoplasma pneumoniae disease: effect of aerosol particle size and site of deposition of M. pneumoniae on the pattern of respiratory infection, disease, and immunity in hamsters". Infection and Immunity. 16 (1): 93–98. doi:10.1128/iai.16.1.93-98.1977. ISSN 0019-9567. PMC 421493. PMID 873619.

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