Walter W. Whisler M.D. Ph.D.

Dear Jeanette,
I just learned of Walt's death, and I am deeply saddened. He was a major factor in my coming to Rush and a supporter of my clinical activities and research. He was one of the few neurosurgeons I have ever met who did not have an"ego problem." He dealt fairly with his consultants and trained his residents to do the same. He genuinely cared for his patients and was not aloof to them. All Illinois physicians owe him a debt of gratitude for his seminal work with ISMIE. I...

Walter was an accomplished Professor Emeritus of Neurosurgery and Biochemistry who took his work seriously. My heartfelt sympathies to the family.