Supporters of Dr. Casey Firlit, Ph.D, M.D.

Disabled children are once again slapped in the face. Dirty politics and inflated egos at St. Louis University Medical School extinguish the chance for a more productive life for hundreds of Spina Bifida, Myelomengiocele and Neurogenic bladder and bowel patients. A well known and respected Pediatric Urologist has been suspended from his position along with his surgical privileges. Who will speak for these children now that Dr. Firlit is gone? Will you? Let us know what you think! Please support Dr. Casey Firlit by using the list at the side of this page to contact those who can reinstate our doctor and our friend.

Wednesday, October 17, 2007

So you Ask, Who is doing these children's critical surgeries?

No one, That's who! Dr. Casey Firlit's clinics are being canceled, his scheduled cases are being canceled and children are being turned away. So, where does this leave the children who so desperately need him? Heard enough? See the list at the side of this blog? Contact these people now and ask them to Reinstate Dr. Casey Firlit!

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

This is an outrage. It is bad enough that so much of our world is riddled with injustice and often at the expense of our children. How ironic that there is so little regard for the care of ill and disabled children in a Catholic institution that boasts of lofty standards. Dismissal of Dr. Firlit leaves me completely dumbfounded. He is a St. Louis treasure - someone SLU should be proud to count among its faculty. I will write or call everyone on the list. I want my child to continue to get great care. Dr. Firlit has given my child hope of a brighter future. He is our doctor, he is my child's knight in shining armor. We want him to stay not only for us, but for the other families and children so greatly in need of his kind, gentle manner and talent.

Anonymous said...

His surgeries have been cancelled or the children come in thinking that Dr. Firlit will be there to help them, to increase their quality of life. Then someone finally tells them that Dr. Firlit is not going to be the one doing your child's surgery. What kind of communication is that. Children are precious gifts and I wouldn't let just ANYBODY do surgery on them. St. Louis University has mishandled this entire fiasco. It is time to reinstate Dr. Firlit.

Who is Dr. Casey Firlit?

He is currently professor and chief of pediatric urology, Dr. Firlit leads the Cardinal Glennon pediatric urology team which specializes in the surgical treatment and reconstruction of kidney, urinary tract and genital conditions and anomalies. He earned his undergraduate and doctorates in pharmacology and medicine at Loyola University, and after completing his urologic surgery residency, completed two urologic surgery fellowships in pediatric urology and pediatric renal transplantation at Northwestern University. Dr. Firlit is extensively published in a wide range of adult & pediatric urologic, neurourologic, transplantation and immunologic journals, and has served on the editorial and review board of the Journal of Urology. Dr. Firlit is an active member of the American College of Surgeons, American Urological Association, Society for Pediatric Urology, and American Association of Clinical Urologists.