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Byron E. Wilkenfeld, MD, PhD

                                Byron E. Wilkenfeld, MD, PhD,     was known for being a good listener, for his keen intellect
                            80, passed away peacefully in Austin   and insight, and for his kindness and sense of humor, all
                            on March 1, surrounded by the love    fully on display in his later years as a valued member of
                            of his life, wife Carla, and family. He   the TCMS Physician Health and Rehabilitation
                            was just a few weeks shy of his 81st   Committee, where his insights and compassion will be
                            birthday. Dr. Wilkenfeld was born     greatly missed. In that work, he had a knack for
                            in Goose Creek, Texas. He earned a    skillfully cutting to the heart of issues surrounding
          doctorate in pharmacology from The University of        recovery, always in a kind and lighthearted manner, asking
          Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, later his medical    questions that often gave our colleagues in recovery
          degree at The University of Texas Medical School at     (as well as committee members) something to ponder as
          Houston, then did his residency in psychiatry at Medical   they left the meeting.
          University of South Carolina.                               His wife Carla shared a message she received after
              Dr. Wilkenfeld was a respected and accomplished     his passing:
          psychiatrist and psychotherapist who believed                “Byron was an extraordinary person. He had this
          passionately in group therapy. He spent the last decade   constant joy in his heart and loved his life… My days
          in practice serving patients in Austin and Travis County,   were always just a bit better when I got to see him. He
          where he specialized in medication group therapy.       had that rare combination of brilliance and humility, and
          Before that, he served as a psychiatrist in Palestine,   I will miss him. He will live on in the hearts of all of us
          Texas; Pampa, Texas; Charlotte, NC; and Houston. He     as an example of the best of humankind.”
























































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