Oncologist Christopher Desch, MD was killed Sunday December 10, 2006 when the single-engine airplane he was piloting lost power and crashed into trees near the Charlottesville-Albemarle airport, Virginia. He was flying a 30-year old Piper Lance owned by the Wingnuts Flying Club of which he was a three year member. He held a pilot’s license with instrument rating.
Dr Desch was highly regarded in the cancer care community both locally and nationally. "He was an absolutely wonderful physician … very compassionate and skilled … very concerned about the effective delivery of cancer care," said Dr Gordon D Ginder, director of Massey Cancer Center. (Richmond Times Dispatch).
His leadership and guidance gave heart to the Rappahannock General Hospital Cancer Clinic. His national reputation brought notice to our petition to MD Anderson to review the diagnosis and consider my case for treatment there. In the short time we worked with him we came to appreciate his attentive, caring manner and the respect with which he listened to what we had to say.
We mourn his loss for the sake of all whose lives he touched.
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