Condolences to the family and friends of Christopher Linstrom, M.D. who grew up in Greenbelt. He died suddenly on February 17, 2016 at the age of 65.
He had been the surgeon director of otology, neurotology and skull base surgery at The New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, New York City. He was professor of otolaryngology at the New York Medical College, Valhalla, N.Y., and had been a visiting professor in otolaryngology at The Medical University of Southern Africa, Pretoria, South Africa. He was a Fellow of the American Board of Otolaryngology, the Royal College of Surgeons (Canada) and the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Dr. Linstrom was born in Washington, D.C. and raised in Greenbelt. He finished degrees in philosophy and music at the University of Maryland. His medical studies and internship were taken at McGill University, Montréal. While in medical school, he founded and was the president of the McGill Faculty of Medicine Refugee Fund to benefit the Boat People from Vietnam.
He was the partner of Swee Khing Hong, son of Mary and John Linstrom, now both deceased; brother of Mary (David) Major, John (Karen) Linstrom, Katherine (Jeffrey Griffin) Linstrom, Nora (Stephen Burch) Linstrom, Joan (Kenneth Jones) Linstrom, Gerard ( Allison Lentz) Linstrom, Elizabeth ( Larry Burch) Linstrom, David (Stacy Humphrey) Linstrom and had many nieces and nephews, grandnieces and grandnephews.
Friends may call at the Borgwardt Funeral Home, 4400 Powder Mill Road, Beltsville from 2 to 4 p.m. and from 7 to 9 p.m. on Thursday, February 25. A mass of Christian burial will be held on Friday, February 26, 10 a.m. at St. Hugh of Grenoble Catholic Church of Greenbelt followed by internment at Fort Lincoln Cemetery in Bladensburg.
In lieu of flowers his family has requested donations be made in Christopher’s name to Franciscan Friars, Province of The Sacred Heart, P.O.Box 137, Loretto, PA15940 and/or McGill University Faculty of Medicine, 1010 Sherbrooke West –Suite 1210, Montreal, Canada H3A2R7 in the name of The Linstrom Family Fund to support the medical education of students from low income families.