Long Island Doctor Mourned After Tragic Fall From Camper

STONY BROOK, NY — The Stony Brook medicine community is mourning the loss of a doctor this week after state police say she fell out of a moving travel trailer while on a trip to upstate New York on Saturday.

In a statement, Stony Brook Medicine medicine officials said they were "deeply saddened to learn of the tragic loss" of Dr. Monika Woroniecka, "one of our esteemed colleagues."

Woroniecka was a physician at Stony Brook Children’s Hospital.

"Our thoughts are with her family, friends and colleagues affected by this heartbreaking event," the statement concluded.

Woroniecka, 58, and other family members were riding in a 2024 Airstream trailer at around 3 p.m. when her husband, Robert P. Woroniecka, 59, was driving a 2019 Ram pickup truck that was hauling the trailer, headed west on State Route 12E in Brownsville in Jefferson County, which is near Watertown, New York state police said.

Police said witnesses reported seeing the passenger door of the trailer swing open, helped by the wind, and watched as Woroniecka hung on to the door before falling out of the Airstream.

She struck her head on the shoulder of the roadway and was taken by Cape Vincent Ambulance to Samaritan Medical Center’s emergency room where was pronounced dead, according to police.

The investigation is continuing, police said.

Woronieka had many years of experience in the subspecialty of Allergy-Immunology, which she has been practicing since the early 2000s, according to her profile on Stony Brook Medicine's website.

She finished her Allergy-Immunology fellowship at Children’s Hospital of Buffalo, and has maintained her certification through membership in Allergy-Immunology professional organizations, "keeping up to date with research and discoveries in the fast-paced changing field of Allergy-Immunology" her profile states.

She treated children with food, environmental, medications, and bee stings allergies, as well as childhood asthma and skin conditions like eczema and hives, and had "extensive experience evaluating children for immunity disorders and frequent infections."

She enjoyed working with children and their families and developing a long-term relationship with families while guiding them through chronic allergy-related conditions, according to her profile.

Woroniecka’s native language was Polish, which drew Polish-speaking families from far distances, her profile states.

She liked to travel, hike, exercise, and spend time with family and friends, her profile stated.

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