Dr. Leonardo "Leo" "Lenny" C. Viril

He is survived by Joan, his loving and devoted wife of 64 years. They have two children, a daughter, Junesse Farley who, with her husband James, lives in Colorado Springs, Colorado. A son, John, lives in Tucson, Arizona. The Farley’s have two children, Alexander and Sean. His only living sister, Nena Viril Ona, previously of San Francisco, California, moved back to her native town of Taysan following the death of her husband Philip.

Leo's visitation will begin at 9:30am, followed by Mass at 10:30am on Saturday, August 30, 2025 at St. Thomas More Catholic Church, 11822 Holmes Road, Kansas City, MO 64131.

Dr. Viril migrated to the U.S. in May of 1956, undertook one year of internship in New York followed by three years of Internal Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri. He then moved on and had three years of Fellowship in Gastroenterology at Kansas University. From there he went into private practice and retired at the age of 76.

After retirement, he and his wife became snowbirds, spending fall and winter in Tucson and spring and summer in Kansas City.

Through the generosity of Charlotte & Richard Orear, Dr. Viril was instrumental in the creation, in 1988 of the “Orear Post Graduate Institute” that presents an annual course in Kansas City, “Recent Advances in Medicine.” Their latest annual conference was June 26-27, 2025.

BIODATA:

1952 - Graduated from University of Santo Tomas, Manila, Philippines with Medical Degree (last year included an internship)

1952-1956 - Private practice in the Philippines

1956-1957 - 2nd internship (foreign medical graduate requirement) at St. Mary’s Hospital in Troy, NY

1957-1958 - Internal Medicine Residency at Missouri Pacific Hospital, St. Louis, MO

1958-1960 - Chief Resident in Internal Medicine at DePaul Hospital in Bridgeton, MO

10-17-1961 - Passed ECFMG for Foreign Medical Graduates

1960-1963 - Fellow in Gastroenterology, University of Kansas in Kansas City, KS

5-7-1965 - Naturalized as an American citizen

1963-1966 - Private practice in Plainview, TX

1966-2000 - Private practice in Kansas City, MO

POSTS:

Director, 1985-2004, then Emeritus status, of Orear Post Graduate Institute at Baptist Medical Center, later part of Health Midwest (Foundation now under ACRUX at 6675 Holmes Road, Kansas City, MO)

Prepared and hosted clinical pathological conferences in 1980s and 1990s, every two months, at Baptist Medical Center (now Health Midwest) in Kansas City, MO

Board Member, Foundation Board at Baptist Medical Center (now Health Midwest) in Kansas City, MO, 1992-2001

President of Medical Staff at Baptist Medical Center (now Health Midwest) in Kansas City, MO, Oct 1988 - Oct 1989

Chairman, Department of Gastroenterology at Baptist Medical Center (now Health Midwest) in Kansas City, MO, 1966-1989

Chairman, Department of Medicine at Baptist Medical Center (now Health Midwest) in Kansas City, MO, 1984

MEMBERSHIPS:

Missouri Medical Society, now Emeritus

Metro Medical Society of Greater Kansas City, now Emeritus

American Society of Internal Medicine, now Emeritus

Philippine Medical Society of Greater Kansas City

Academy for International Medical Studies for 1993

Honorary Board of Governors, Baptist Medical Center (now Health Midwest)

PUBLICATIONS:

Fecal Blood Loss-Detection by the Rachromate Method, by Leonardo C. Viril, M.D. and A.P. Klotz, M.D.; Journal of the Kansas Medical Society, pp 483-486, Nov. 1963

Clinical Application of Urinary Amylase Test, by Leonardo C. Viril, M.D. and A.P. Klotz, M.D.; Archives of Internal Medicine, pp 612-615, Oct. 1963

A Controlled Study of Outpatient Gastric Freezing by Manuel C. Lubos, M.D., Leonard C. Viril, M.D. and A.P. Klotz, M.D.; American Journal of Digestive Diseases, pp. 266-271, April, 1966

AWARDS:

Outstanding Physician of the Year at Baptist Medical Center, 1984

Doctor Recognition Award, Philippine Medical Society of Greater Kansas City, 1992

Proclamation declaring June 27, 2019 as Dr. Leonardo C. Viril Day in Kansas City, MO, by Mayor Sylvester “Sly” James, Jr.