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In 1969, he returned from the Canal Zone to the United States upon receipt of a commission in the Public Health Service. He was assigned to research [[malaria]] at the [[National Institutes of Health]] office in Chamblee, [[Georgia]]. In 1972, he undertook a residency in preventive medicine at the public health hospital in [[San Francisco]]. This training required him to visit tropical centers in [[Africa]], [[India]], and Southeast Asia. Having completed the residency in 1974, he received the Master of Public Health degree in epidemiology from the University of California School of Public Health at Berkeley. In the summer of 1975, he came to the public health hospital in New Orleans to establish a tropical infectious disease research program. He subsequently traveled to the [[Marshall Islands]] as a consultant in a radiological health program. This assisgnment included a visit to Bikini Atoll. In 1980, with the technical assistance of his former wife, Danuta Gwozdziowski, and others, he discovered the cause of relapse in [[malaria]] as a hypnozoite. For this endeavor, he was nominated in 1989 for a [[Nobel Prize]] in Physiology and Medicine. When the public health hospital system closed in 1981, Dr. Krotoski began work at the National Hansen's Disease Center in Carville in Iberville Parish near Baton Rouge. He worked there until his retirement in 1995. He was the author or co-author of fifty-five scientific papers and a reviewer on several editorial boards for medical journals. He continued after retirement to lecture extensively on subjects related to tropical infectious diseases.<ref name=obit/>

In 1969, he returned from the Canal Zone to the United States upon receipt of a commission in the Public Health Service. He was assigned to research [[malaria]] at the [[National Institutes of Health]] office in Chamblee, [[Georgia]]. In 1972, he undertook a residency in preventive medicine at the public health hospital in [[San Francisco]]. This training required him to visit tropical centers in [[Africa]], [[India]], and Southeast Asia. Having completed the residency in 1974, he received the Master of Public Health degree in epidemiology from the University of California School of Public Health at Berkeley. In the summer of 1975, he came to the public health hospital in New Orleans to establish a tropical infectious disease research program. He subsequently traveled to the [[Marshall Islands]] as a consultant in a radiological health program. This assisgnment included a visit to Bikini Atoll. In 1980, with the technical assistance of his former wife, Danuta Gwozdziowski, and others, he discovered the cause of relapse in [[malaria]] as a hypnozoite. For this endeavor, he was nominated in 1989 for a [[Nobel Prize]] in Physiology and Medicine. When the public health hospital system closed in 1981, Dr. Krotoski began work at the National Hansen's Disease Center in Carville in Iberville Parish near Baton Rouge. He worked there until his retirement in 1995. He was the author or co-author of fifty-five scientific papers and a reviewer on several editorial boards for medical journals. He continued after retirement to lecture extensively on subjects related to tropical infectious diseases.<ref name=obit/>

Krotoski was active in statewide and local pro-life organizations. He was the co-founder of The Hippocratic Resource and an elected member for two terms to the Louisiana [[Republican Party|Republican]] State Central Committee, a 144-member body which governs the activities of the state party. He was a member of St. Jude the Apostle Parish in Baton Rouge and the [[Roman Catholicism|Roman Catholic]] men's order, the [[Knights of Columbus]].  His second wife, Judith Ann Goins Bell Krotoski (1945-2013), an occupational therapist who specialized in rehabilitation of the hand, was a native of [[Fort Worth]], [[Texas]]. The couple married in 1985;<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Krotoski+&GSfn=Judith&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=20&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=119586691&df=all&|title=Judith Ann Goins Bell Krotoski|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=January 6, 2016}}</ref> they were active in the Worldwide Marriage Encounter movement. Dr. Krotoski is survived by his daughter from the first marriage, Aleksandra Krystyna Theresa "Aleks" Krotoski, an American citizen, broadcaster, journalist, and Ph.D. social psychologist,about whom there is a [[Wikipedia]] biography. She was born in 1974 in [[Kuala Lumpur]], [[Malaysia]], and lives in the [[United Kingdom]] with her husband, Ben Hammersley, and daughter, Ripley (born 2014); a stepson, John Bell, IV; and his sister, Danuta (same first name as his first wife) K. Shaw, and her husband, Robert. A mass of Christian burial was recited at St. Jude the Apostle Catholic Church on January 8, 2016. He ise interred beside Judith at Resthaven Gardens of Memory in Baton Rouge.<ref name=obit/>

Krotoski was active in statewide and local pro-life organizations. He was the co-founder of The Hippocratic Resource and an elected member for two terms to the Louisiana [[Republican Party|Republican]] State Central Committee, a 144-member body which governs the activities of the state party. He was a member of St. Jude the Apostle Parish in Baton Rouge and the [[Roman Catholicism|Roman Catholic]] men's order, the [[Knights of Columbus]].  His second wife, Judith Ann Goins Bell Krotoski (1945-2013), an occupational therapist who specialized in rehabilitation of the hand, was a native of [[Fort Worth]], [[Texas]]. The couple married in 1985;<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Krotoski+&GSfn=Judith&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=20&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=119586691&df=all&|title=Judith Ann Goins Bell Krotoski|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=January 6, 2016}}</ref> they were active in the Worldwide Marriage Encounter movement. Dr. Krotoski is survived by his daughter from the first marriage, Aleksandra Krystyna Theresa "Aleks" Krotoski, an American citizen, broadcaster, journalist, and Ph.D. social psychologist, about whom there is a [[Wikipedia]] biography. She was born in 1974 in [[Kuala Lumpur]], [[Malaysia]], and lives in the [[United Kingdom]] with her husband, Ben Hammersley, and daughter, Ripley (born 2014); a stepson, John Bell, IV; and his sister, Danuta (same first name as his first wife) K. Shaw, and her husband, Robert. A mass of Christian burial was recited at St. Jude the Apostle Catholic Church on January 8, 2016. He is interred beside Judith at Resthaven Gardens of Memory in Baton Rouge.<ref name=obit/>

 

The Reverend Gene Mills, president of the Louisiana Family Forum in Baton Rouge, called Krotoski "a pro-life giant, who forever changed the life landscape in the Louisiana legislature, nationally, and internationally. ... He reminded us that words have meaning. He refused to refer to the practice of abortion with sanitized words. He consistently referred to 'abortion clinics' as 'abortion facilities' emphasizing the truth that 'clinics' are life affirming and life saving whereas 'abortion facilities' are not."<ref name=gmills/> Krotoski presented the pro-life perspective on a variety of bills and will be remembered and honored as a voice for "an ever-greater respect for all human life, from fertilization until natural death."<ref name=gmills>Gene Mills, "A Pro-Life Champion Goes Home!," Louisiana Family Forum, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, January 5, 2016.</ref>

The Reverend Gene Mills, president of the Louisiana Family Forum in Baton Rouge, called Krotoski "a pro-life giant, who forever changed the life landscape in the Louisiana legislature, nationally, and internationally. ... He reminded us that words have meaning. He refused to refer to the practice of abortion with sanitized words. He consistently referred to 'abortion clinics' as 'abortion facilities' emphasizing the truth that 'clinics' are life affirming and life saving whereas 'abortion facilities' are not."<ref name=gmills/> Krotoski presented the pro-life perspective on a variety of bills and will be remembered and honored as a voice for "an ever-greater respect for all human life, from fertilization until natural death."<ref name=gmills>Gene Mills, "A Pro-Life Champion Goes Home!," Louisiana Family Forum, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, January 5, 2016.</ref>