[4] In 2002 he was made a knight, when The Governor General, Adrienne Clarkson, on the recommendation of the Grand Prior, appointed him to the Most Venerable Order of St. John of Jerusalem.
[5] Kwitko also served on the Advisory Committee on the Excimer Laser for Health and Welfare Canada.
Kwitko was author of six books, including Glaucoma in Infants and Children;[8] Pseudophakia: Current Trends and Concepts;[9] Surgery of the Infant Eye;[10] Geriatric Ophthalmology;[11] Eyes[2] and The History of Modern Cataract Surgery.
He was Senior Lecturer at the American Academy of Ophthalmology, Secretary for the International College of Surgeons, President of the International Council on cataract and refractive surgery, served on the board of 10 ophthalmologic journals, Board of Directors of the National Association for Visually Handicapped and Past president of the Montreal Chapter of Canadian Associates of Ben Gurion University of the Negev.
As Executive Secretary of the International Society of Geographic Ophthalmology, Kwitko organized scientific meetings in Yellowknife, Cadiz, Tunis, Sardinia and Rio de Janeiro.