A list of people notable in the field of

pathology Pathology is the study of the causes and effects of disease or injury. The word ''pathology'' also refers to the study of disease in general, incorporating a wide range of biology research fields and medical practices. However, when used in ...

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* John Abercrombie, Scottish physician, neuropathologist and philosopher. *

Maude Abbott Maude Elizabeth Seymour Abbott (March 18, 1868Sources disagree on the date of Abbott's birth. The Canadian Encyclopedia'Maude Abbott Medical Museum and the ' are among the sources that support a birthdate of 18 March 1868. However, articles in the ...

(1869–1940), Canadian pathologist, one of the earliest women graduated in medicine, expert in congenital heart diseases. * Emile Achard (1860–1944), French internist and pathologist. *

A. Bernard Ackerman Albert Bernard Ackerman, M.D. (November 22, 1936 – December 5, 2008) was an American dermatologist and pathologist who was "a founding figure in the field of dermatopathology." Early life and education Ackerman was born on November 22, 1936, o ...

(1936–2008), American dermatopathologist & dermatologist *

Lauren Ackerman Lauren Vedder Ackerman (March 12, 1905 – July 27, 1993) was an American physician and pathologist, who championed the subspecialty of surgical pathology in the mid-20th century. Early life Ackerman was born in March 1905 in Auburn, New York ...

(1905–1993), American pathologist and one of the fathers of

Surgical pathology Surgical pathology is the most significant and time-consuming area of practice for most anatomical pathologists. Surgical pathology involves gross and microscopic examination of surgical specimens, as well as biopsies submitted by surgeons and ...

. * Theodor Ackermann (1825–1896), German pathologist. *

Albert Wojciech Adamkiewicz Albert Wojciech Adamkiewicz (; 11 August 1850 – 31 October 1921) was a Polish pathologist born in Żerków.Artery of Adamkiewicz). *

W. Stewart Alexander W. may refer to: * SoHo (Australian TV channel) (previously W.), an Australian pay television channel * ''W.'' (film), a 2008 American biographical drama film based on the life of George W. Bush * "W.", the fifth track from Codeine's 1992 EP ''Bar ...

, contemporary British pathologist (see

Alexander disease Alexander disease is a very rare autosomal dominant leukodystrophy, which are neurological conditions caused by anomalies in the myelin which protects nerve fibers in the brain. The most common type is the infantile form that usually begins duri ...

). * Dame Ingrid Allen, Northern Irish neuropathologist. * Friedrich August von Ammon (1799–1861), German ophthalmologist and pathologist. *

Gabriel Andral Gabriel Andral (6 November 1797 – 13 February 1876) was a distinguished French pathologist and a professor at the University of Paris. In 1828 Andral was appointed professor of hygiene, and in 1839 succeeded François-Joseph-Victor Broussais (17 ...

(1797–1876) French pathologist. *

Nikolay Anichkov Nikolay Nikolayevich Anichkov (russian: Никола́й Никола́евич Ани́чков, often spelled ''Anitschkow'' in German literature) (1885, Saint Petersburg – 1964) was a prominent pathologist of Russian heritage. Anichkov first ...

(1885–1964), Russian pathologist. *

Julius Arnold Julius Arnold (19 August 1835 – 3 February 1915) was a German pathologist born in Zurich. He was the son of anatomist Friedrich Arnold (1803–1890). He studied medicine at the Universities of Heidelberg, Prague, Vienna and Berlin, where he wa ...

(1835–1915), German pathologist. *

Ludwig Aschoff Karl Albert Ludwig Aschoff (10 January 1866 – 24 June 1942) was a German physician and pathologist. He is considered to be one of the most influential pathologists of the early 20th century and is regarded as the most important German patholog ...

(1866–1942), German pathologist, discoverer of the

Aschoff body In medicine, Aschoff bodies are nodules found in the hearts of individuals with rheumatic fever. They result from inflammation in the heart muscle and are characteristic of rheumatic heart disease. These nodules were discovered independently by Lu ...

and the

Atrioventricular node The atrioventricular node or AV node electrically connects the heart's atria and ventricles to coordinate beating in the top of the heart; it is part of the electrical conduction system of the heart. The AV node lies at the lower back section of t ...

in the heart. *

Max Askanazy Max Askanazy (24 February 1865, Stallupönen, East Prussia – 23 October 1940, Geneva, Switzerland) was a German-Swiss pathologist. In 1890 he received his medical doctorate from the University of Königsberg, where he worked for several years ...

(1865–1940), German pathologist (see Askanazy cell). * E. Ask-Upmark, 20th-century Swedish pathologist (see Ask-Upmark kidney).

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Heinrich von Bamberger Heinrich von Bamberger (27 December 1822, Zwornarka, Kingdom of Bohemia – 9 November 1888, Vienna) was an Austrian pathologist. He was father to internist Eugen von Bamberger (1858-1921). Biography In 1847 he earned his doctorate from the Un ...

(1822–1888), Austrian pathologist from Prague. *

Paul Clemens von Baumgarten Paul Clemens von Baumgarten (28 August 1848, in Dresden – 1928 in Tübingen) was a German pathologist. Biography Paul Clemens was the son of a physician. He studied under Christian Wilhelm Braune (1831–1892) and Ernst Leberecht Wagner (1829 ...

(1848–1928), German pathologist. *

John Bruce Beckwith John Bruce Beckwith (born September 18, 1933) is an American pediatric pathologist known for helping to identify Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome, which is partly named after him. He is also known for his role as reference pathologist for the National ...

(born 1933), American pathologist (see

Beckwith–Wiedemann syndrome Beckwith–Wiedemann syndrome (; abbreviated BWS) is an overgrowth disorder usually present at birth, characterized by an increased risk of childhood cancer and certain congenital features. A minority (97th centile) * Macroglossia * Hemihyperplas ...

). *

Franz Best Franz may refer to: People * Franz (given name) * Franz (surname) Places * Franz (crater), a lunar crater * Franz, Ontario, a railway junction and unorganized town in Canada * Franz Lake, in the state of Washington, United States – see Fran ...

(1878–1920), German pathologist (see Best's disease). *

Xavier Bichat Marie François Xavier Bichat (; ; 14 November 1771 – 22 July 1802) was a French anatomist and pathologist, known as the father of modern histology. Although he worked without a microscope, Bichat distinguished 21 types of elementary tissues ...

(1771–1802), French anatomist and physiologist, remembered as father of modern histology and pathology. *

Max Bielschowsky Max Israel Bielschowsky (20 February 1869 – 15 August 1940) was a German neuropathologist born in Breslau. After receiving his medical doctorate from the University of Munich in 1893, he worked with Ludwig Edinger (1855–1918) at the ...

(1869–1940), German neuropathologist & developer of histochemical stains. *

Edmund Biernacki Edmund Faustyn Biernacki (19 December 1866 in Opoczno – 29 December 1911 in Lwów) was a Polish physician. Biernacki was the first one to note a relationship between the sedimentation rate of red blood cells in a human blood sample and th ...

(1866–1912), Polish pathologist (see Biernacki Reaction). *

Felix Victor Birch-Hirschfeld Felix Victor Birch-Hirschfeld (2 May 1842 – 19 November 1899) was a German pathologist who was a native of Kluvensieck bei Rendsburg. Biography In 1867 he received his medical doctorate from the University of Leipzig, where he studied under C ...

(1842–1899), German pathologist. * Giulio Bizzozero (1846–1901), Italian doctor and medical researcher. *

Otto Bollinger Otto Bollinger (2 April 1843 – 13 August 1909) was a German pathologist born in Altenkirchen, Kusel, Rhineland-Palatinate. In 1868, he obtained his doctorate in Berlin and two years later received his habilitation. He taught classes at the ...

(1843–1909), German pathologist. * Charles-Joseph Bouchard (1837–1915), French pathologist. * William Boyd (1885–1979), Scottish-Canadian physician, pathologist,

academic An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of secondary education, secondary or tertiary education, tertiary higher education, higher learning (and generally also research or honorary membershi ...

and author of several 20th-century textbooks on general and surgical pathology. * Erich Franz Eugen Bracht (1882–1969), German pathologist and gynaecologist. * Fritz Brenner (1877–1969), German pathologist (see

Brenner tumor Brenner tumors are an uncommon subtype of the surface epithelial-stromal tumor group of ovarian neoplasms. The majority are benign, but some can be malignant. They are most frequently found incidentally on pelvic examination or at laparotomy. Br ...

). * Alexander Breslow (1928–1980), American pathologist (see

Breslow's depth In medicine, Breslow's depth was used as a prognostic factor in melanoma of the skin. It is a description of how deeply tumor cells have invaded. Currently, the standard Breslow's depth has been replaced by the AJCC depth, in the AJCC staging sys ...

). * Richard Bright (1789–1858), British internist and pathologist (see

Bright's disease Bright's disease is a historical classification of kidney diseases that are described in modern medicine as acute or chronic nephritis. It was characterized by swelling and the presence of albumin in the urine, and was frequently accompanied b ...

). *

Ludwig von Buhl Ludwig von Buhl (4 January 1816 – 30 July 1880) was a German pathologist born in Munich. He studied medicine in Munich and Vienna, and in 1847 was habilitated as a lecturer of pathological anatomy and microscopy at the University of Munich. In 18 ...

(1816–1880), German pathologist.

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Santiago Ramón y Cajal Santiago Ramón y Cajal (; 1 May 1852 – 17 October 1934) was a Spanish neuroscientist, pathologist, and histologist specializing in neuroanatomy and the central nervous system. He and Camillo Golgi received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Med ...

(1852–1934), Spanish pathologist and

Nobel laureate The Nobel Prizes ( sv, Nobelpriset, no, Nobelprisen) are awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, the Swedish Academy, the Karolinska Institutet, and the Norwegian Nobel Committee to individuals and organizations who make out ...

in Physiology or Medicine 1906 *

Francis Camps Francis Edward Camps, FRCP, FRCPath (28 June 1905 – 8 July 1972) was an English pathologist notable for his work on the cases of serial killer John Christie and suspected serial killer John Bodkin Adams. Early life and training Camps was bo ...

(1905–1972), English forensic pathologist. * Myrtelle Canavan (1879–1953), American physician, medical researcher, one of the first female pathologists (see

Canavan disease Canavan disease, or Canavan-Van Bogaert-Bertrand disease, is a rare and fatal autosomal recessive degenerative disease that causes progressive damage to nerve cells and loss of white matter in the brain. It is one of the most common degenerative ...

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Karl Friedrich Canstatt Karl Friedrich Canstatt (11 July 1807, in Regensburg – 10 March 1850, in Erlangen) was a German physician and medical author. Biography He received his education at the University of Vienna, followed by studies under Johann Lukas Schönlein at ...

(1807–1850), German physician, pathologist and medical author. *

Marie Cassidy Marie Therese Jane Cassidy (born 1955) is a pathologist and academic. From 2004 to 2018 she was State Pathologist of Ireland, the first woman to hold the position. She is Professor of Forensic Medicine at the Royal College of Surgeons of Irela ...

(born 1959), Irish forensic pathologist. *

Benjamin Castleman Benjamin Castleman (May 17, 1906, Everett, Massachusetts – June 29, 1982, Boston, Massachusetts) was an American physician and pathologist best known for describing Castleman's disease (angiofollicular lymphoid hyperplasia), which is eponymous ...

(1906–1982), American surgical pathologist and eponymist of Castleman's disease. *

Hans Chiari Hans Chiari (4 September 1851 − 6 May 1916) was an Austrian pathologist, who was a native of Vienna. He was the son of gynecologist Johann Baptist Chiari (1817–1854), and brother to rhinolaryngologist Ottokar Chiari (1853–1918). Biograp ...

(1851–1916), Austrian pathologist (see

Arnold–Chiari malformation Chiari malformation (CM) is a structural defect in the cerebellum, characterized by a downward displacement of one or both cerebellar tonsils through the foramen magnum (the opening at the base of the skull). CMs can cause headaches, difficulty ...

Budd–Chiari syndrome Budd–Chiari syndrome is a very rare condition, affecting one in a million adults. The condition is caused by occlusion of the hepatic veins that drain the liver. It presents with the classical triad of abdominal pain, ascites, and liver enlarge ...

). * Jacob Churg (1910–2005), Russian-born American pathologist (see

Churg–Strauss syndrome Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA), formerly known as allergic granulomatosis, is an extremely rare autoimmune condition that causes inflammation of small and medium-sized blood vessels (vasculitis) in persons with a history of ...

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Giuseppe Vincenzo Ciaccio Giuseppe Vincenzo Ciaccio (15 October 1824 in Catanzaro – 15 June 1901 in Bologna) was an Italian anatomist and histologist. His name is associated with accessory lacrimal glands known as "Ciaccio's glands". In 1845, he earned his degree in ...

(1824–1901), Italian anatomist and histologist. *

Julius Friedrich Cohnheim Julius Friedrich Cohnheim (20 July 1839 – 15 August 1884) was a German-Jewish pathologist. Biography Cohnheim was born at Demmin, Pomerania. He studied at the universities of Würzburg, Marburg, Greifswald, and Berlin, receiving his doctoral deg ...

(1839–1884), German pathologist. *

Albert Coons Albert Hewett Coons (June 28, 1912 – September 30, 1978) was an American physician, pathologist, and immunologist. He was the first person to conceptualize and develop immunofluorescent techniques for labeling antibodies in the early 1940 ...

(1912–1978), American physician, immunologist, & immunopathologist. *

Astley Cooper Sir Astley Paston Cooper, 1st Baronet (23 August 176812 February 1841) was a British surgeon and anatomist, who made contributions to otology, vascular surgery, the anatomy and pathology of the mammary glands and testicles, and the pathology ...

(1768–1841), English surgeon, anatomist & pathologist. *

Victor André Cornil Victor André Cornil, also André-Victor Cornil (17 June 1837 – 13 April 1908) was a French pathologist, histologist and politician born in Cusset, Allier. Biography He studied medicine in Paris, earning his doctorate in 1864. In 18 ...

(1837–1908), French pathologist and histologist. *

Dominic Corrigan Sir Dominic John Corrigan, 1st Baronet (2 December 1802 – 1 February 1880), was an Irish physician, known for his original observations in heart disease. The abnormal "collapsing" pulse of aortic valve insufficiency is named Corrigan's pulse ...

(1802–1880), Irish physician & pathologist (see Corrigan's pulse). * Ramzi Cotran, American pathologist *

William Thomas Councilman William Thomas Councilman (January 1, 1854 in Pikesville, Maryland – May 26, 1933 in York Village, Maine) was an American pathologist. He is remembered for his contribution in a monograph on amoebic dysentery (1891) which described detailed obs ...

(1854–1933), American pathologist (see

Councilman body In pathology, a Councilman body, also known as a Councilman hyaline body or apoptotic body, is an eosinophilic globule of apoptotic hepatocyte cell fragments. Ultimately, the fragments are taken up by macrophages or adjacent parenchymal cells.Ivan ...

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Jean Cruveilhier Jean Cruveilhier (; 9 February 1791 – 7 March 1874) was a French anatomist and pathologist. Academic career Cruveilhier was born in Limoges, France. As a student in Limoges, he planned to enter the priesthood. He later developed an inte ...

(1791–1874), French anatomist and pathologist (see Cruveilhier's sign, Cruveilhier–Baumgarten disease).

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* David C. Dahlin (1917–2003) American surgical & orthopedic pathologist. *

Jean Baptiste Hippolyte Dance Jean Baptiste Hippolyte Dance (22 February 1797, in Saint-Pal-de-Chalencon – 18 April 1832, Paris) was a French pathologist remembered for Dance's sign. He was the son of a physician, and studied medicine in Paris, gaining his M.D. in 1826. ...

(1797–1832) French pathologist. * Ferdinand-Jean Darier (1856–1938), French pathologist and dermatologist. * James R. Dawson (1908–1986), American pathologist (see Dawson encephalitis). *

Francis Delafield Francis Delafield (August 3, 1841 – July 17, 1915)

(1841–1915), American physician & pathologist. *

Franz Dittrich Franz Dittrich (16 October 1815 – 29 August 1859) was an Austrian pathologist born in Nixdorf, Bohemia (today Mikulášovice, Czech Republic). He studied medicine at the University of Prague under Joseph Hyrtl (1810-1894), receiving his doct ...

(1815–1859), Austrian-Bohemian-German pathologist. * Karl Gottfried Paul Döhle (1855–1928), German pathologist & histologist (see

Döhle bodies Döhle bodies are light blue-gray, oval, basophilic, leukocyte inclusions located in the peripheral cytoplasm of neutrophils. They measure 1-3 μm in diameter. Not much is known about their formation, but they are thought to be remnants of th ...

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William L. Donohue William is a male given name of Germanic origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of Engl ...

(1906–1985), Canadian pathologist (see

Donohue syndrome Donohue syndrome (also known as leprechaunism) is an extremely rare and severe genetic disorder. ''Leprechaunism'' derives its name from the hallmark elvish features (small stature, bulging eyes, thick lips, and upturned nostrils) exhibited by the ...

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Georges Dreyer Georges Dreyer ForMemRS (4 July 1873 – 17 August 1934) was a Danish pathologist. Biography Dreyer was born in Shanghai, where his father was stationed as an officer with the Royal Danish Navy. In 1900 he earned his medical degree from the Unive ...

(1873–1934), Danish pathologist, professor of pathology at

Oxford University Oxford () is a city in England. It is the county town and only city of Oxfordshire. In 2020, its population was estimated at 151,584. It is north-west of London, south-east of Birmingham and north-east of Bristol. The city is home to the ...

. * I. N. Dubin (born 1913), American pathologist (see

Dubin–Johnson syndrome Dubin–Johnson syndrome is a rare, autosomal recessive, benign disorder that causes an isolated increase of conjugated bilirubin in the serum. Classically, the condition causes a black liver due to the deposition of a pigment similar to melanin. ...

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Cuthbert Dukes Cuthbert Esquire Dukes OBE (24 July 1890 – 3 February 1977) was an English physician, pathologist and author, for whom the Dukes classification for colorectal cancer is named. Career Dukes was educated at Caterham School. He graduated with ...

(1890–1977), English physician and pathologist for whom the

Dukes classification Colon cancer staging is an estimate of the amount of penetration of a particular cancer. It is performed for diagnostic and research purposes, and to determine the best method of treatment. The systems for staging colorectal cancers depend on the ex ...

for colorectal cancer is named. *

Guillaume Dupuytren Baron Guillaume Dupuytren (; 5 October 1777 – 8 February 1835) was a French anatomist and military surgeon. Although he gained much esteem for treating Napoleon Bonaparte's hemorrhoids, he is best known today for his description of Dupuytren's ...

(1777–1835), French military surgeon & surgical pathologist.

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Karl Joseph Eberth Karl Joseph Eberth (21 September 1835 – 2 December 1926) was a German pathologist and bacteriologist who was a native of Würzburg. Biography In 1859 he earned his doctorate at the University of Würzburg, and became an assistant to anatomis ...

(1835–1926), German pathologist and bacteriologist. * William E. Ehrich (1900–1967), German-American pathologist, professor of pathology at Philadelphia General Hospital and the Graduate School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania. *

Paul Ehrlich Paul Ehrlich (; 14 March 1854 – 20 August 1915) was a Nobel Prize-winning German physician and scientist who worked in the fields of hematology, immunology, and antimicrobial chemotherapy. Among his foremost achievements were finding a cure ...

(1854–1915), German physician, researcher and pathologist,

, one of the founders of immunology & laboratory medicine. *

Jakob Erdheim Jakob Erdheim (24 May 1874, Boryslav, Galicia – 18 April 1937, Vienna) was an Austrian pathologist.Erdheim–Chester disease Erdheim–Chester disease (ECD) is an extremely rare disease characterized by the abnormal multiplication of a specific type of white blood cells called histiocytes, or tissue macrophages (technically, this disease is termed a non- Langerhans-cel ...

). * James Ewing (1866–1943), American surgical pathologist, first professor of pathology at

Cornell University Cornell University is a private statutory land-grant research university based in Ithaca, New York. It is a member of the Ivy League. Founded in 1865 by Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White, Cornell was founded with the intention to teach an ...

, eponymist of

Ewing's sarcoma Ewing sarcoma is a type of cancer that forms in bone or soft tissue. Symptoms may include swelling and pain at the site of the tumor, fever, and a bone fracture. The most common areas where it begins are the legs, pelvis, and chest wall. In about ...

, one of the founders of AACR.

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* Robert (Robin) Sanno Fåhræus (1888–1968), Swedish pathologist (see

Fåhræus effect The Fåhræus effect is the decrease in average concentration of red blood cells in human blood as the diameter of the glass tube in which it is flowing decreases. In other words, in blood vessels with diameters less than 500 micrometers, the he ...

and

Fåhræus–Lindqvist effect The Fåhraeus–Lindqvist effect describes how the viscosity of a fluid, in this case blood, changes with the diameter of the tube it travels through. In particular there is a 'decrease in viscosity as the tube's diameter ''decreases (although on ...

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Sidney Farber Sidney Farber (September 30, 1903 – March 30, 1973) was an American pediatric pathologist. He is regarded as the father of modern chemotherapy for his work using folic acid antagonists to combat leukemia, which led to the development of other c ...

(1903–1973), American pediatric pathologist, regarded as the father of modern

chemotherapy Chemotherapy (often abbreviated to chemo and sometimes CTX or CTx) is a type of cancer treatment that uses one or more anti-cancer drugs (chemotherapeutic agents or alkylating agents) as part of a standardized chemotherapy regimen. Chemotherap ...

, and after whom the

Dana–Farber Cancer Institute Dana–Farber Cancer Institute is a comprehensive cancer treatment and research institution in Boston, Massachusetts. Dana–Farber is the founding member of Dana–Farber/Harvard Cancer Center, Harvard's Comprehensive Cancer Center designated b ...

is named. * Martin J. Fettman (born 1956), American veterinarian, veterinary pathologist, and astronaut * Johannes Andreas Grib Fibiger (1867–1928), Danish physician & pathologist,

in Physiology or Medicine 1926. *

Paul Flechsig Paul Emil Flechsig (29 June 1847, Zwickau, Kingdom of Saxony – 22 July 1929, Leipzig) was a German neuroanatomist, psychiatrist and neuropathologist. He is mainly remembered today for his research of myelinogenesis. Biography Born in Zwickau, h ...

(1847–1929), German neuroanatomist, psychiatrist and neuropathologist. * Christopher D. M. Fletcher, Anglo-American pathologist * Friedrich Theodor von Frerichs (1819–1885), German pathologist. *

Nikolaus Friedreich Nikolaus Friedreich (1 July 1825 in Würzburg – 6 July 1882 in Heidelberg) was a German pathologist and neurologist, and a third generation physician in the Friedreich family. His father was psychiatrist Johann Baptist Friedreich (1796–1862) ...

(1825–1882), German pathologist and neurologist. *

August von Froriep August von Froriep (10 September 1849 – 11 October 1917) was a German anatomist born in Weimar. He studied medicine in Leipzig Leipzig ( , ; Upper Saxon: ) is the most populous city in the German state of Saxony. Leipzig's population of ...

(1849–1917), German anatomist. *

Robert Froriep Robert Friedrich Froriep (2 February 1804 – 15 June 1861) was a German anatomist who was a native of Jena. He was the father of anatomist August von Froriep (1849–1917). He studied medicine in Bonn, and later became prosector and conservator ...

(1804–1861), German anatomist and medical publisher.

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Carl Jakob Adolf Christian Gerhardt Carl Jakob Adolf Christian Gerhardt (there are several variations regarding the arrangement of his 3 middle names; 5 May 1833 – 22 July 1902) was a German internist born in Speyer. Biography He studied medicine at the University of Wür ...

(1833–1902), German pathologist *

Joseph von Gerlach Joseph von Gerlach (3 April 1820 – 17 December 1896) was a German professor of anatomy at the University of Erlangen. He was a native of Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate. Gerlach was a pioneer of histological staining and anatomical micrography. I ...

(1820–1896), German professor of anatomy, pioneer of

histological staining Staining is a technique used to enhance contrast in samples, generally at the microscopic level. Stains and dyes are frequently used in histology (microscopic study of biological tissues), in cytology (microscopic study of cells), and in the m ...

and

micrography Micrography (from Greek, literally small-writing – "Μικρογραφία"), also called microcalligraphy, is a Jewish form of calligrams developed in the 9th century, with parallels in Christianity and Islam,Gustav Giemsa Gustav Giemsa (; November 20, 1867 – June 10, 1948) was a German chemist and bacteriologist who was a native of Medar-Blechhammer (now part of the city Kędzierzyn-Koźle). He is remembered for creating a dye solution commonly known as "Giemsa ...

(1867–1948), German physician, pathologist, & histochemist (see

Giemsa stain Giemsa stain (), named after German chemist and bacteriologist Gustav Giemsa, is a nucleic acid stain used in cytogenetics and for the histopathological diagnosis of malaria and other parasites. Uses It is specific for the phosphate groups of ...

) * Anthony Gill (born 1972), Australian pathologist and medical researcher *

Camillo Golgi Camillo Golgi (; 7 July 184321 January 1926) was an Italian biologist and pathologist known for his works on the central nervous system. He studied medicine at the University of Pavia (where he later spent most of his professional career) betwee ...

(1843–1926), Italian neuropathologist &

in Physiology or Medicine, 1906 *

Ernest Goodpasture Ernest William Goodpasture (October 17, 1886 – September 20, 1960) was an American pathologist and physician. Goodpasture advanced the scientific understanding of the pathogenesis of infectious diseases, parasitism, and a variety of ricketts ...

(1886–1960), American pathologist, eponymist of

Goodpasture's syndrome Goodpasture syndrome (GPS), also known as anti–glomerular basement membrane disease, is a rare autoimmune disease in which antibodies attack the basement membrane in lungs and kidneys, leading to bleeding from the lungs, glomerulonephritis, ...

Austin Gresham Geoffrey Austin Gresham (1 November 1924–24 July 2009) was a British pathologist and writer of ''A Colour Atlas of Forensic Pathology'', a seminal book on the subject. He was educated at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge and King's Colle ...

(1925–2009), English forensic pathologist

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Hakaru Hashimoto was a Japanese doctor and medical scientist of the Meiji period, Meiji and Taishō periods. He is best known for publishing the first description of the disease that was later named Hashimoto's thyroiditis. Biography Hashimoto was born on 5 May ...

(1881–1934), Japanese medical scientist. *

Ludvig Hektoen Ludvig Hektoen (July 2, 1863 – July 5, 1951) was an American pathologist known for his work in the fields of pathology, microbiology and immunology. Hektoen was appointed to the National Academy of Sciences in 1918, and served as president of ...

(1863–1951), American researcher on pathology of infectious diseases. * Arnold Ludwig Gotthilf Heller (1840–1913), German anatomist and pathologist. *

Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle (; 9 July 1809 – 13 May 1885) was a German physician, pathologist, and anatomist. He is credited with the discovery of the loop of Henle in the kidney. His essay, "On Miasma and Contagia," was an early argument for ...

(1809–1885), German physician, pathologist and anatomist. *

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(1824–1881), Austrian anatomist & pathologist. *

Thomas Hodgkin Thomas Hodgkin RMS (17 August 1798 – 5 April 1866) was a British physician, considered one of the most prominent pathologists of his time and a pioneer in preventive medicine. He is now best known for the first account of Hodgkin's disease, ...

(1798–1866), English physician & pathologist; eponymist of

Hodgkin's disease Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) is a type of lymphoma, in which cancer originates from a specific type of white blood cell called lymphocytes, where multinucleated Reed–Sternberg cells (RS cells) are present in the patient's lymph nodes. The condition wa ...

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Friedrich Albin Hoffmann Friedrich Albin Hoffmann (13 November 1843, Ruhrort – 13 November 1924, Leipzig) was a German internist. He studied medicine in Würzburg, Tübingen and Berlin, and after graduation (1868), he became an assistant to Friedrich Theodor von Fr ...

(1843–1924), German internist and pathologist. * Jason Hornick, American pathologist and researcher * Karl Hürthle (1860–1945), German physiologist and histologist. * Helen Hart (1900–1971), American plant pathologist

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Elaine Jaffe Elaine Sarkin Jaffe (born in August 1943) is a senior National Cancer Institute (NCI) investigator at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) most well known for her contribution to hematopathology. She completed her medical education at Cornell ...

, American pathologist, expert in research, diagnostics and classification of lymphomas, particularly

follicular lymphoma Follicular lymphoma (FL) is a cancer that involves certain types of white blood cells known as lymphocytes. The cancer originates from the uncontrolled division of specific types of B-cells known as centrocytes and centroblasts. These cells normal ...

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* Fujiro Katsurada (1867–1946), Japanese pathologist. * Eduard Kaufmann (1860–1931), German pathologist. * Ernest Kennaway (1881–1958), English clinical chemist and researcher on carcinogenesis. *

Jack Kevorkian Murad Jacob "Jack" Kevorkian (May 26, 1928 – June 3, 2011) was an American pathologist and euthanasia proponent. He publicly championed a terminal patient's right to die by physician-assisted suicide, embodied in his quote, "Dying is not ...

(1928–2011), American pathologist, controversial advocate of euthanasia. * Theodor Albrecht Edwin Klebs (1834–1913), German-Swiss pathologist. * Julius von Kossa 19th-century Austro-Hungarian pathologist (see Von Kossa stain). * Leiv Kreyberg (1896–1984), Norwegian war hero, humanitarian and pathologist known for typology of lung cancer. * Hans Kundrat (1845–1893), Austrian pathologist. *

Kathleen Coard Kathleen Cecile Maria Coard (born 18 July 1952) is a Grenadian anatomic pathologist and academic, known for her research on cardiovascular diseases, prostate cancer, and soft tissue tumors. She is the first female professor of pathology in ...

(born 1952), Grenadian pathologist.

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* Paul Eston Lacy (1924–2005), former chairperson of pathology at Washington University and diabetes researcher. *

Paul Langerhans Paul Langerhans (25 July 1847 – 20 July 1888) was a German pathologist, physiologist and biologist, credited with the discovery of the cells that secrete insulin, named after him as the islets of Langerhans. Eponymous terms * Islets of Langerh ...

(1847–1888), German pathologist, physiologist and biologist. *

William Boog Leishman Lieutenant-General Sir William Boog Leishman, (, 6 November 1865 – 2 June 1926) was a Scottish pathologist and British Army medical officer. He was Director-General of Army Medical Services from 1923 to 1926. Biography Leishman was born in ...

(1865–1926), English authority on the pathology of human parasitic diseases (see

leishmaniasis Leishmaniasis is a wide array of clinical manifestations caused by parasites of the trypanosome genus ''Leishmania''. It is generally spread through the bite of phlebotomine sandflies, ''Phlebotomus'' and ''Lutzomyia'', and occurs most freq ...

) * George Lignac (1891–1954), Dutch pathologist-anatomist. * Henrique da Rocha Lima (1879–1956), Brazilian physician, pathologist and infectologist *

James Linder James Linder (born 1954) is an American author, academic and businessperson, as well as an authority on university research commercialization. He serves as chief executive officer (CEO) of Nebraska Medicine, and most recently was president of the ...

(born 1954), American cytopathologist and technological developer * Leo Loeb (1869–1959), American pathologist and early cancer researcher.

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Frank Burr Mallory Frank Burr Mallory (November 12, 1862 – September 27, 1941) was an American pathologist at the Boston City Hospital and Professor of Pathology at Harvard Medical School, after whom the Mallory body is named. The Pathology Department at Bost ...

(1862–1941), American surgical pathologist & histochemist (see Mallory bodies) *

Rod Markin Rodney Smith Markin (born 1956), is an American pathologist and authority in the field of laboratory automation. In 1993, he designed and created one of the world's first automated clinical laboratory specimen, device and analyzer management syste ...

(born 1956) American pioneer in laboratory automation. *

Alexander A. Maximow Alexander Alexandrowitsch Maximow (russian: Александр Александрович Максимов; – December 4, 1928) was a Russian-American scientist in the fields of Histology and Embryology whose team developed the hypothesis about ...

(1874–1928), Russian-American scientist, histologist and embryologist. *

John McCrae Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae (November 30, 1872 – January 28, 1918) was a Canadian poet, physician, author, artist and soldier during World War I, and a surgeon during the Second Battle of Ypres, in Belgium. He is best known for writing the ...

(1872–1918), Canadian pathologist, physician, soldier and poet, author of n Flanders Fields *

Frances Gertrude McGill Frances Gertrude McGill (November 18, 1882 – January 21, 1959) was a Canadian forensic pathologist, criminologist, bacteriologist, allergologist and allergist. Nicknamed "the Sherlock Holmes of Saskatchewan" for her deductive skills and pu ...

(1882–1959), pioneering Canadian pathologist and criminologist * Tracey McNamara, veterinary pathologist at the

Bronx Zoo The Bronx Zoo (also historically the Bronx Zoological Park and the Bronx Zoological Gardens) is a zoo within Bronx Park in the Bronx, New York. It is one of the largest zoos in the United States by area and is the largest metropolitan zoo in ...

who played a pivotal role in identifying the first outbreak of

West Nile Virus West Nile virus (WNV) is a single-stranded RNA virus that causes West Nile fever. It is a member of the family ''Flaviviridae'', from the genus ''Flavivirus'', which also contains the Zika virus, dengue virus, and yellow fever virus. The virus ...

in the United States *

Giovanni Battista Morgagni Giovanni Battista Morgagni (25 February 1682 – 6 December 1771) was an Italian anatomist, generally regarded as the father of modern anatomical pathology, who taught thousands of medical students from many countries during his 56 years as Prof ...

(1682–1771), Italian pathologist, considered the father of modern

Anatomical Pathology Anatomical pathology (''Commonwealth'') or Anatomic pathology (''U.S.'') is a medical specialty that is concerned with the diagnosis of disease based on the macroscopic, microscopic, biochemical, immunologic and molecular examination ...

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* Heijiro Nakayama (1871–1956), Japanese pathologist. *

Bernhard Naunyn Bernhard Naunyn (2 September 1839 – 26 July 1925) was German pathologist born in Berlin. Biography After receiving his degree at the University of Berlin in 1863, he became an assistant to pathologist Friedrich Theodor von Frerichs (1819–1 ...

(1839–1925), German pathologist. * Franz Ernst Christian Neumann (1834–1918), German pathologist. *

Thomas Noguchi is the former Chief Medical Examiner-Coroner for the County of Los Angeles. Popularly known as the "coroner to the stars", Noguchi determined the cause of death in many high-profile cases in Hollywood during the 1960s and 1970s. He performed a ...

(born 1927), Japanese American forensic pathologist & medical examiner.

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* Shuji Ogino (born 1968), Japanese pathologist,

epidemiologist Epidemiology is the study and analysis of the distribution (who, when, and where), patterns and determinants of health and disease conditions in a defined population. It is a cornerstone of public health, and shapes policy decisions and evidenc ...

Harvard University Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of higher le ...

professor, and pioneer in

molecular pathological epidemiology Molecular pathological epidemiology (MPE, also molecular pathologic epidemiology) is a discipline combining epidemiology and pathology. It is defined as "epidemiology of molecular pathology and heterogeneity of disease". Pathology and epidemiology s ...

. *

Eugene Lindsay Opie Eugene Lindsay Opie (July 5, 1873 – March 12, 1971) was an American physician and pathologist who conducted research on the causes, transmission, and diagnosis of tuberculosis and on immunization against the disease. He served as professor of pa ...

(1873–1971), American pathologist and researcher on tuberculosis. *

Johannes Orth Johannes Orth (14 January 1847 – 13 January 1923 in Berlin) was a German pathologist born in Wallmerod. He studied medicine at the universities of Heidelberg, Würzburg and Bonn, receiving his habilitation in 1872 while an assistant to Edu ...

(1847–1923), German pathologist. *

William Osler Sir William Osler, 1st Baronet, (; July 12, 1849 – December 29, 1919) was a Canadian physician and one of the "Big Four" founding professors of Johns Hopkins Hospital. Osler created the first Residency (medicine), residency program for spec ...

(1849–1919), Canadian physician and pathologist, founder professor at

Johns Hopkins Hospital The Johns Hopkins Hospital (JHH) is the teaching hospital and biomedical research facility of the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, located in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. It was founded in 1889 using money from a bequest of over $7 million (1873 mo ...

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* Richard Paltauf (1858–1924), Austrian pathologist and bacteriologist. *

George Nicolas Papanicolaou Georgios Nikolaou Papanikolaou (or George Papanicolaou ; el, Γεώργιος Ν. Παπανικολάου ; 13 May 1883 – 19 February 1962) was a Greek physician who was a pioneer in cytopathology and early cancer detection, and inventor of ...

(1883–1962), Greek-American cytopathologist & developer of the Papanicolaou cervical smear (see

Pap smear The Papanicolaou test (abbreviated as Pap test, also known as Pap smear (AE), cervical smear (BE), cervical screening (BE), or smear test (BE)) is a method of cervical screening used to detect potentially precancerous and cancerous processes in t ...

) * Artur Pappenheim (1870–1916), German physician, developer of histochemical stains. *

Lukáš Plank Lukáš Plank (born 1951) is a Slovak medical researcher, pathologist, and author. Career He studied medicine at, and is currently a professor of pathology at the Jessenius School of Medicine in Martin which is a part of the Comenius Universit ...

(born 1951), Slovak pathologist specializing in oncopathology and hematopathology. * Emil Ponfick (1844–1913), German pathologist.

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Louis-Antoine Ranvier Louis-Antoine Ranvier (2 October 1835 – 22 March 1922) was a French physician, pathologist, anatomist and histologist, who discovered the nodes of Ranvier, regularly spaced discontinuities of the myelin sheath, occurring at varying intervals alon ...

(1835–1922), French physician, pathologist, anatomist and histologist, discoverer of

nodes of Ranvier In neuroscience and anatomy, nodes of Ranvier ( ), also known as myelin-sheath gaps, occur along a myelinated axon where the axolemma is exposed to the extracellular space. Nodes of Ranvier are uninsulated and highly enriched in ion channels, al ...

. * Ronald Rapini (1948–present), US dermatopathologist. discoverer of sclerotic fibroma. *

Friedrich Daniel von Recklinghausen Friedrich Daniel von Recklinghausen (; December 2, 1833 – August 26, 1910) was a German pathologist born in Gütersloh, Westphalia. He was the father of physiologist Heinrich von Recklinghausen (1867–1942). Early life Recklinghausen was b ...

(1833–1910), German pathologist. *

Benno Reinhardt Benno Ernst Heinrich Reinhardt (14 May 1819 – 11 March 1852) was a German physician who worked as prosector at Charité hospital in Berlin. He is known for his contributions to pathology, especially as co-founder of the journal ''Virchows Archiv ...

(1819–1852), German physician, specialized in the field of pathological anatomy. * Donald Rix (1931–2009), founder of a Canadian commercial pathology laboratory *

Carl von Rokitansky Baron Carl von Rokitansky (german: Carl Freiherr von Rokitansky, cs, Karel Rokytanský; 19 February 1804 – 23 July 1878) was a Bohemian physician, pathologist, humanist philosopher and liberal politician, founder of the Viennese School of Medi ...

(1804–1878), Bohemian autopsy pathologist * Juan Rosai (1940-2020), Italian-American surgical pathologist, discoverer of Rosai-Dorfman disease and the

desmoplastic small round cell tumor Desmoplastic small-round-cell tumor (DSRCT) is an aggressive and rare cancer that primarily occurs as masses in the abdomen. Other areas affected may include the lymph nodes, the lining of the abdomen, diaphragm, spleen, liver, chest wall, skull, ...

. * Gustave Roussy (1874–1948), Swiss-French neuropathologist.

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Christian Georg Schmorl Christian Georg Schmorl (2 May 1861 – 14 August 1932) was a German pathologist who was a native of Mügeln in the Kingdom of Saxony. He studied medicine at the University of Leipzig, where in 1892 he obtained his habilitation for forensic me ...

(1861–1932), German pathologist. *

Richard Scolyer Richard Anthony Scolyer is an Australian pathologist. He is a senior staff specialist in tissue pathology and diagnostic oncology at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, co-medical director at the Melanoma Institute Australia, and Cojoint professor at ...

, Australian pathologist *

Johann Lukas Schönlein Johann Lukas Schönlein (30 November 1793 – 23 January 1864) was a German naturalist, and professor of medicine, born in Bamberg. He studied medicine at Landshut, Jena, Göttingen, and Würzburg. After teaching at Würzburg and Zurich, he was ...

(1793–1864), German naturalist, and pathologist. *

Charles Scott Sherrington Sir Charles Scott Sherrington (27 November 1857 – 4 March 1952) was an eminent English neurophysiologist. His experimental research established many aspects of contemporary neuroscience, including the concept of the spinal reflex as a system ...

(1857–1952), English neuropathologist &

in Physiology or Medicine 1932 *

Richard Shope Richard Edwin Shope (December 25, 1901 – October 2, 1966) was an American virologist who, together with his mentor Paul A. Lewis at the Rockefeller Institute, identified influenzavirus A in pigs in 1931. Using Shope's technique, Smith, An ...

(1901–1966), American virologist and pathologist. * Keith Simpson (1907–1985), English forensic pathologist. * Lee J. Slavutin (born 1951), Australian pathologist. * Maud Slye (1879–1954), American experimental pathologist. *

Theobald Smith Theobald Smith FRS(For) HFRSE (July 31, 1859 – December 10, 1934) was a pioneering epidemiologist, bacteriologist, pathologist and professor. Smith is widely considered to be America's first internationally-significant medical research scienti ...

(1859–1934), American pioneering epidemiologist and pathologist. * Kim Solez (born 1946), American pathologist, father of the Banff Classification of Transplantation Pathology. *

Sir Bernard Spilsbury Sir Bernard Henry Spilsbury (16 May 1877 – 17 December 1947) was a British pathologist. His cases include Hawley Crippen, the Seddon case, the Major Armstrong poisoning, the "Brides in the Bath" murders by George Joseph Smith, the Crumbles ...

(1877–1947), British pathologist. *

Sophie Spitz Sophie Spitz (4 February 1910 – 11 August 1956) was an American pathologist who published the first case series of "juvenile melanoma," (a special form of benign melanocytic nevi), skin lesions that have come to be known as Spitz nevi.Crotty, ...

(1910–1956), American surgical pathologist, eponymist of

Spitz nevus A Spitz nevus is a benign skin lesion. A type of melanocytic nevus, it affects the epidermis and dermis.LeBoit, PE, Burg G, Weedon D, Sarasin A. (Eds) World Health Organization Classification of Tumours: Pathology and Genetics of Skin Tumours. L ...

* Edward Stafne (born 1894, date of death unknown), American oral pathologist (see

Stafne defect The Stafne defect (also termed Stafne's idiopathic bone cavity, Stafne bone cavity, Stafne bone cyst (misnomer), lingual mandibular salivary gland depression, lingual mandibular cortical defect, latent bone cyst, or static bone cyst) is a depres ...

). * Allen Starry (1890–1973), American pathologist (see

Warthin–Starry stain The Warthin–Starry stain (WS) is a silver nitrate-based staining method (a silver stain) used in histology. It was first introduced in 1920 by American pathologists Aldred Scott Warthin (1866-1931) and Allen Chronister Starry (1890-1973), for ...

). * Javier Arias Stella (1924–2020), Peruvian pathologist, describer of the Arias Stella reaction in the endometrium. *

Stephen Sternberg Stephen Stanley Sternberg (July 30, 1920 – May 12, 2021) was an American surgical pathologist, who worked at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center for his entire career. He was well known because of his editorship of two widely used refer ...

(1920–2021), American pathologist, founding Editor-in-Chief of The

American Journal of Surgical Pathology ''The American Journal of Surgical Pathology'' is a Peer review, peer-reviewed medical journal covering surgical pathology. It was established in 1977. Its first editor-in-chief was Stephen Sternberg (Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center); the cu ...

and editor of several 20th-century pathology textbooks. * Arthur Purdy Stout (1885–1967). American surgeon and pathologist, & one of the fathers of modern

. *

Lotte Strauss Lotte Strauss (15 April 1913 – 4 July 1985) was a German-American pathologist. She was born in Nuremberg, Germany. Strauss, alongside Jacob Churg, attributed her name to Churg–Strauss syndrome, which is now known as eosinophilic granulomat ...

(1913–1985), American pathologist (see

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* Sunao Tawara (1873–1952), Japanese pathologist, discoverer of the

. * Donald Teare (1911–1979), British pathologist. *

Jacques-René Tenon Jacques-René Tenon (, 21 February 1724 – 16 January 1816) was a French surgeon born near the town of Joigny. He was very active in hospital reform during the second half of the 18th century. His seminal treatise on hospital design and managemen ...

(1724–1816), French surgeon and pathologist. *

Ludwig Traube Ludwig Traube may refer to: *Ludwig Traube (physician) (1818–1876), German physician and co-founder of experimental pathology in Germany *Ludwig Traube (palaeographer) (1861–1907), his son, German paleographer {{hndis, Traube, Ludwig ...

(1818–1876), German physician, co-founder of the experimental pathology in Germany. *

Václav Treitz Václav Treitz (german: Wenzel Treitz; 9 April 1819 – 27 August 1872) was a Czech pathologist. Biography Treitz was born on 9 April 1819 in Hostomice, Bohemia. He studied medicine in Prague, and performed post-graduate studies in Vienna with ...

(1819–1872), Czech pathologist. *

Charles Emile Troisier Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English language, English and French language, French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic, Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*k ...

(1844–1919), French doctor.

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Johann Paul Uhle Johann Paul Uhle (17 April 1827 – 4 November 1861) was a German physician and pathologist born in Nossen, in the Kingdom of Saxony. He died of tuberculosis in Jena at the age of 34. In 1852 he received his medical doctorate at the University of ...

(1827–1861), German physician and pathologist. *

Paul Gerson Unna Paul Gerson Unna, (September 8, 1850, Hamburg – January 29, 1929, Hamburg) was a German physician specialized in dermatology and one of the pioneers in dermatopathology. Biography Paul Unna was the son of Moritz Adolph Unna, a physician from H ...

(1850–1929), one of the founders of

dermatopathology Dermatopathology (from Greek , ''derma'' 'skin' + , ''pathos'' 'fate, harm' + , '' -logia'' 'study of') is a joint subspecialty of dermatology and pathology or surgical pathology that focuses on the study of cutaneous diseases at a microscopic and ...

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* José Verocay (1876–1927), Czechoslovakian pathologist (see

Verocay body Verocay bodies were first described by Uruguayan neuro-pathologist José Juan Verocay (born: 16 June 1876, Nuevo Paysandú, Uruguay; died: 1927) in 1910. It is a required histopathological finding for diagnosing schwannomas. Verocay bodies are a ...

). *

Rudolf Virchow Rudolf Ludwig Carl Virchow (; or ; 13 October 18215 September 1902) was a German physician, anthropologist, pathologist, prehistorian, biologist, writer, editor, and politician. He is known as "the father of modern pathology" and as the founder ...

(1821–1902), German physician, politician, & the father of "cellular" pathology. * Adolf Vossius (1855–1925), German pathologist (see Vossius ring).

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* Erik Waaler (1903–1997), Norwegian professor of medicine. * Hermann Julius Gustav Wächter (born 1878, date of death unknown), German physician (see Bracht-Wachter bodies). *

Ernst Leberecht Wagner Ernst Leberecht Wagner (12 March 1829 – 10 February 1888) was a German pathologist who was a native of Dehlitz, a town in the Burgenlandkreis district of Saxony-Anhalt. Education and Career He studied medicine in Leipzig under Karl Augu ...

(1829–1888), German pathologist. * Heinrich von Waldeyer-Hartz (1836–1921), German anatomist. *

Robin Warren John Robin Warren (born 11 June 1937, in Adelaide) is an Australian pathologist, Nobel Laureate and researcher who is credited with the 1979 re-discovery of the bacterium ''Helicobacter pylori'', together with Barry Marshall. The duo proved t ...

(born 1937), Australian gastrointestinal pathologist &

in Physiology or Medicine, 2005. *

Aldred Scott Warthin Aldred Scott Warthin (October 21, 1866 − May 23, 1931) was an American pathologist whose research laid the foundation for understanding the heritability of certain cancers. He has been described as "the father of cancer genetics." Early life an ...

(1866–1931), American pathologist (see

). *

David Weatherall Sir David John Weatherall, (9 March 1933 – 8 December 2018) was a British physician and researcher in molecular genetics, haematology, pathology and clinical medicine. Early life and education David Weatherall was born in Liverpool.Geoff Wa ...

(1933–2013), British physician and researcher *

Friedrich Wegener Friedrich Wegener (7 April 1907, Varel – 9 July 1990, Lübeck, ) was a German pathologist who is notable for his description of a rare disease originally referred to Wegener disease and now referred to as granulomatosis with polyangiitis. Alth ...

(1907–1990), German pathologist (see

granulomatosis with polyangiitis Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA), previously known as Wegener's granulomatosis (WG), is a rare long-term systemic disorder that involves the formation of granulomas and inflammation of blood vessels (vasculitis). It is a form of vasculitis ...

). * Anton Weichselbaum (1845–1920), Austrian pathologist and bacteriologist. * Carl Weigert (1845–1904), developer of histochemical stains. * Adolf Weil (1848–1916), German physician and pathologist (see Weil's disease). * Ronald S. Weinstein (1938–2021), American pathologist, inventor, educator (see

Telepathology Telepathology is the practice of pathology at a distance. It uses telecommunications technology to facilitate the transfer of image-rich pathology data between distant locations for the purposes of diagnosis, education, and research. Performance o ...

). *

Sharon Weiss Sharon Ann Whelan Weiss is an American pathologist who is best known for her contribution to the subspecialty of soft tissue pathology. She is the main author of ''Soft Tissue Tumors'', one of the most widely used textbooks in the field of sarc ...

(born 1945), American surgical pathologist, expert on soft tissue pathology (see

Sarcoma A sarcoma is a malignant tumor, a type of cancer that arises from transformed cells of mesenchymal (connective tissue) origin. Connective tissue is a broad term that includes bone, cartilage, fat, vascular, or hematopoietic tissues, and sarcom ...

). *

William Henry Welch William is a male given name of Germanic origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of Eng ...

(1850–1934), American physician, pathologist, bacteriologist, medical school administrator, founder professor at

. *

Max Westenhöfer Max Westenhöfer (February 9, 1871 – September 25, 1957) was a German pathologist and biologist who contributed to the development of the anatomic pathology and the reform of public health in Chile. Education Maximilian Joseph Johann Westenhö ...

, (1871–1957), German pathologist, disciple of

, author of the

aquatic ape hypothesis The aquatic ape hypothesis (AAH), also referred to as aquatic ape theory (AAT) or the waterside hypothesis of human evolution, postulates that the ancestors of modern humans took a divergent evolutionary pathway from the other great apes by becom ...

and influential on the development of pathology and social medicine in

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...

. *

George Whipple George Hoyt Whipple (August 28, 1878 – February 1, 1976) was an American physician, pathologist, biomedical researcher, and medical school educator and administrator. Whipple shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1934 with George ...

(1878–1976), American physician, pathologist, biomedical researcher, and medical school educator and administrator,

in Physiology or Medicine, 1934. *

James Homer Wright James Homer Wright (April 8, 1869 – January 3, 1928) was an early and influential American pathologist, who was chief of pathology at Massachusetts General Hospital from 1896 to 1926. Wright was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In 1915, he j ...

(1869–1928), surgical pathologist and developer of histochemical stains (see

Wright stain Wright's stain is a hematologic stain that facilitates the differentiation of blood cell types. It is classically a mixture of eosin (red) and methylene blue dyes. It is used primarily to stain peripheral blood smears, urine samples, and bone marr ...

). * Guy Alfred Wyon (1883–1924), English pathologist, one of the team which resolved the issue of potentially-fatal

TNT Trinitrotoluene (), more commonly known as TNT, more specifically 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene, and by its preferred IUPAC name 2-methyl-1,3,5-trinitrobenzene, is a chemical compound with the formula C6H2(NO2)3CH3. TNT is occasionally used as a reagen ...

poisoning in

shell Shell may refer to: Architecture and design * Shell (structure), a thin structure ** Concrete shell, a thin shell of concrete, usually with no interior columns or exterior buttresses ** Thin-shell structure Science Biology * Seashell, a hard o ...

factories during

World War I World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...

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* Yamagiwa Katsusaburō (1863–1930) Japanese pathologist, developed the concept of chemical carcinogenesis.

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Friedrich Wilhelm Zahn Friedrich Wilhelm Zahn (14 February 1845 – 1904) was a German-Swiss pathologist born in Germersheim. His eponyms include Zahn infarct and lines of Zahn. Life Zahn studied medicine at the University of Strasbourg under Friedrich Daniel von Reck ...

(1845–1904), German pathologist. *

Friedrich Albert von Zenker Friedrich Albert von Zenker (13 March 1825 – 13 June 1898) was a German pathologist and physician, celebrated for his discovery of trichinosis. He was born in Dresden, and was educated in Leipzig and Heidelberg. While in Leipzig, he worked for ...

(1825–1898), German pathologist and physician. *

Hugo Wilhelm von Ziemssen Hugo (Wilhelm) von Ziemssen (13 December 1829 – 21 January 1902) was a German physician, born in Greifswald. He studied medicine at the universities of Greifswald, Berlin, and Würzburg. In 1863 he was called to the University of Erlangen ...

(1829–1902), German pathologist and physician.

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