Esther M. Greisheimer (October 31, 1891 – 1982) was an American academic and medical researcher. She was born in

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. Greisheimer received a BA in education from

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in 1914, an MA in general

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from

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in 1916, a

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in human physiology and biochemistry from the

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in 1919 and an MD from the University of Minnesota in 1923. She became a licensed medical practitioner and surgeon in 1924. She pursued an academic career for the next fifty years at the University of Minnesota, the

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and the Temple University School of Medicine. She published over 150 articles in various journals but is perhaps best known for her textbook ''Physiology and Anatomy''. She was a member of the Sigma Xi and

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. In 1940, she received the Ohio University Medal of Merit for her contributions to medical education. Greisheimer was named to the

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in 1980.

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