Lotte Strauss
Lotte Strauss (1913–1985) was a German born, American practicing pathologist. Eponymous affiliation with Churg-Strauss Syndrome (CSS) in 1951. Now known as Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (EGPA)
Month February 2020
Charles James Blasius Williams
Biography Born 3 February 1805 in the Hungerford almshouse in Wiltshire, England 1824 – Medical degree from the University of Edinburgh 1833 – Physician at St. George’s University, London 1835 – Fellow of the Royal Society 1840 – Fellow of…
vanPOCUS: Ocular ultrasound
Vancouver POCUS review of ocular POCUS including lens dislocation, globe rupture, posterior vitreous detachment and retinal detachment by Dr Justin Ahn
Clinician Educator Incubator EOIs close soon!
The ANZCEN Clinician Educator Incubator will launch in April 2020. If this is your thing, you need to get your EOI in by February 15th 2020!
Maurice Lev
Maurice Lev (1908 – 1994) was an American cardiologist. Eponymously affiliated with Lenègre-Lev disease disease described in 1964
Ludwig Courvoisier
Ludwig Georg Courvoisier (1843 - 1918) was a Swiss surgeon. Courvoisier Sign (1890)
Hoffa fracture
Unicondylar coronal fracture of the lateral femoral condyle. Rare intra-articular distal femur injury. Axial compression to the knee with transmission of the ground reaction force through the tibial plateau to the femoral condyles.
Leo Buerger
Biography Born 1879 Died 1943 Medical Eponyms Buerger disease (1908) Carl Friedländer (1847-1887) Felix von Winiwarter (1852-1931) Buerger test Buerger dystoscope Key Medical Contributions Major Publications Controversies References Biography Birch CA. Buerger’s disease. Leo Buerger (1879-1943). Practitioner. 1973;211(266):823-824. Kaplan GW. Leo…
vanPOCUS Physics and Knobology
vanPOCUS introduction to point of care ultrasound physics and knobology by Dr. Dan Kim.
Albert Hoffa
Albert Hoffa (1859 - 1907) was a German orthopedic surgeon. eponymously affiliated with a distal femur fracture (1888); an operation for congenital hip dislocations (1890); the development of a system of massage therapy, the Hoffa system (1893); and the Hoffa fat pad
Pierre Nicolas Gerdy
Biography Born 1797 Died 1856 Medical Eponyms Gerdy tubercle is the prominence on the lateral side of the proximal tibia where the iliotibial band (ITB) and tibialis anterior muscle attach Gerdy’s Safe Zone () Major Publications Gerdy P-N. Essai de…
Churg–Strauss syndrome
Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA) - archaic eponym: Churg–Strauss syndrome (CSS) or allergic granulomatosis