Category Pathology

Lotte Strauss

Lotte Strauss (1913–1985), pioneer in paediatric and perinatal pathology, co-described Churg–Strauss syndrome and helped found the Society for Pediatric Pathology

ByCaitlin Rigler and Elaine Rabin
OnApril 5, 2025

Edith Louise Potter (1901 - 1993) was an American pediatric pathologist. Potter facies (1946); Potter syndrome; Potter syndrome; Potter sequence; and the Potter classification of polycystic kidney disease (1964)

ByJenny Stuart-Smith
OnSeptember 27, 2020

Maria Magdalena Dąbska (1921 - 2014) 340

Maria Dąbska

Maria Magdalena Dąbska (1921 - 2014) was a Polish pathologist. Dąbska tumor (1969) is the only cutaneous tumour named after a female pathologist.

ByKathryn Scott and Mike Cadogan
OnSeptember 21, 2020

Winifred Ashby

Winifred Mayer Ashby (1879 - 1975) was an English born, American pathologist, pianist and medical researcher. Ashby technique (1919)

ByJenny Stuart-Smith and Mike Cadogan
OnSeptember 7, 2020

Ella Hutzler Oppenheimer (1897 - 1981) 340

Ella H. Oppenheimer

Ella Hutzler Oppenheimer (1897 - 1981) was an American pediatric pathologist and amateur conchologist. Landing-Oppenheimer syndrome (1959)

ByJenny Stuart-Smith and Mike Cadogan
OnSeptember 3, 2020

Gladys Rowena Henry Dick (1881 - 1963) 340

Gladys Dick

Gladys Rowena Henry Dick (1881 - 1963) was an American physician, pathologist and vaccinologist. Dick test (1924) in scarlet fever

ByJenny Stuart-Smith and Mike Cadogan
OnAugust 5, 2020

Paul Wilhelm Heinrich Langerhans (1847 - 1888) 340

Paul Langerhans

Paul Wilhelm Heinrich Langerhans (1847 - 1888) was a German pathologist, physiologist and biologist. Langerhans cell (1868) of the immune system, and islets of Langerhans (1869) in the pancreas