Maurice Lev
Maurice Lev (1908 – 1994) was an American cardiologist. Eponymously affiliated with Lev disease described in 1964
Category Cardiology
Second-degree Atrioventricular block
Eponymythology of Second-degree Atrioventricular (AV) block including Luciani, Galabin, Wenckebach, Hay and Mobitz
Karel Frederik Wenckebach
Karel Frederik Wenckebach (1864-1940) Dutch physician. Eponymously affiliated with Wenckebach block (Mobitz type I AV block).
Sunao Tawara
Sunao Tawara 田原 淳, (1873 - 1952) was a Japanese pathologist. Aschoff-Tawara node (1906)
Louis Hamman
Biography Born December 21 1895 – BA, Rock Hill College in Ellicott City, Maryland 1901 – MD, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Died Medical Eponyms Hamman-Rich syndrome (1933) With Arnold R Rich Hamman syndrome (1939) Key Medical Contributions Major Publications…
Catherine Neill
Catherine Annie Neill (1921 - 2006) was an English pediatric cardiologist. Neill-Dingwall syndrome (1950); Scimatar syndrome (1960)
Thomas Spens
Biography Born August 8, 1763 in Edinburgh; to physician, Dr Nathaniel Spens, of Craigsanquhar (1728-1815), and Mary Milliken 1784 – MD, University of Edinburgh with doctoral dissertation ‘De amenorrhoea’ 1787 – Brigadier of the Royal Company of Archers 1788 –…
Marcus Gerbezius
Biography Born October 24, 1658 in Šentvid pri Stični, part of the Austrian Empire, and now Slovenia. Completed philosophical studies in Ljubljana then studied medicine in Vienna, Austria 1683 – Continued medical studies at Padua University, Italy where his portrait…
James Mackenzie
Sir James Mackenzie (1853-1925) was a Scottish cardiologist and General Practitioner. Mackenzie was a pioneer in the study of cardiac arrhythmias known as the father of British cardiology
Franz Zehetmayer
Franz Zehetmayer (1813 - *1846) was an Austrian physician. Pericarditis, pericardial effusion and the genu-pectorale position
Francis Sibson
Biography Born 21 May 1814 in Cross Canonby, England Died 7 September 1876 Medical Eponyms Key Medical Attributions Major Publications Sibson F. On the changes induced in the situation and structure of the internal organs, under varying circumstances of health…
François Dessertenne
Biography Born 1917 1948 – Assistant Professor of Medicine, Hôpital Lariboisière, France. Assistant to Prof Yves Bouvrain (1910 – 2002) Died Medical Eponyms Key Medical Contributions Major Publications Dessertenne F. La tachycardie ventriculaire à deux foyers opposés variables [Ventricular tachycardia with 2…