T. Kennedy Dalziel
Scottish surgeon T.K. Dalziel (1861–1924) early description of Crohn’s disease, led children’s surgery in Glasgow, and was knighted for WWI medical service.
Category Gastroenterology
Gordon D. Oppenheimer
Gordon David Oppenheimer (1900 - 1974) was an American surgeon and urologist.
Leon Ginzburg
Leon Ginzburg (1898–1988), American surgeon Mount Sinai and Beth Israel; co-describer of regional ileitis (Crohn’s disease).
Burrill B. Crohn
Burrill B. Crohn (1884–1983), pioneering gastroenterologist and namesake of Crohn’s disease. Discover his life, work, and medical legacy
Peutz-Jeghers syndrome
Peutz-Jeghers-syndrome: A Syndrome gastrointestinal polyposis characterized by specific melanin pigmentations of the skin and mucous membranes
Harold Jeghers
Harold Joseph Jeghers (1904 - 1990) was an American physician. Peutz-Jeghers syndrome (1949); Jeghers Medical Index System (JMIS)
Thomas sign
Thomas's sign: Silver, aluminium or metallic coloured stools. Caused by the combination of cholestatic (acholic) pale stools secondary to CBD obstruction and the black-tar colour malaena.
Ivor Lewis
Ivor Lewis (1895–1982) was a Welsh surgeon. Eponymously remembered for 1946 description of Ivor Lewis Oesophagectomy
Georges Dieulafoy
Georges-Paul Dieulafoy (1839-1911) was a French Clinician. Dieulafoy's Lesion, Dieulafoys Aspirator and Dieulafoys Triad
Philip Allison
Philip Rowland Allison (1907-1974) was an English thoracic surgeon.
Soma Weiss
Soma Weiss (1898-1942) was a Hungarian-born American physician. Mallory-Weiss Syndrome/lesion/tear and Charcot-Weiss-Baker Syndrome.
George Mallory
George Kenneth Mallory (1900-1986) was an American pathologist. Eponymously remembered for Mallory-Weiss Syndrome/lesion/tear