Lotte Strauss

Lotte Strauss (1913–1985) was a German born, American practicing pathologist.

Strauss was a pioneer in paediatric and perinatal pathology and one of the co-founders of the Society for Pediatric Pathology (1965)

Key areas of interest included ultra structure of the placenta in different foetal disease conditions; intrauterine infections; and vascular diseases. Strauss made valuable contributions to the area of fetal development pathology.

Eponymously remembered for describing Churg-Strauss Syndrome (CSS) in 1951 with Jacob Churg (1910–2005). Now known as Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (EGPA)

Biography

Born 15 April 1913 Nuremberg, Germany
1930 – Commenced medical studies in Germany and completed in Sienna, Italy in 1937
1938 – Emigrated to America. Research assistant in bacteriology at the Beth Israel Hospital, New York
1940 – Studied with Sydney Farber (1903-1973) a well-known pediatric pathologist, at Children’s Hospital in Boston
1941 – Pathologist, The Mount Sinai Hospital under Dr. Paul Klemperer
1953 – First pediatric pathologist, The Mount Sinai Hospital
1966 – Professor of pathology, The Mount Sinai Hospital and one of the founding faculty at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine
1971 – Special Consultant in Perinatal Pathology to the National Institute of Health.
1983 – Jacobi Medallion, Mount Sinai Alumni
Died 4 July 1985

Medical Eponyms

Churg–Strauss syndrome (1951) – now known as Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA). EGPA is eosinophil-rich, necrotizing granulomatous inflammation often involving the respiratory tract; with necrotizing vasculitis predominantly affecting small to medium vessels; and associated with asthma and eosinophilia
Lotte Strauss Prize (1986 – ) recognizes the meritorious work by an individual 40 years of age or younger in a subject germane to pediatric pathology