Virginia Apgar
Virginia Apgar (1909 – 1974) was an American Obsgtetric anesthesiologist. Eponymously affiliated with the Apgar score - to assess newborn child health.
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Tjitske Kleefstra
Tjitske Kleefstra is a Dutch Clinical Geneticist. Kleefstras syndrom (Kleefstra syndrome); previously known as the 9q subtelomere deletion syndrome (9qSTDS)
Paula Hertwig
Paula Julie Elisabeth Hertwig (1889 - 1993) was a German geneticist. Hertwig-Weyers syndrome - Congenital disorder associating ulnar and digital aplasia - (1942, 1957)
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)
Lihadh Al-Gazali
Lihadh Ibrahim Al-Gazali is a professor of clinical genetics and paediatrics. Al Gazali Syndrome (1994); Al-Gazali-Bakalinova syndrome (1998)
Sophie Spitz
Sophie Spitz (1910 - 1956) was an American pathologist. Spitz nevus (1948)
Ann J. Johanson
Ann J. Johanson (1934 - 2020) was an American pediatric endocrinologist. Johanson-Blizzard Syndrome in 1971
Barbara Ansell
Barbara Mary Ansell (1923 - 2001) was an English paediatric rheumatologist. Ansell-Bywaters-Elderking syndrome (1975)
Catherine Neill
Catherine Annie Neill (1921 - 2006) was an English pediatric cardiologist. Neill-Dingwall syndrome (1950); Scimatar syndrome (1960)
Tsuya Sakurai
Tsuya (née Sakurai) Kitagawa (1911 - 1995) was a Japanese ophthalmologist. Sakurai-Lisch nodules (1935)
Nadia Sakati
Nadia Awni Sakati, Syrian-Saudi pediatrician. Eponymously affiliated with 3 rare genetic syndromes: Sakati-Nyhan-Tisdale syndrome (1971); Woodhouse–Sakati syndrome (1983); and Sanjad-Sakati syndrome (1991)
Katherine Berg
Katherine Olga Berg Canadian physical therapist. Berg Balance Scale (1989)