Felix G. Fleischner (July 29, 1893 in

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– August 1969) was an

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-American

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from Boston. The Fleischner Society for thoracic imaging and

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is named after him.

Biography

Felix Fleischner was born in Vienna. He became an expert in the field of radiology, and most of his work centered on the chest x-ray. He served as professor and head of radiology of the Second Medical Clinic of the

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. Being of

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ethnicity,Nathan Koren, ''Jewish Physicians: A Biographical Index'', John Wiley & Sons (1973), p. 174 Fleischner moved to Boston after Austria was annexed by Germany in 1938. He worked at

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and then became the first full-time radiologist at the

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in Boston in 1942. He was a faculty member at the

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. Fleischner published 251 scientific papers in his lifetime; he published 164 of them after moving to the United States. Fleischner died of a heart attack while he was swimming in August 1969.

Fleischner Society

Before his death, Fleischner had been invited to a meeting of radiologists to be held in November 1969. The group's focus was to be the study of the radiology of the chest. When the group met, they named themselves the Fleischner Society. As of 2010, the society had 65 active members and 35 additional senior members.

References

External links

Felix Fleischner papers
1919-1971 (inclusive). HMS c57. Harvard Medical Library
Harvard Medical School
Academic staff of the University of Vienna Harvard Medical School faculty Jewish emigrants from Austria after the Anschluss to the United States Physicians from Vienna Scientists from Boston 1893 births 1969 deaths Austrian radiologists American radiologists {{Austria-bio-stub