A list of people notable in the field of

pathology Pathology is the study of disease. The word ''pathology'' also refers to the study of disease in general, incorporating a wide range of biology research fields and medical practices. However, when used in the context of modern medical treatme ...

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* John Abercrombie, Scottish physician, neuropathologist and philosopher. * Maude Abbott (1869–1940), Canadian pathologist, one of the earliest women graduated in medicine, expert in congenital heart diseases. *

Emile Achard Emile or Émile may refer to: * Émile (novel) (1827), autobiographical novel based on Émile de Girardin's early life * Emile, Canadian film made in 2003 by Carl Bessai * '' Emile: or, On Education'' (1762) by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, a treatise o ...

(1860–1944), French internist and pathologist. * A. Bernard Ackerman (1936–2008), American dermatopathologist & dermatologist *

Lauren Ackerman Lauren Vedder Ackerman (March 12, 1905 – July 27, 1993) was an American physician and pathologist, who championed the subspecialty of surgical pathology in the mid-20th century. Early life Ackerman was born in March 1905 in Auburn, New York, ...

(1905–1993), American pathologist and one of the fathers of

Surgical pathology Surgical pathology is the most significant and time-consuming area of practice for most anatomical pathologists. Surgical pathology involves gross and microscopic examination of surgical specimens, as well as biopsies submitted by surgeons an ...

. * Theodor Ackermann (1825–1896), German pathologist. * Albert Wojciech Adamkiewicz (1850–1921), Polish pathologist, (see Artery of Adamkiewicz). * W. Stewart Alexander, contemporary British pathologist (see

Alexander disease Alexander disease is a very rare autosomal dominant leukodystrophy, which are neurological conditions caused by anomalies in the myelin which protects nerve fibers in the brain. The most common type is the infantile form that usually begins durin ...

). * Dame Ingrid Allen, Northern Irish neuropathologist. * Friedrich August von Ammon (1799–1861), German ophthalmologist and pathologist. * Gabriel Andral (1797–1876) French pathologist. * Peter Angritt (1938-2024), U.S. Army colonel and clinical pathologist * Nikolay Anichkov (1885–1964), Russian pathologist. * Julius Arnold (1835–1915), German pathologist. *

Ludwig Aschoff Karl Albert Ludwig Aschoff (10 January 1866 – 24 June 1942) was a German physician and pathologist. He is considered to be one of the most influential pathologists of the early 20th century and is regarded as the most important German patholo ...

(1866–1942), German pathologist, discoverer of the

Aschoff body In medicine, Aschoff bodies are nodules found in the hearts of individuals with rheumatic fever. They result from inflammation in the heart muscle and are characteristic of rheumatic heart disease. These nodules were discovered independently by ...

and the

Atrioventricular node The atrioventricular node (AV node, or Aschoff-Tawara node) electrically connects the heart's atria and ventricles to coordinate beating in the top of the heart; it is part of the electrical conduction system of the heart. The AV node lies at the ...

in the heart. * Max Askanazy (1865–1940), German pathologist (see Askanazy cell). * E. Ask-Upmark, 20th-century Swedish pathologist (see Ask-Upmark kidney).

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* Matthew Baillie (17611823), British physician and pathologist, credited with first identifying

transposition of the great vessels Transposition of the great vessels (TGV) is a group of congenital heart defects involving an abnormal spatial arrangement of any of the great vessels: superior and/or inferior venae cavae, pulmonary artery, pulmonary veins, and aorta. Congen ...

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situs inversus ''Situs inversus'' (also called ''situs transversus'' or ''oppositus'') is a Congenital disorder, congenital condition in which the major Organ (anatomy), visceral organs are reversed or mirror image, mirrored from their normal positions. The norm ...

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Heinrich von Bamberger Heinrich von Bamberger (27 December 1822, Prague, Zwornarka, Kingdom of Bohemia – 9 November 1888, Vienna) was an Austrian pathologist. He was father to internist Eugen von Bamberger (1858-1921). Biography In 1847, he earned his doctorate from t ...

(1822–1888), Austrian pathologist from Prague. * Paul Clemens von Baumgarten (1848–1928), German pathologist. * John Bruce Beckwith (born 1933), American pathologist (see

Beckwith–Wiedemann syndrome Beckwith–Wiedemann syndrome (; abbreviated BWS) is an overgrowth disorder usually present at birth, characterized by an increased risk of childhood cancer and certain congenital features. A minority (97th centile) * Macroglossia * Hemihypertroph ...

). * Antonio di Paolo Benivieni (14431502), Florentine physician who pioneered the use of the autopsy and many medical historians have considered him a founder of pathology. * Franz Best (1878–1920), German pathologist (see Best's disease). * Xavier Bichat (1771–1802), French anatomist and physiologist, remembered as father of modern histology and pathology. *

Max Bielschowsky Max Israel Bielschowsky (20 February 1869 – 15 August 1940) was a German neuropathologist born in Breslau. After receiving his medical doctorate from the University of Munich in 1893, he worked with Ludwig Edinger (1855–1918) at the Senc ...

(1869–1940), German neuropathologist & developer of histochemical stains. * Edmund Biernacki (1866–1912), Polish pathologist (see Biernacki Reaction). * Felix Victor Birch-Hirschfeld (1842–1899), German pathologist. * Giulio Bizzozero (1846–1901), Italian doctor and medical researcher. * Otto Bollinger (1843–1909), German pathologist. * Charles-Joseph Bouchard (1837–1915), French pathologist. * William Boyd (1885–1979), Scottish-Canadian physician, pathologist,

academic An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of tertiary education. The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy, founded approximately 386 BC at Akademia, a sanctuary of Athena, the go ...

and author of several 20th-century textbooks on general and surgical pathology. * Erich Franz Eugen Bracht (1882–1969), German pathologist and gynaecologist. * Fritz Brenner (1877–1969), German pathologist (see

Brenner tumor Brenner tumours are an uncommon subtype of the Surface epithelial-stromal tumor, surface epithelial-stromal tumour group of Ovarian cancer, ovarian neoplasms. The majority are benign, but some can be malignant. They are most frequently found incid ...

). * Alexander Breslow (1928–1980), American pathologist (see Breslow's depth). * Richard Bright (1789–1858), British internist and pathologist (see

Bright's disease Bright's disease is a historical classification of kidney diseases that are described in modern medicine as acute or chronic nephritis. It was characterized by swelling and the presence of albumin in the urine. It was frequently accompanied ...

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Ludwig von Buhl Ludwig von Buhl (4 January 1816 – 30 July 1880) was a German pathologist born in Munich. He studied medicine in Munich and Vienna, and in 1847 was habilitated as a lecturer of pathological anatomy and microscopy at the University of Munich. In 1 ...

(1816–1880), German pathologist.

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Santiago Ramón y Cajal Santiago Ramón y Cajal (; 1 May 1852 – 17 October 1934) was a Spanish neuroscientist, pathologist, and histologist specializing in neuroanatomy, and the central nervous system. He and Camillo Golgi received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or M ...

(1852–1934), Spanish pathologist and

Nobel laureate The Nobel Prizes (, ) are awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, the Swedish Academy, the Karolinska Institutet, and the Norwegian Nobel Committee to individuals and organizations who make outstanding contributions in th ...

in Physiology or Medicine 1906 * Francis Camps (1905–1972), English forensic pathologist. * Myrtelle Canavan (1879–1953), American physician, medical researcher, and one of the first female pathologists (see Canavan disease). * Karl Friedrich Canstatt (1807–1850), German physician, pathologist, and medical author. * Marie Cassidy (born 1959), Irish forensic pathologist. * Benjamin Castleman (1906–1982), American surgical pathologist and eponymist of Castleman's disease. * Jamie Chapman (1970–present), Australian ground-breaking histologist. * Hans Chiari (1851–1916), Austrian pathologist (see Arnold–Chiari malformation,

Budd–Chiari syndrome Budd–Chiari syndrome is a condition when an occlusion or obstruction in the hepatic veins prevent normal outflow of blood from the liver. The symptoms are non-specific and vary widely, but it may present with the classical triad of abdomin ...

). * Jacob Churg (1910–2005), Russian-born American pathologist (see Churg–Strauss syndrome). * Giuseppe Vincenzo Ciaccio (1824–1901), Italian anatomist and histologist. *

Julius Friedrich Cohnheim Julius Friedrich Cohnheim (20 July 1839 – 15 August 1884) was a German-Jewish pathologist. Biography Cohnheim was born at Demmin, Pomerania. He studied at the universities of Würzburg, Marburg, Greifswald, and Berlin, receiving his doctoral de ...

(1839–1884), German pathologist known for his research on the mechanism of inflammation and the study of circulation. * Albert Coons (1912–1978), American physician, immunologist, & immunopathologist. *

Astley Cooper Sir Astley Paston Cooper, 1st Baronet (23 August 176812 February 1841) was a British surgeon and anatomist, who made contributions to otology, vascular surgery, the anatomy and pathology of the mammary glands and testicles, and the pathology ...

(1768–1841), English surgeon, anatomist & pathologist. * Victor André Cornil (1837–1908), French pathologist and histologist. *

Dominic Corrigan Sir Dominic John Corrigan, 1st Baronet (2 December 1802 – 1 February 1880), was an Irish physician, known for his original observations in heart disease. The abnormal "collapsing" pulse of aortic insufficiency, aortic valve insufficiency is na ...

(1802–1880), Irish physician & pathologist (see Corrigan's pulse). * Ramzi Cotran, American pathologist * William Thomas Councilman (1854–1933), American pathologist (see

Councilman body In pathology, a Councilman body, also known as a Councilman hyaline body or apoptotic body, is an eosinophilic globule of apoptosis, apoptotic hepatocyte cell fragments. Ultimately, the fragments are taken up by macrophages or adjacent parenchymal ...

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Jean Cruveilhier Jean Cruveilhier (; 9 February 1791 – 7 March 1874) was a French anatomist and pathologist. Academic career Cruveilhier was born in Limoges, France. As a student in Limoges, he planned to enter the priesthood. He later developed an intere ...

(1791–1874), French anatomist and pathologist (see Cruveilhier's sign,

Cruveilhier–Baumgarten disease Cruveilhier–Baumgarten disease or Pégot-Cruveilhier–Baumgarten disease is a rare medical condition in which the umbilical or paraumbilical veins are distended, with an abdominal wall bruit (the Cruveilhier-Baumgarten bruit) and palpable thr ...

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* David C. Dahlin (1917–2003) American surgical & orthopedic pathologist. * Jean Baptiste Hippolyte Dance (1797–1832) French pathologist. * Ferdinand-Jean Darier (1856–1938), French pathologist and dermatologist. * James R. Dawson (1908–1986), American pathologist (see Dawson encephalitis). *

Francis Delafield Francis Delafield (August 3, 1841 – July 17, 1915)

(1841–1915), American physician & pathologist. * Franz Dittrich (1815–1859), Austrian-Bohemian-German pathologist. *

Karl Gottfried Paul Döhle Karl Gottfried Paul Döhle (6 June 1855 – 7 December 1928) was a German pathologist who was a native of Mühlhausen. He was a student at Tübingen, Leipzig, Strassburg and Kiel, where he received his doctorate in 1882. Afterwards he was an ...

(1855–1928), German pathologist & histologist (see

Döhle bodies Döhle bodies are light blue-gray, oval, basophilic, leukocyte inclusions located in the peripheral cytoplasm of neutrophils. They measure 1–3 μm in diameter. Not much is known about their formation, but they are thought to be remnants of ...

). * William L. Donohue (1906–1985), Canadian pathologist (see Donohue syndrome). * Georges Dreyer (1873–1934), Danish pathologist, professor of pathology at

Oxford University The University of Oxford is a collegiate research university in Oxford, England. There is evidence of teaching as early as 1096, making it the oldest university in the English-speaking world and the second-oldest continuously operating u ...

. * I. N. Dubin (born 1913), American pathologist (see

Dubin–Johnson syndrome Dubin–Johnson syndrome is a rare, autosomal recessive, benign disorder that causes an isolated increase of conjugated bilirubin in the serum. Classically, the condition causes a black liver due to the deposition of a pigment similar to melanin ...

). * Cuthbert Dukes (1890–1977), English physician and pathologist for whom the Dukes classification for colorectal cancer is named. * Guillaume Dupuytren (1777–1835), French military surgeon & surgical pathologist.

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* Karl Joseph Eberth (1835–1926), German pathologist and bacteriologist. * William E. Ehrich (1900–1967), German-American pathologist, professor of pathology at Philadelphia General Hospital and the Graduate School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania. *

Paul Ehrlich Paul Ehrlich (; 14 March 1854 – 20 August 1915) was a Nobel Prize-winning German physician and scientist who worked in the fields of hematology, immunology and antimicrobial chemotherapy. Among his foremost achievements were finding a cure fo ...

(1854–1915), German physician, researcher and pathologist,

, one of the founders of immunology & laboratory medicine. * Jakob Erdheim (1874–1937), Austrian pathologist (see

Erdheim–Chester disease Erdheim–Chester disease (ECD) is an extremely rare disease classified as a non- Langerhans-cell histiocytic neoplasm. In 2016, the World Health Organization (WHO) defined ECD as a slow-growing blood cancer that may originate in the bone marrow o ...

). * James Ewing (1866–1943), American surgical pathologist, first professor of pathology at

Cornell University Cornell University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university based in Ithaca, New York, United States. The university was co-founded by American philanthropist Ezra Cornell and historian and educator Andrew Dickson W ...

, eponymist of Ewing's sarcoma, one of the founders of AACR.

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* Robert (Robin) Sanno Fåhræus (1888–1968), Swedish pathologist (see Fåhræus effect and Fåhræus–Lindqvist effect). *

Sidney Farber Sidney Farber (September 30, 1903 – March 30, 1973) was an American pediatric pathologist at Boston Children's Hospital. He is regarded as the father of modern chemotherapy for his work using folic acid antagonists to combat leukemia, which l ...

(1903–1973), American pediatric pathologist, regarded as the father of modern

chemotherapy Chemotherapy (often abbreviated chemo, sometimes CTX and CTx) is the type of cancer treatment that uses one or more anti-cancer drugs (list of chemotherapeutic agents, chemotherapeutic agents or alkylating agents) in a standard chemotherapy re ...

, and after whom the

Dana–Farber Cancer Institute Dana–Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI) is a comprehensive cancer treatment and research center in Boston, Massachusetts. Dana-Farber is the founding member of the Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center, Harvard's Comprehensive Cancer Center designated ...

is named. * Martin J. Fettman (born 1956), American veterinarian, veterinary pathologist, and astronaut * Johannes Andreas Grib Fibiger (1867–1928), Danish physician & pathologist,

in Physiology or Medicine 1926. * Paul Flechsig (1847–1929), German neuroanatomist, psychiatrist and neuropathologist. *

Christopher D. M. Fletcher Christopher D. M. Fletcher (13 March 1958 – 28 July 2024) was a British pathologist who wrote more than 700 peer reviewed articles and was a chairman of the World Health Organization's Working Group on the Pathology and Genetics of Tumours of ...

, Anglo-American pathologist * Friedrich Theodor von Frerichs (1819–1885), German pathologist. *

Nikolaus Friedreich Nikolaus Friedreich (1 July 1825 in Würzburg – 6 July 1882 in Heidelberg) was a German pathologist and neurologist, and a third generation physician in the Friedreich family. His father was psychiatrist Johann Baptist Friedreich (1796–18 ...

(1825–1882), German pathologist and neurologist. *

August von Froriep August von Froriep (10 September 1849 – 11 October 1917) was a German anatomist born in Weimar. He studied medicine in Leipzig, and after earning his doctorate in 1874, he became an assistant to Christian Wilhelm Braune (1831–1892). Later he ...

(1849–1917), German anatomist. * Robert Froriep (1804–1861), German anatomist and medical publisher.

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* Carl Jakob Adolf Christian Gerhardt (1833–1902), German pathologist *

Joseph von Gerlach Joseph von Gerlach (3 April 1820 – 17 December 1896) was a German professor of anatomy at the University of Erlangen. He was a native of Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate. Gerlach was a pioneer of histological staining and anatomical micrograph ...

(1820–1896), German professor of anatomy, pioneer of histological staining and

micrography Micrography (from Greek language, Greek, literally small-writing – "Μικρογραφία"), also called microcalligraphy, is a Jewish form of calligrams developed in the 9th century, with parallels in Christianity and Islam,Gustav Giemsa (1867–1948), German physician, pathologist, & histochemist (see

Giemsa stain Giemsa stain (), named after German chemist and bacteriologist Gustav Giemsa, is a nucleic acid stain used in cytogenetics and for the histopathological diagnosis of malaria and other parasites. Uses It is specific for the phosphate groups o ...

) * Anthony Gill (born 1972), Australian pathologist and medical researcher *

Camillo Golgi Camillo Golgi (; 7 July 184321 January 1926) was an Italian biologist and pathologist known for his works on the central nervous system. He studied medicine at the University of Pavia (where he later spent most of his professional career) bet ...

(1843–1926), Italian neuropathologist &

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Ernest Goodpasture Ernest William Goodpasture (October 17, 1886 – September 20, 1960) was an American pathologist and physician. Goodpasture advanced the scientific understanding of the pathogenesis of infectious diseases, parasitism, and a variety of rickettsia ...

(1886–1960), American pathologist, eponymist of Goodpasture's syndrome *

Austin Gresham Geoffrey Austin Gresham (1 November 1924 – 24 July 2009) was a British pathologist and writer of ''A Colour Atlas of Forensic Pathology'', a seminal book on the subject. He was educated at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge and King's Col ...

(1925–2009), English forensic pathologist

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* Hakaru Hashimoto (1881–1934), Japanese medical scientist. *

Ludvig Hektoen Ludvig Hektoen (July 2, 1863 – July 5, 1951) was an American pathologist known for his work in the fields of pathology, microbiology and immunology. Hektoen was appointed to the National Academy of Sciences in 1918, and served as president of ...

(1863–1951), American researcher on pathology of infectious diseases. * Arnold Ludwig Gotthilf Heller (1840–1913), German anatomist and pathologist. *

Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle (; 9 July 1809 – 13 May 1885) was a German physician, pathologist, and anatomist. He is credited with the discovery of the loop of Henle in the kidney. His essay, "On Miasma and Contagia," was an early argument ...

(1809–1885), German physician, pathologist and anatomist. * Richard L. Heschl (1824–1881), Austrian anatomist & pathologist. *

Thomas Hodgkin Thomas Hodgkin Royal Medical Society, RMS (17 August 1798 – 5 April 1866) was a British physician, considered one of the most prominent pathology, pathologists of his time and a pioneer in preventive medicine. He is now best known for the firs ...

(1798–1866), English physician & pathologist; eponymist of

Hodgkin's disease Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) is a type of lymphoma in which cancer originates from a specific type of white blood cell called lymphocytes, where multinucleated Reed–Sternberg cells (RS cells) are present in the lymph nodes. The condition was named a ...

. * Friedrich Albin Hoffmann (1843–1924), German internist and pathologist. *

Jason Hornick Jason Hornick is an American surgical pathologist, Director of Surgical Pathology, and Director of the Immunohistochemistry Laboratory at Brigham and Women's Hospital. He is a Professor of Pathology at Harvard Medical School. Hornick was a mem ...

, American pathologist and researcher * Karl Hürthle (1860–1945), German physiologist and histologist. * Helen Hart (1900–1971), American plant pathologist

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* Elaine Jaffe, American pathologist, expert in research, diagnostics and classification of lymphomas, particularly

follicular lymphoma Follicular lymphoma (FL) is a cancer that involves certain types of white blood cells known as lymphocytes. This cancer is a form of Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma and it originates from the uncontrolled division of specific types of B-cells ( centrocytes ...

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* Fujiro Katsurada (1867–1946), Japanese pathologist. * Eduard Kaufmann (1860–1931), German pathologist. *

Ernest Kennaway Sir Ernest Laurence Kennaway FRS (23 May 1881 – 1 January 1958) was a British pathologist and Royal Medal winner. He first became interested in natural life when, due to a childhood illness, he was encouraged to spend time outdoors. He was tra ...

(1881–1958), English clinical chemist and researcher on carcinogenesis. *

Jack Kevorkian Murad Jacob Kevorkian (May 26, 1928 – June 3, 2011) was an American pathologist and euthanasia proponent. He publicly championed a terminal patient's right to die by physician-assisted suicide, embodied in his quote, "Dying is not a crime" ...

(1928–2011), American pathologist, controversial advocate of euthanasia. * Theodor Albrecht Edwin Klebs (1834–1913), German-Swiss pathologist. * Julius von Kossa 19th-century Austro-Hungarian pathologist (see Von Kossa stain). * Leiv Kreyberg (1896–1984), Norwegian war hero, humanitarian and pathologist known for typology of lung cancer. *

Hans Kundrat Hans Kundrat (6 October 1845 – 25 April 1893) was a pathologist born in Vienna, Austrian Empire. He studied medicine in Vienna, and as a student he was a demonstrator under Josef Hyrtl and Karl von Rokitansky. In 1868 he received his medica ...

(1845–1893), Austrian pathologist. *

Kathleen Coard Kathleen Cecile Maria Coard (born 18 July 1952) is a Grenadian anatomic pathologist and academic, known for her research on cardiovascular diseases, prostate cancer, and soft tissue tumors. She is the first female professor of pathology in ...

(born 1952), Grenadian pathologist.

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Paul Eston Lacy Paul Eston Lacy (February 7, 1924 – February 15, 2005) was an anatomist and experimentalist and one of the world’s leading diabetes mellitus researchers. He is often credited as the originator of islet transplantation. Education Lacy was ...

(1924–2005), former chairperson of pathology at Washington University and diabetes researcher. * Paul Langerhans (1847–1888), German pathologist, physiologist and biologist. * William Boog Leishman (1865–1926), English authority on the pathology of human parasitic diseases (see

leishmaniasis Leishmaniasis is a wide array of clinical manifestations caused by protozoal parasites of the Trypanosomatida genus ''Leishmania''. It is generally spread through the bite of Phlebotominae, phlebotomine Sandfly, sandflies, ''Phlebotomus'' an ...

) * George Lignac (1891–1954), Dutch pathologist-anatomist. *

Henrique da Rocha Lima Henrique da Rocha Lima (24 November 1879 – 12 April 1956) was a Brazilian physician, pathologist and infectologist born in Rio de Janeiro. With his friend, Stanislaus von Prowazek, he described what would later be known as '' Rickettsia p ...

(1879–1956), Brazilian physician, pathologist and infectologist * James Linder (born 1954), American cytopathologist and technological developer * Leo Loeb (1869–1959), American pathologist and early cancer researcher. * Esmond Ray Long (1890–1970), American pathologist, epidemiologist, and medical historian.

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Frank Burr Mallory Frank Burr Mallory (November 12, 1862 – September 27, 1941) was an American pathologist at the Boston City Hospital and professor of pathology at Harvard Medical School, after whom the Mallory body is named. The Pathology Department at B ...

(1862–1941), American surgical pathologist & histochemist (see Mallory bodies) * Rod Markin (born 1956) American pioneer in laboratory automation. * Alexander A. Maximow (1874–1928), Russian-American scientist, histologist and embryologist. *

John McCrae Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae (November 30, 1872 – January 28, 1918) was a Canadian poet, physician, author, artist and soldier during World War I and a surgeon during the Second Battle of Ypres, in Belgium. He is best known for writing th ...

(1872–1918), Canadian pathologist, physician, soldier and poet, author of n Flanders Fields * Frances Gertrude McGill (1882–1959), pioneering Canadian pathologist and criminologist *

Tracey McNamara Tracy, Tracey, or Tracie may refer to: People and fictional characters * Tracy (name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the given name or surname, also encompassing spelling variations Places United States * Tracy, C ...

, veterinary pathologist at the

Bronx Zoo The Bronx Zoo (also historically the Bronx Zoological Park and the Bronx Zoological Gardens) is a zoo within Bronx Park in the Bronx, New York City. It is one of the largest zoos in the United States by area and the largest Metropolis, metropol ...

who played a pivotal role in identifying the first outbreak of

West Nile Virus West Nile virus (WNV) is a single-stranded RNA virus that causes West Nile fever. It is a member of the family ''Flaviviridae'', from the genus ''Flavivirus'', which also contains the Zika virus, dengue virus, and yellow fever virus. The virus ...

in the United States *

Giovanni Battista Morgagni Giovanni Battista Morgagni (25 February 1682 – 6 December 1771) was an Italian anatomy, anatomist, generally regarded as the father of modern anatomical pathology, who taught thousands of medical students from many countries during his 56 year ...

(1682–1771), Italian pathologist, considered the father of modern

Anatomical Pathology Anatomical pathology (''Commonwealth'') or anatomic pathology (''U.S.'') is a medical specialty that is concerned with the diagnosis of disease based on the macroscopic, microscopic, biochemical, immunologic and molecular examination ...

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Heijiro Nakayama was a Japanese pathologist and archaeologist living in Fukuoka. Life Heijiro Nakayama was born in 1871 in Kyoto City to a family of physicians. In 1874, he moved to Tokyo. During secondary school days, he was interested in archaeology and foun ...

(1871–1956), Japanese pathologist. *

Bernhard Naunyn Bernhard Naunyn (2 September 1839 – 26 July 1925) was a German pathologist, born in Berlin. Biography After receiving his degree at the University of Berlin in 1863, he became an assistant to pathologist Friedrich Theodor von Frerichs (1819� ...

(1839–1925), German pathologist. *

Franz Ernst Christian Neumann Franz Ernst Christian Neumann (30 January 1834 – 6 March 1918) was a German pathologist who was a native of Königsberg. His common name was Ernst Neumann. Life He was the son of physicist Franz Ernst Neumann (1798–1895), and grandson of chem ...

(1834–1918), German pathologist. * Thomas Noguchi (born 1927), Japanese American forensic pathologist & medical examiner.

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Shuji Ogino is a molecular pathological epidemiology, molecular pathological epidemiologist, pathologist, and epidemiologist. He is currently Professor of Pathology at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital, and Professor in the Department o ...

(born 1968), Japanese pathologist,

epidemiologist Epidemiology is the study and analysis of the distribution (who, when, and where), patterns and determinants of health and disease conditions in a defined population, and application of this knowledge to prevent diseases. It is a cornerstone ...

Harvard University Harvard University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1636 and named for its first benefactor, the History of the Puritans in North America, Puritan clergyma ...

professor, and pioneer in

molecular pathological epidemiology Molecular pathological epidemiology (MPE, also molecular pathologic epidemiology) is a discipline combining epidemiology and pathology. It is defined as "epidemiology of molecular pathology and heterogeneity of disease". Pathology and epidemiolog ...

. * Eugene Lindsay Opie (1873–1971), American pathologist and researcher on tuberculosis. * Johannes Orth (1847–1923), German pathologist. *

William Osler Sir William Osler, 1st Baronet, (; July 12, 1849 – December 29, 1919) was a Canadian physician and one of the "Big Four" founding professors of Johns Hopkins Hospital. Osler created the first Residency (medicine), residency program for speci ...

(1849–1919), Canadian physician and pathologist, founder professor at

Johns Hopkins Hospital Johns Hopkins Hospital (JHH) is the teaching hospital and biomedical research facility of Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland. Founded in 1889, Johns Hopkins Hospital and its school of medicine are considered to be the foundin ...

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Richard Paltauf Richard Paltauf (9 February 1858 – 21 April 1924) was an Austrian pathologist and bacteriologist. Biography Paltauf was born on 9 February 1858, in Judenburg, Styria. In 1880 he received his medical doctorate at the University of Graz, a ...

(1858–1924), Austrian pathologist and bacteriologist. * George Nicolas Papanicolaou (1883–1962), Greek-American cytopathologist & developer of the Papanicolaou cervical smear (see

Pap smear The Papanicolaou test (abbreviated as Pap test, also known as Pap smear (AE), cervical smear (BE), cervical screening (BE), or smear test (BE)) is a method of cervical screening used to detect potentially precancerous and cancerous processes in ...

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Artur Pappenheim Artur Pappenheim (13 December 1870 in Berlin – 31 December 1916) was a German physician and hematologist, remembered for his pioneer efforts in stem cell research. Biography Of Jewish origins, initially he studied mathematics and philosophy, ...

(1870–1916), German physician, developer of histochemical stains. * Lukáš Plank (born 1951), Slovak pathologist specializing in oncopathology and hematopathology. * Emil Ponfick (1844–1913), German pathologist.

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* Louis-Antoine Ranvier (1835–1922), French physician, pathologist, anatomist and histologist, discoverer of

nodes of Ranvier Nodes of Ranvier ( ), also known as myelin-sheath gaps, occur along a myelinated axon where the axolemma is exposed to the extracellular space. Nodes of Ranvier are uninsulated axonal domains that are high in sodium and potassium ion channels ...

. * Ronald Rapini (born 1948), US dermatopathologist; discoverer of sclerotic fibroma. * Friedrich Daniel von Recklinghausen (1833–1910), German pathologist. * Benno Reinhardt (1819–1852), German physician, specialized in pathological anatomy. *

Donald Rix Donald Blake Rix, (1931 – November 6, 2009) was a Canadian pathologist, philanthropist, community volunteer, and Businessperson, businessman. He was the founder and chair of MDS Metro Laboratory Services (now known as LifeLabs Medical Laborator ...

(1931–2009), founder of a Canadian commercial pathology laboratory. *

Carl von Rokitansky Baron Carl von Rokitansky (, ; 19 February 1804 – 23 July 1878) was a Czech-born Austrian empire, Austrian physician, pathologist, humanist philosopher and liberal politician, founder of the Viennese School of Medicine of the 19th century. He ...

(1804–1878), Bohemian autopsy pathologist. * Juan Rosai (1940–2020), Italian-American surgical pathologist, discoverer of Rosai-Dorfman disease and the desmoplastic small round cell tumor. * Gustave Roussy (1874–1948), Swiss-French neuropathologist.

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* Christian Georg Schmorl (1861–1932), German pathologist. * Richard Scolyer, Australian pathologist * Johann Lukas Schönlein (1793–1864), German naturalist, and pathologist. *

Charles Scott Sherrington Sir Charles Scott Sherrington (27 November 1857 – 4 March 1952) was a British neurophysiology, neurophysiologist. His experimental research established many aspects of contemporary neuroscience, including the concept of the spinal reflex as a ...

(1857–1952), English neuropathologist &

in Physiology or Medicine 1932 *

Richard Shope Richard Edwin Shope (December 25, 1901 – October 2, 1966) was an American virologist who, together with his mentor Paul A. Lewis at the Rockefeller Institute, identified influenzavirus A in pigs in 1931. Using Shope's technique, Smith, A ...

(1901–1966), American virologist and pathologist. * Keith Simpson (1907–1985), English forensic pathologist. * Maud Slye (1879–1954), American experimental pathologist. *

Theobald Smith Theobald Smith Royal Society of London, FRS(For) HFRSE (July 31, 1859 – December 10, 1934) was a pioneering epidemiology, epidemiologist, bacteriologist, pathology, pathologist and professor. Smith is widely considered to be America's first int ...

(1859–1934), American pioneering epidemiologist and pathologist. *

Kim Solez Kim Solez (born 1946) is an American pathologist and co-founder of the Banff Classification, the first standardized international classification for renal allograft biopsies. He is also the founder of the Banff Foundation for Allograft Pathology. ...

(born 1946), American pathologist, father of the Banff Classification of Transplantation Pathology. * Sir Bernard Spilsbury (1877–1947), British pathologist. * Sophie Spitz (1910–1956), American surgical pathologist, eponymist of Spitz nevus * Edward Stafne (born 1894, date of death unknown), American oral pathologist (see

Stafne defect The Stafne defect (also termed Stafne's idiopathic bone cavity, Stafne bone cavity, Stafne bone cyst (misnomer), lingual mandibular salivary gland depression, lingual mandibular cortical defect, latent bone cyst, or static bone cyst) is a depre ...

). * Allen Starry (1890–1973), American pathologist (see Warthin–Starry stain). *

Javier Arias Stella Javier Arias Stella (August 2, 1924 – February 25, 2020) was a Peruvian pathologist, politician, diplomat, academic, and lecturer who variously served as Minister of Public Health of Peru (1963-1965, 1967-1968), Minister of Foreign Relations of ...

(1924–2020), Peruvian pathologist, describer of the Arias Stella reaction in the endometrium. * Stephen Sternberg (1920–2021), American pathologist, founding Editor-in-Chief of The American Journal of Surgical Pathology and editor of several 20th-century pathology textbooks. * Arthur Purdy Stout (1885–1967). American surgeon and pathologist, & one of the fathers of modern

. * Lotte Strauss (1913–1985), American pathologist (see Churg–Strauss syndrome).

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Sunao Tawara was a Japanese pathologist known for the discovery of the atrioventricular node. Tawara was born in Ōita Prefecture and studied at the Medical School, Imperial University of Tokyo in Tokyo, graduating in 1901 and receiving his Medical Doctor, ...

(1873–1952), Japanese pathologist, discoverer of the

. * Donald Teare (1911–1979), British pathologist. * Jacques-René Tenon (1724–1816), French surgeon and pathologist. *

Ludwig Traube Ludwig Traube may refer to: *Ludwig Traube (physician) (1818–1876), German physician and co-founder of experimental pathology in Germany *Ludwig Traube (palaeographer) (1861–1907), his son, German paleographer {{hndis, Traube, Ludwig ...

(1818–1876), German physician, co-founder of the experimental pathology in Germany. * Václav Treitz (1819–1872), Czech pathologist. * Charles Emile Troisier (1844–1919), French doctor.

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* Johann Paul Uhle (1827–1861), German physician and pathologist. *

Paul Gerson Unna Paul Gerson Unna, (September 8, 1850, Hamburg – January 29, 1929, Hamburg) was a German physician specialized in dermatologist, dermatology and one of the pioneers in dermatopathology. Biography Paul Unna was born to German Jewish parents Mor ...

(1850–1929), one of the founders of

dermatopathology Dermatopathology (from Greek , ''derma'' 'skin' + , ''pathos'' 'fate, harm' + , ''-logia'' 'study of') is a joint subspecialty of dermatology and pathology or surgical pathology that focuses on the study of cutaneous diseases at a microscopic an ...

. * James Underwood (born 1942), British pathologist.

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* José Verocay (1876–1927), Czechoslovakian pathologist (see Verocay body). *

Rudolf Virchow Rudolf Ludwig Carl Virchow ( ; ; 13 October 18215 September 1902) was a German physician, anthropologist, pathologist, prehistorian, biologist, writer, editor, and politician. He is known as "the father of modern pathology" and as the founder o ...

(1821–1902), German physician, politician, & the father of "cellular" pathology. * Adolf Vossius (1855–1925), German pathologist (see Vossius ring).

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* Erik Waaler (1903–1997), Norwegian professor of medicine. *

Hermann Julius Gustav Wächter Hermann Julius Gustav Wächter (1878 – c. 1944) was a German physician remembered for describing Bracht-Wachter bodies in infective endocarditis. Death During World War II, Wächter was enlisted by the German Army to cure and alleviate dep ...

(born 1878, date of death unknown), German physician (see Bracht-Wachter bodies). *

Ernst Leberecht Wagner Ernst Leberecht Wagner (12 March 1829 – 10 February 1888) was a German pathologist who was a native of Dehlitz, a town in the Burgenlandkreis district of Saxony-Anhalt. Education and career He studied medicine in Leipzig under Carl Reinho ...

(1829–1888), German pathologist. * Heinrich von Waldeyer-Hartz (1836–1921), German anatomist. *

Robin Warren John Robin Warren (11 June 1937 – 23 July 2024) was an Australian pathologist, Nobel laureate, and researcher who is credited with the 1979 re-discovery of the bacterium '' Helicobacter pylori'', together with Barry Marshall. The duo pr ...

(born 1937), Australian gastrointestinal pathologist &

in Physiology or Medicine, 2005. * Aldred Scott Warthin (1866–1931), American pathologist (see Warthin–Starry stain). * David Weatherall (1933–2013), British physician and researcher * Friedrich Wegener (1907–1990), Nazi German pathologist (see

granulomatosis with polyangiitis Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA), formerly known as Wegener's granulomatosis (WG), after Nazi German physician Friedrich Wegener, is a rare, long-term, systemic disorder that involves the formation of granulomas and vasculitis, inflammatio ...

). * Anton Weichselbaum (1845–1920), Austrian pathologist and bacteriologist. * Carl Weigert (1845–1904), developer of histochemical stains. * Adolf Weil (1848–1916), German physician and pathologist (see Weil's disease). * Ronald S. Weinstein (1938–2021), American pathologist, inventor, educator (see Telepathology). * Sharon Weiss (born 1945), American surgical pathologist, expert on soft tissue pathology (see

Sarcoma A sarcoma is a rare type of cancer that arises from cells of mesenchymal origin. Originating from mesenchymal cells means that sarcomas are cancers of connective tissues such as bone, cartilage, muscle, fat, or vascular tissues. Sarcom ...

). *

William Henry Welch William is a masculine given name of Germanic origin. It became popular in England after the Norman conquest in 1066,All Things William"Meaning & Origin of the Name"/ref> and remained so throughout the Middle Ages and into the modern era. It is ...

(1850–1934), American physician, pathologist, bacteriologist, medical school administrator, founder professor at

. * Max Westenhöfer, (1871–1957), German pathologist, disciple of

, author of the

aquatic ape hypothesis The aquatic ape hypothesis (AAH), also referred to as aquatic ape theory (AAT) or the waterside hypothesis of human evolution, postulates that the ancestors of modern humans took a divergent evolutionary pathway from the other great apes by be ...

and influential on the development of pathology and social medicine in

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in western South America. It is the southernmost country in the world and the closest to Antarctica, stretching along a narrow strip of land between the Andes, Andes Mountains and the Paci ...

. * George Whipple (1878–1976), American physician, pathologist, biomedical researcher, and medical school educator and administrator,

in Physiology or Medicine, 1934. *

James Homer Wright James Homer Wright (April 8, 1869 – January 3, 1928) was an early and influential American pathologist, who was chief of pathology at Massachusetts General Hospital from 1896 to 1926. Wright was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In 1915, he jo ...

(1869–1928), surgical pathologist and developer of histochemical stains (see

Wright stain Wright's stain is a hematologic stain that facilitates the differentiation of blood cell types. It is classically a mixture of eosin (red) and methylene blue dyes. It is used primarily to stain peripheral blood smears, urine samples, and bone ma ...

). * Guy Alfred Wyon (1883–1924), English pathologist, one of the team which resolved the issue of potentially-fatal

TNT Troponin T (shortened TnT or TropT) is a part of the troponin complex, which are proteins integral to the contraction of skeletal and heart muscles. They are expressed in skeletal and cardiac myocytes. Troponin T binds to tropomyosin and helps ...

poisoning in

shell Shell may refer to: Architecture and design * Shell (structure), a thin structure ** Concrete shell, a thin shell of concrete, usually with no interior columns or exterior buttresses Science Biology * Seashell, a hard outer layer of a marine ani ...

factories during

World War I World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War I, Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting to ...

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* Yamagiwa Katsusaburō (1863–1930) Japanese pathologist, developed the concept of chemical carcinogenesis.

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* Friedrich Wilhelm Zahn (1845–1904), German pathologist. *

Friedrich Albert von Zenker Friedrich Albert von Zenker (13 March 1825 – 13 June 1898) was a German Pathology, pathologist and physician, celebrated for his discovery of trichinosis. He was born in Dresden, and was educated in Leipzig and Heidelberg. While in Leipzig, he ...

(1825–1898), German pathologist and physician. * Hugo Wilhelm von Ziemssen (1829–1902), German pathologist and physician.

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