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Leopold Koss
Born

Leopold Kon


October 2, 1920
DiedSeptember 11, 2012 (age 91)
NationalityAmerican
Occupationpathologist
Known forcytopathology research

Leopold George Koss (born Leopold Kon; October 2, 1920 – September 11, 2012) was an American physician, pathologist, and professor at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine.[1] He has been called "one of the founding fathers for the field of cytopathology".[2]

Biography[edit]

Koss was born in Langfuhr, Poland. He escaped Nazi persecution in 1942 by entering Switzerland, where he was eventually allowed to continue studying medicine.[3] He received his M.D. degree from the University of Bern, Switzerland in 1946. His parents and sisters were murdered in the Holocaust.

He arrived in the United States in 1947, and did a residency in pathologyatKings County HospitalinBrooklyn, New York. From 1952 to 1970, minus a stint in the Korean War, he was on staff at the Memorial Sloan–Kettering Cancer Center. In 1973, he was named Chairman of the Department of Pathology at Montefiore Medical Center and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine.[2]

Awards[edit]

Koss received the Papanicolaou, Goldblatt, and Masubuchi Awards, the Sloan Award in Cancer Research, and the Gold-headed Cane Award from the American Society for Investigative Pathology.[2] He was a distinguished member of the American Society of Cytopathology.[4]

Works[edit]

His textbook Koss' Diagnostic Cytology and its Histopathologic Bases, in its fifth edition as of 2005,[5] is considered a classic in the field of cytopathology.[6]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Leopold Koss". New York Times. September 15, 2012. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
  • ^ a b c "Giant in Cytology, Dr. Leopold Koss, Passes Away." September 13, 2012. American Society for Clinical Pathology. Accessed November 2012.
  • ^ Koss, Leopold G. Eternally Grateful, Frontline (U.S. TV series) (1997) (1997 report including Koss's story of how he escaped the Nazis and was allowed entrance to Switzerland)
  • ^ "Leopold Koss, Obituary". legacy.com. 2012-09-15. Retrieved 2012-11-02.
  • ^ Koss, Leopold G.; Melamed, Myron R. (2005). Koss' Diagnostic Cytology And Its Histopathologic Bases. Lippincott Williams and Wilkins. ISBN 978-0781719285.
  • ^ Koss' Diagnostic Cytology and Its Histopathologic Bases (1968, and subsequent editions)
  • ^ Tumors of the Urinary Bladder
  • ^ Aspiration Biopsy
  • ^ Introduction to Gynecologic Cytology
  • 9 Sanchez M. A personal Memory of Leo Koss Cancer Cytopathology Volume 120, Issue 6, pages 419–420, 25 December 2012

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