Leopold Koss Explained

Leopold Koss
Birth Name:Leopold Kon
Birth Date:October 2, 1920
Birth Place:Langfuhr, Poland
Death Date:September 11, 2012 (age 91)
Death Place:New York, New York
Nationality:American
Known For:cytopathology research
Occupation:pathologist

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

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 pathology at Kings County Hospital in Brooklyn, 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

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

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

9 Sanchez M. A personal Memory of Leo Koss Cancer CytopathologyVolume 120, Issue 6, pages 419–420, 25 December 2012

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. News: Leopold Koss. September 15, 2012. New York Times. 14 October 2012.
  2. http://www.ascp.org/Newsroom/Giant-in-Cytology-Dr-Leopold-Koss-Passes-Away.html "Giant in Cytology, Dr. Leopold Koss, Passes Away."
  3. 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)
  4. Web site: Leopold Koss, Obituary. legacy.com. 2012-09-15. 2012-11-02.
  5. Book: Koss. Leopold G.. Leopold Koss. Melamed. Myron R.. Koss' Diagnostic Cytology And Its Histopathologic Bases. 2005. Lippincott Williams and Wilkins. 978-0781719285.
  6. https://books.google.com/books?id=yUvhjjShhpEC Koss' Diagnostic Cytology and Its Histopathologic Bases
  7. https://books.google.com/books?id=_nrTSIGdKxoC&q=Tumors+of+the+Urinary+Bladder Tumors of the Urinary Bladder
  8. https://books.google.com/books?id=rKZrAAAAMAAJ&q=Aspiration+Biopsy Aspiration Biopsy
  9. https://books.google.com/books?id=BMhsAAAAMAAJ&q=Introduction+to+Gynecologic+Cytology Introduction to Gynecologic Cytology