Henry Kaplan
Henry Kaplan · Science & Medicine
Radiation oncologist who made Hodgkin's disease curable and co-developed the medical linear accelerator.
1918, Chicago, Illinois, USA — 1984, Palo Alto, California, USA
United States
Henry Kaplan is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Radiation oncologist who made Hodgkin's disease curable and co-developed the medical linear accelerator.
Kaplan was a Jewish American radiation oncologist who transformed Hodgkin's disease from a fatal illness into a curable one by developing extended-field radiotherapy, and who co-developed the first medical linear accelerator in the Western United States. His work made megavoltage radiation a precise cancer treatment and saved countless lives. Born to a Jewish family in Chicago, he spent his career at Stanford University.
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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biology
Radiation oncologist who made Hodgkin's disease curable and co-developed the medical linear accelerator.
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biology
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