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Henry Rappaport · Science & Medicine

What

Pathologist who created an influential classification of lymphomas

When

1913, Vienna, Austria-Hungary — 2003, United States

Where

United States

Biography

Henry Rappaport is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Pathologist who created an influential classification of lymphomas

How & why

Henry Rappaport was a pathologist who created the influential Rappaport classification of lymphomas, which for decades gave clinicians a systematic framework for diagnosing and treating these cancers. Born into a Jewish family in Vienna, he emigrated to the United States, where he became a leading figure in hematopathology.

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Pathologist who created an influential classification of lymphomas

1913

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biomedical Science