Elise L'Esperance

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Elise L'Esperance

Elise L'Esperance (* as Élise Depew-Strang 1878 in Yorktown , New York (state) ; † 1959 in Pelham Manor, New York) was an American doctor ( oncology ). She was a pioneer in the early detection of cancer and founded two clinics in this field.

Life

Elise L'Esperance was the daughter of a doctor and studied at the Woman's Medical College of the New York Infirmary for Women and Children with an MD degree in 1900. She then turned to pediatrics as an internship at Babies Hospital in New York, in a private practice in Detroit and from 1902 back in New York. Dissatisfied with the medical possibilities of her time, she turned to research, first in the Tuberculosis Commission of New York (from 1908), then in pathology with James Ewing at Cornell University , an oncologist. In 1914 she spent half a year in Munich for further training, where she researched liver cancer and which she published about in 1915. From 1912 she was an instructor and from 1920 she was an assistant professor at Cornell University Medical School.

In 1932 she made a million dollar inheritance (from her uncle, the railroad magnate and US Senator Chauncey Depew) and founded two oncology clinics with it. One motive was her mother's death from cancer in 1930. The Kate Depew Strang Tumor Clinic , founded in 1937, dealt specifically with the early detection and treatment of cancer in women, had only female doctors and was located in the New York Infirmary. The other was directed by James Ewing. Many procedures for the early detection of cancer have been developed here (such as Pap tests , proctoscopy ) and annual examinations are offered. The clinics served as models for similar cancer screening clinics in the United States.

In 1950 she became a professor at Cornell University. She also taught at Bellevue Hospital.

In 1951 she received the Lasker ~ DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award .

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SURNAME L'Esperance, Elise
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Depew Strand, Elise
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American medic
DATE OF BIRTH 1878
PLACE OF BIRTH Yorktown (New York)
DATE OF DEATH 1959
Place of death Pelham Manor, New York