Fritz Schajowicz

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Fritz Schajowicz (born July 31, 1911 in Suczawa , Bukowina , † January 14, 1992 in St. Louis , Missouri ) was an Austrian pathologist . In 1938 he emigrated to Buenos Aires via Bologna. There he became the world's leading expert on bone tumors.

Life

As the son of an accountant , Schajowicz studied medicine at the University of Vienna from the winter semester 1930/31 . During his studies he lived in his father's household at Seegasse 3/7 in Alsergrund . He worked for Jakob Erdheim for years . On February 5, 1936 he was at the Medical Faculty of the University of Vienna Dr. med. PhD . After the annexation of Austria by the Nazis to leave forced, he went to Vittorio Putti at the Istituto ortopedico Rizzoli in Bologna .

José Valls moved him to Buenos Aires . There Schajowicz started his own business as a bone pathologist. He worked closely with Valls and Carlos Ottolenghi, the leading orthopedic surgeons in Argentina. At the World Health Organization , Schajowicz was Director of the Reference Center for Bone Pathology. He taught at the Universidad de Buenos Aires for over 45 years and was involved in the International Skeletal Society .

To be closer to their two daughters, Schajowicz moved to St. Louis with his wife. He joined the Medical School at Saint Louis University . Despite his old age, he participated there and in Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center on orthopedic class.

Latin American Registry of Bone Pathology

Schajowicz founded the Latin American Register for Bone Pathology. His important textbook on bone tumors (1981) is based on 30,000 cases . The size of the registry was three times as many cases in 2009 as compared to the Mayo Clinic collection .

Works

Honors

literature

  • Fritz Schajowicz, MD 1912-1992 . The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery 74 (1992), p. 1580

Web links

Remarks

  1. ↑ Dates of birth according to Schajowicz 'information in the enrollment documents.
  2. ↑ a b Communication from the Vienna University Archives.
  3. ↑ At that time, writing a dissertation was not part of the curriculum in Austria; after successfully completing the three rigorous exams, you received a doctorate.
  4. ↑ Information from the Magistrate Directorate – Presidential Department, Office of Honorary Signs Office, Vienna.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Tumors and Tumorlike Lesions of Bone and Joints
  2. ↑ a b c Obituary JBJS (1992).
  3. ↑ Unni KK, Inwards CY (Eds): Dahlin's Bone Tumors: General Aspects and Data on 10,165 Cases . Lippincott-Williams & Wilkins, 2009.
personal data
SURNAME Schajowicz, Fritz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian pathologist; University professor
DATE OF BIRTH July 31, 1911
PLACE OF BIRTH Suczawa , Bucovina
DATE OF DEATH January 14, 1992
Place of death St. Louis , Missouri, USA