G. Milton Shy

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George Milton Shy (born September 30, 1919 in Trinidad , Colorado , † September 25, 1967 in New York City ) was an American neurologist .

Life

Shy studied medicine at the University of Oregon until 1943 . After an internship in Oregon and a year at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Montreal , he served in the US Army Medical Corps. He was wounded in fighting in Italy. Discharged from the Army in 1947, he trained in neurology at the National Hospital in London and the Montreal Neurological Institute at McGill University . In 1947 he became a member of the Royal College of Physicians of London .

In 1951 Shy became Assistant Professor and 1953 Associate Professor of Neurology at the University of Colorado . That same year he became clinical director of the National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Blindness (NINDB) in Bethesda , Maryland ; In 1960 Shy was promoted to deputy director of the NINDB. From 1962 he was head of neurology at the University of Pennsylvania , Philadelphia . He then took over the Chair of Neurology and Head of the New York Neurological Institute at Columbia University in New York City in 1967 .

Just a few weeks after starting the job, he died of a myocardial infarction at the age of 47 .

Act

Shy described several diseases in his career, which were also named after him. In 1960, together with Glenn Drager , he first described Shy-Drager syndrome , a rare disease from the group of multiple system atrophies . In addition, Shy Gonatas Syndrome and Shy Magee Syndrome were named after him.

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SURNAME Shy, G. Milton
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Shy, George Milton (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American neurologist
DATE OF BIRTH September 30, 1919
PLACE OF BIRTH Trinidad , Colorado
DATE OF DEATH September 25, 1967
Place of death New York City