Henry Lewis Jaffe

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Henry Lewis Jaffe (* 1896 in New York City , † 1979 ) was an American pathologist . With Jakob Erdheim , Louis Lichtenstein (1906–1977), Fritz Schajowicz and David Dahlin (1917–2003) he was one of the great bone pathologists.

Life

Jaffe studied medicine at New York University and received his MD Internships doctorate in 1920 from the Bellevue Hospital Center (surgery) and the Montefiore Medical Center (internal medicine). At David Marine in Montefiore, he turned to pathology . At the age of 28 he became head of pathology in an orthopedic clinic. He stayed in this position for almost 40 years. After retiring in 1964, he completed Volume 2 of Bone Pathology (1972).

His lectures at the Hospital for Joint Diseases , NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital , New York Medical College, and Albert Einstein College of Medicine were legendary. His advice was in demand all over the world. Jaffe identified the entities of bone cysts , osteoblastoma , osteoid osteoma , giant cell tumor , eosinophilic granuloma , pigmented villonodular synovitis , chondroblastoma , non-ossifying fibroids , fibrous dysplasia and chondromyxoid fibroids.

Before his death and before the annexation of Austria , Erdheim had his collection of preparations brought to Jaffe. Jaffe bequeathed his and Erdheim's collections to Henry J. Mankin (Boston). Jaffe's collection includes over 3,000 cases.

Works

  • Tumors and Tumorous Conditions of Bone and Joints . Lea & Febiger, Philadelphia 1968.
  • Metabolic, Degenerative and Inflammatory Diseases of Bone and Joints . Lea & Febiger, Philadelphia 1972.

literature

  • Andrew G. Huvos: Henry L. Jaffe, MD (1896-1979), a pioneering authority on bone diseases. Reflections and an appreciation . Annals of Diagnostic Pathology 3 (1999), pp. 260-261.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c Henry J. Mankin: Our debt to orthopedic pathologists .
  2. ↑ Ralph C. Marcove, Myron Arlen: Atlas of bone pathology, with clinical and radiographic correlations, based on Henry L. Jaffe's course . Lippincott, Philadelphia 1992.
  3. ↑ Review (JBJS) ( Memento of the original dated November 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / jbjs.org
personal data
SURNAME Jaffe, Henry Lewis
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American pathologist in New York
DATE OF BIRTH 1896
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City
DATE OF DEATH 1979