Louis N. Katz

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Louis Nelson Katz (* 1897 in Pinsk , then Russian Empire ; † 1973 ) was an American cardiologist .

Katz came to the USA in 1900 and studied at the Western Reserve University in Cleveland with a bachelor's degree in 1918 and an MD degree in medicine in 1921. In Cleveland he was a student of the physiologist Carl J. Wiggers . After an internship and residency at Cleveland City Hospital , he went back to the Western Reserve to get a Master of Arts degree in medicine (1923) and then spent a year with the physiologist Archibald Vivian Hill in London with a grant from the National Research Council . In 1925, he decided to embark on a research career and became an instructor with Wiggers at the Western Reserve, but also retained a position as an advisory cardiologist at St. Luke's Hospital in Cleveland. In 1930 he became head of cardiovascular research at the Michael Reese Hospital in Chicago (from 1941 Cardiovascular Institute ) and also taught from 1930 to 1969 as a professor in the physiology department of the University of Chicago . He remained director of the Cardiovascular Institute until 1967 .

Katz was a leader in cardiac research in the United States (both clinical cardiology - such as EKG - and physiology of the heart) with a wide range of research topics and over 500 publications. He had over 500 students in Chicago. He was instrumental in developing the research activity of the American Heart Association, which, on his initiative, created the posts of Career Investigators. A prize for young scientists from the American Heart Association is named after him.

1957/58 he was president of the American Physiological Society . In 1956 he received the Lasker ~ DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award .

Fonts

  • Electrocardiography, including an atlas of electrocardiograms, Philadelphia, 2nd edition 1946

literature

  • AP Fishman: Louis N. Katz, MD (1897-1973): an appreciation. Physiologist, Vol. 16, 1973, pp. 691-696.
  • Katz: Physiology and physiologists: a swan song. Physiologist, 1 (5), 1958, pp. 18-25.

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personal data
SURNAME Katz, Louis N.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Katz, Louis Nelson
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American medic
DATE OF BIRTH 1897
PLACE OF BIRTH Pinsk , Russian Empire
DATE OF DEATH 1973