Virginia Kneeland Frantz
Virginia Kneeland Frantz (November 13, 1896 – August 23, 1967) was a pathologist and educator credited with a series of discoveries in the study of thyroid, breast and pancreatic tumors.
Early life and education[edit]
She was born in New York City, the daughter of Yale and Anna Ilsley Ball Kneeland.[1] Frantz graduated from the Brearley School (1914) and Bryn Mawr College (1918). She then pursued medical studies at Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons, graduating in 1922.[2][3] In 1920, she married fellow student Angus Macdonald Frantz. They had three children.[1]
Career highlights[edit]
In 1922, New York Presbyterian Hospital, she became the first woman surgery intern. From 1924 to 1962 she taught surgery at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, becoming a full professor in 1951. In 1935, she and Allen O. Whipple described the insulin secretion of pancreatic tumors. In 1959, she wrote a study on tumors of the pancreas which became the standard text in the field[4] In 1961 she became the first female president of the American Thyroid Association.
Awards and honors[edit]
- Army-Navy Certificate of Appreciation for Civilian Service, 1948
- Janeway Medal, 1962
- Columbia University, Bicentennial Silver Medal, 1967
- Student of Arthur Purdy Stout, noted alumnae of Brearley School, Columbia named award after her and presented to Rita Charon
- Virginia Kneeland Frantz Society
Select publications[edit]
- Franz, V. K., Forsythe, R., Hanford, J. M., & Rogers, W. M. (1942). Lateral aberrant thyroid. Ann. Surg, 115, 161–183.
- Franz, M.D., Virginia Kneeland & Harvey, M.D., Harold Doric. (1946). Introduction to Surgery. New York and London: Geoffrey Cumberlege, Oxford University Press.
- Franz, V. (1959). Papillary tumors of the pancreas: benign or malignant. Frantz VK. Atlas of tumor pathology. Washington DC: US Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, 32–3.
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Virginia Kneeland Frantz". Changing the Face of Mediciune. National Library of Medicine.
- ^ About Virginia Kneeland Frantz
- ^ Humphreys, George H. II (1968-03-01). "Virginia Kneeland Frantz, M.D. 1896–1967". American Journal of Clinical Pathology. 49 (3): 429–430. doi:10.1093/ajcp/49.3.429. ISSN 0002-9173.
- ^ Franz, V. (1959). Papillary tumors of the pancreas: benign or malignant. Frantz, V.K. Atlas of tumor pathology. Washington DC: US Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, 32-3.
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- Bryn Mawr College alumni
- Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons alumni
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