Hermann Pinkus was a highly influential figure in dermatology, known for his significant contributions to both academic and clinical dermatology.
Harvey Blank was one of the premier dermatologists of the last half of the twentieth century. He is renowned for his clinical acumen and his ability to treat patients effectively with simple methods.
Felix Pinkus was born in Berlin in 1868. He pursued medical studies in his home country, where he developed a keen interest in dermatology, particularly in the study of hair follicles, sebaceous glands, and skin pathology. After completing his medical education, he began his career in dermatology and soon became recognized for his meticulous research and clinical insights.
Lars Einar French was born on March 8, 1963, in Geneva, Switzerland, the child of a British father and a German mother.
Theodore (Ted) Tromovitch was born on April 1, 1932, in Edwardsville, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts in 1953 and received his medical degree from Boston University in 1957. After completing a period of research in dermatology at New York, he came to San Francisco where he interned at San Francisco General Hospital in 1957 and 1958. He then completed a residency year in dermatology at Charity Hospital, Tulane University in New Orleans in 1959. He returned to New York University Skin and Cancer Unit as a Research Fellow in 1959-1961.
Thomas B. Fitzpatrick received his MD from Harvard Medical School in 1945 and a PhD from University the of Minnesota in 1951. He was a fellow in Dermatology and Syphilology at the Mayo Clinic 1948-51.
Richard B. Odom received his bachelor’s degree and MD from Wake Forest University School of Medicine. He played varsity basketball at Wake Forest. He received dermatology residency training at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington DC.
Malcolm Greaves received his medical degree from Charing Cross Hospital Medical School in 1957. He was a UK Medical Research Council Fellow for 3 years at the University College London where he received a PhD in pharmacology. He completed his dermatology training at St. John’s Institute of Dermatology and the Royal Victoria Infirmary.
Lawrence A. Schachner graduated from medical school at the University of Nebraska in 1972. He completed his pediatric internship there in 1973. Following a pediatric residency and a dermatology residency at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx, he joined the University of Miami department of Dermatology, establishing the Pediatric Dermatology Division in 1978. Since then, he has trained 28 fellows equally distributed amongst the United States and abroad and has impacted the education of many hundreds of pediatricians and dermatologists.
J. Lamar Callaway was associated with Duke University Medical Center from its beginning. He graduated from the Medical School’s first class in 1933 at the age of 22 years. After training in dermatology at the University of Pennsylvania with John Stokes, he joined the faculty at Duke on July 1, 1937, as its first dermatologist.
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