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Virginia Kneeland Frantz
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Name
Virginia Frantz
Books
Introduction to Surgery
Died
1967, New York City, New York, United States
Dr. Virginia Kneeland Frantz (1896 - 1967) was a pathologist and educator credited with a series of discoveries in the study of thyroid, breast and pancreatic tumors. From 1924 to 1962 she taught surgery at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, becoming a full professor in 1951.
In 1922, New York Presbyterian Hospital, first woman surgery intern
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
In 1961 she became the first female president of the American Thyroid Society.
Awards and honors
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 Franz Society
Select Publications
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.