Word: hepatologist
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1984-1984
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...least one member of Falk's award committee was familiar with tales of Eppinger's past. Dr. Hans Popper, 80, former dean of the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City and a pre-eminent hepatologist, was a student of Eppinger's in Vienna in the 1930s. Popper's feelings toward his former mentor are ambiguous. On one hand, he says, Eppinger was a "cold, unapproachable man" who, throughout his career, was "ruthless as far as human life was concerned." On the other hand, Popper, who is Jewish, feels he owes his life...
| 1 |