Eli Moschcowitz
Eli Moschcowitz was an American doctor best known for his role in discovering thrombotic [thrombocytopenic purpura], which was originally called "Moschcowitz syndrome". He is also known for having an early role in the development of psychosomatic medicine.
Early life
Moschcowitz was born to a Jewish family in Girált, Hungary.Career
Moschcowitz received a medical degree from Columbia University [College of Physicians and Surgeons]. He spent much of his career as a pathologist at Beth Israel Medical Center in Manhattan, and was later medical director of Mount [Sinai Hospital (Manhattan)] and Professor of Clinical Medicine at Columbia. He was also a Diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine.In 1925 Moschcowitz described the autopsy pathology of a young female patient who died of a disease that first caused petechiae, pallor, paralysis, and coma. Her blood vessels were largely filled with platelets. Modern reports still occasionally refer to TTP as "Moschcowitz disease" or "Moschcowitz syndrome".