Jacob Churg

Jacob Churg was a Polish-American pathologist. Churg, together with Lotte Strauss, has given his name to Churg–Strauss syndrome, now known as eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis.

Works

Influence of Gonadotropic Hormone upon Complement in Rabbit’s Blood. Diss. med. 1936
Allergic Granulomatosis, Allergic Angiitis, and Periarteritis nodosa. Am J Pathol 27 277
Structural Basis of Renal Disease. 1968
Nephrology. 1979

Literature

Eberhard J. Wormer: Angiologie - Phlebologie. Syndrome und ihre Schöpfer. München 1991, S. 23–30, VI–VII
E. Grishman, T. Faraggiana, V. S. Venkataseshan: The Jacob Churg Festschrift. Introduction. Am J Kidney Dis 10 155
J. A. A. Hunter, Karl Holubar: Dr. Jacob Churg. Am J Dermatopathol 8 358
American Men and Women in Science 2 230
Who’s Who in America. 42nd ed. 1 583